Why do I see soldiers traveling in the airports?

Answer by  patti (29325)

What's going on is war. Soldiers fly commercial to staging areas for deployments to Iraq/Afghanistan. They also fly commercial when they return home. They travel in groups and are always in uniform, usually BDUs (what used to be called "fatigues), which are various camouflaged prints, depending on the service.

Answer by  Brian94588 (304)

Soldiers in the airport may be on leave, traveling between their assigned bases and their families or other vacation destinations. Soldiers also often use commercial air transport to go from one assigned base to another one, since that's often cheaper than using military transportation. Generally there's no emergency or other scary reason for this.

Answer by  pryoplasm (444)

To get to and from where they are deployed to, or new assignments, many military members utilize commercial airlines. There are probably more out of uniform than you think.

Answer by  Fleshj (403)

Today, Military aircraft are expensive to operate and are needed in combat theaters. Most routine military travel is commerical. The services are always changing regulations whether troops travel in Uniform.