The New Greatest Generation

They have answered the call, unlike their forbearers, says Dean Barnett:

Confronted with a generation-defining conflict, the cold war, the
Boomers--those, at any rate, who came to be emblematic of their generation--took
the opposite path from their parents during World War II. Sadly, the excesses of
Woodstock became the face of the Boomers' response to their moment of challenge.
War protests where agitated youths derided American soldiers as baby-killers
added no luster to their image.
Few of the leading lights of that generation
joined the military. Most calculated how they could avoid military service, and
their attitude rippled through the rest of the century. In the 1970s, '80s, and
'90s, military service didn't occur to most young people as an option, let alone
a duty.
But now, once again, history is calling. Fortunately, the present
generation appears more reminiscent of their grandparents than their
parents.

What a great celebration of these young people! Like the World War 2 generation, they are spreading freedom and democracy, rather than hording for themselves here at home. I might also liken them to our Revolutionary Era, but this time they are exporting liberty.