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Posted about 5 years ago A veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve - is someone who, at one point in their life, signed 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. Author Unknown |
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| Posted about 5 years ago THANK YOU VETERANS FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THIS COUNTRY! |
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| Posted about 5 years ago CHIEF601 said: I agree I love each day like its my last! Why do we are have to be so serious? |
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| Posted about 5 years ago CHIEF601 said: bump and bump and bump......one's like this should always be at the top of the list..... It is what it is.............and.........these things too shall pass. |
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| Posted about 5 years ago BUMP Everything you do can get you killed, including doing nothing at all.. |
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| Posted about 5 years ago As a veteran of over 20 years I appreciate each and every individual word of appreciation. At least todays military is recognized by many people, not like us Viet Nam vets in 60's and 70's |
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| Posted about 5 years ago Thank you for your appreciation that's why it is so difficult to see people like Cal_Law in here posing he disrespects everyone that is a real veteran and served with integrity, a trait which he does not possess. Pain is weakness leaving the body. Obstacles are what we see when we take our eyes off the goal. |
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| Posted about 5 years ago I appreciate the kind words... Proud Member of The Sarge's LEO Mentoring Team |
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| Posted about 5 years ago AIRBORNE For so long as one hundred men remain alive, we shall never under any conditions submit to the domination of the English. It is not for glory or riches or honours that we fight, but only for liberty, which no good man will consent to lose but with his life. The Declaration of Arbroath, 1320 SCREW TIBET FREE SCOTLAND !!!! |
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| Posted about 5 years ago You can never be thanked enough ! What you do for us, and what you have done, is way beond words to me. |
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| Posted about 5 years ago Just want to say hi to all. Retired from AF Police in Dec 07 with 31+ yrs. Last trip to the box was 05-06. Breaking back into civilian LE in Fla. Looking forward to discussions in these forums. A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. "I'd rather be a failure at something I enjoy than be a success at something I hate." -- George Burns "A pessimist complains about the wind, an optimist expects it to change and a leader adjusts the sails." |
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| Posted about 5 years ago Semper Fi All the way from Iraq |
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| Posted about 5 years ago R.E.M.F.s Rule! |
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| Posted about 5 years ago PeteC308 said: Hey Pete how are you doing? Getting a tan yet? |
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| Posted about 5 years ago I thank all of you for serving. As for me, it was an honor and a privilege. |
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| Posted about 5 years ago Thanks; from a Dog Face circa 1950. |
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| Posted about 5 years ago PeteC308 said: Keep your head down, Brother! |
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| Posted about 5 years ago It really is appreciated and I am so glad to see that almost everyone now appreciated our military and honors them the way they should. I too am a Vietnam Vet and feel like the way we were treated was worse than disgraceful. At the very least we were ignored if lucky but more often than not we were called names and treated like we were the scum of the earth and those stories of being spit on and called baby-killers were not just stories, they really did happen. For me it was a pretty young woman who had a pretty little girl that I spoke to and she spoke back. The woman called me a baby-killer and told her daughter she should never talk to these bad men in uniform and then she actually spit at me. I was stunned as I was proud on my uniform and my patriotism. USN 1968-1975 was all I could handle. J. Carter turned his back on us so I turned my back on him and left when my re-enlistment was up. My brother remained and served 28 yrs retiring at E-9. My Daddy served the USN in WWII and had his ship blown out from under him in Okanawa and my Granddaddy in the Army in WWI in the French trenches and won the Bronze Star as did I. |
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| Posted about 5 years ago Robocop33 said: Took my many, many years to even say I was a Vietnam Veteran because of how we were treated but I am and always will be proud to say I served. |
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| Posted about 5 years ago Everday should be hug a Veteran Day! |
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| Posted about 5 years ago Thanks to all the veterans for your sacrifce so that people from my generation and beyond can live in a free country! You are appreciated! |
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| Posted about 5 years ago Well, RetiredCop, we were the ignored. We came back from korea's Police Action (War) and nobody noticed our return. Does not matter, I didn't join the Army then to receive accolades. |
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| Posted about 5 years ago Sobay96 said: I did what I felt was right. I guess those against the war did what they feel right. What we did was give them the right to protest by making the sacrifice while they did nothing but bitch. |
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| Posted about 5 years ago US Air Force Security Police 1982-1988 for me. "Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself." - Eleanor Roosevelt |
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| Posted about 5 years ago CHIEF601 said: USAF 1982 to 2004, Never seen this, but I LIKE It!!! |
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| Posted about 5 years ago One of the most profound statements I ever read is as follows.
"When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say, Utrinque Paratus |
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| Posted about 5 years ago Love it! USN Vet 1995-2003 ~A. Orozco |
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| Posted about 5 years ago http://www.gratitudecampaign.org/fullmovie.php Please check out this site. What a great way to say "Thank You" to the wonderful young men and women who continue to volunteer in service to this great Nation. We owe a debt of gratitude to veterans that can never be repaid.
IMPEACH OBAMA. GENERAL McCHRYSTAL FOR PRESIDENT. |
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| Posted about 5 years ago CHIEF601 says ... A veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve - is someone who, at one point in their life, signed 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. Author Unknown If you can read this post thank a teacher. If you can read this post in English thank a veteran! Be nice. Be professional. Have a plan to kill everyone you meet. Misery minus me equals humor. I reject your reality and substitute my own. |
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| Posted almost 5 years ago I have had people buy my lunch to which I initially explain that I did not join for any special favors. Then if they insist I will allow it. Most are retired vets themselves trying to show the support they never recieved.
For my Vietnam era brothers man I am sorry you were treated the way you were. Buddylaw
For every hundred men 90 are just targets, 9 are the real fighters and we are proud to have them for they make the battle, ah but 1, 1 is a warrior and will bring others back
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