<p>christcorp,
Thank you for your service in the US military. Did it occur to you that the left coast offered many brave soldiers, sailors, and marines to fight in current and past wars? Not to mention Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, Lockeed Aircraft. Would that include Camp Pendleton, San Diego, Long Beach, Edwards AFB, Camp Roberts, The Presidio, San Francisco, Everett, Whidbey Island, Top Gun school in Nevada? Additionally, California sends more cadets/midshipmen to USNA/USMA/USAFA by virtue of our population (33 million) than any other state in the nation. My father was a highly decorated B17, B24 Army Air Corps pilot in WWII. Flew 52 combat missions, Silver Star, six Bronze Stars, DFC, etc. and he was born in Los Angeles. Spare us the sweeping generalizations.</p>