That is a great story. I rather enjoyed watching the reported try to play the pipes. Reminded me of a line out of "Monarch of the Glen".....
"Would you quite torturing that poor animal!"
"A veteran, whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve, is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life." That is honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it." anon