12th Combat Aviation Brigade arriving at Budapest Airport (pics)

Note:  I don't get the thinking of today's military.  There was a time when the idea of disrupting civilian activities was frowned upon.  Today?  Today they want to be seen in cities, public areas etc...It just doesn't make any sense.  In the US there are literally millions of acres of land that can be used for military exercises and combat towns have been built at every major military installation, and the same applies to our allies. Yet for some reason the current military wants to play in civilian areas!  If I actually wore a tinfoil hat I would believe that this is conditioning civilians to viewing troops in common areas as being normal, but quite honestly I can think of no other reason.