The news that RAF personnel have been subjected to abuse while wearing their uniforms off-duty has prompted outrage.
The airmen, from RAF Wittering, near Peterborough, have been banned by the station commander from wearing their military clothes away from the base because of the negative response they received.
They were targeted "because of their involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan", says the Times.
The Mail calls the abuse "despicable", while the Express describes the perpetrators as "beneath contempt".
Gordon Brown and his defence secretary, Des Browne, have expressed their anger. The prime minister says members of the armed forces should be encouraged to wear their uniforms in public. He apparently favours such a policy as a way of bringing the military and the public closer together.
Service personnel wear their uniforms off-duty in the US but the practice was banned for many years in Britain because of the threat posed by the IRA.
Islamic extremists were recently jailed for a plot to kidnap and behead a British soldier.
Do you think soldiers will become targets if they wear their uniforms in public? Would service personnel wearing their uniforms off-duty really foster respect and make a difference to the public perception of them?
For that matter, what is the public perception of our troops?
Even if you disagree with the battles they are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, they are risking their lives every day and isn't it unfair to blame them for the decisions to go to war?
* This is an extended extract from the Wrap, our digest of the day's papers.
