I appreciate your support of the troops but you should still remove your hat. It's a show of respect to this country and our flag and everything it stands for. This forum, this team, and even this discussion would not even be happening if it was in some supressed third world country. We would be fighting for a few grains of rice and travelling miles for clean water. Where as in this country, we walk to the sink in 2 or 3 different rooms and sit on the couch watching the Beloved Bear overeating and cheering for them. We should show respect to our country the way it has been throughout time and take off your hat.
It's story time fellas, a few years back, I went to see boxing in St Louis when I was stationed there. Before the fights, they sang the national anthem and one of the guys I went with didn't stand. I told him to get up. The reason he didn't stand was because he spilled a little beer on his pants. I told him, I didn't care if he pissed and shyt all over himself, you stand and show respect to your country and flag. By him not standing felt disrespectful to me as a memebr of the armed forces and that's how I feel about men not removing their hats, caps, babushkas, leather, helmets, foam bear heads, or even cheese. Show respect and remove them. They even ask you before the song in case you've forgotten.