In 2013 my son, a recent grad of our local high school, came home from the United States Air Force Academy for Thanksgiving Break. He took the late flight from Colorado, and we picked him up at the airport. He wasn’t hard to spot, in his crisp blue uniform and close hair cut. (The service academy requires 4th class cadets to be in full uniform whenever they are not in their homes during break.) Feeling celebratory, our family headed to our neighborhood restaurant for their la