This incident had me seeing red.

MONTPELIER, Vt.—A group of Vermont teen-agers threw rocks at a uniformed female Vermont National Guard sergeant last week, in the latest example of a service member facing hostility in the United States.

National Guard spokesman Capt. Jeff Roosevelt said the woman was not injured in Friday’s incident, which took place in Plainfield, but said the woman had decided she would no longer wear her uniform outside of work.

“We are a very tolerant state and people in the military also expect to be treated with the same courtesy and respect that we show to others,” Lt. Col. Scott Stirewalt, director of security at the Vermont National Guard, told WCAX news.

The teens blocked the sergeant as she went into a store and again on the way out, yelling obscenities at her along the way, Roosevelt said. The group also threw small stones at her car as she drove away, he added.

The sergeant said she believed the protesters had taken part in an anti-war demonstration in Montpelier that day. National Guard troops are often deployed to such events to help keep the peace.

“There were various profanities directed in her direction, along the line of ‘[expletive] murderer, [expletive] baby killer,’” Stirewalt said. “It culminated with some of the individuals throwing rocks at her, and as testament to her disciplined professionalism, she got in her car and left the area.”

I’ve tried really hard to maintain a level of civility concerning anti-war types, but I have zero sympathy and zero tolerance for anyone who would attack a member of our armed services or call them names like “baby killer” and “murderer.”  I hope that I never see something like this happen in front of me.

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