There's a reason why the Air Force SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape) school is named after Col. Day (photo below featuring yours truly).
Of course, the "support the troops" Left takes his heroism as a reason to bash him all the more -- case in point, the LA Times editorial from earlier this year in which Col. Day (the most decorated living US serviceman) was called "discredited," "unprincipled," and a "right-wing extremist."
Nice support for the troops.