:unitedstates: Thank you to all that have served. :unitedstates:
What's "HAPPY" about it ?
I think it's a good day when we all take a moment to think about those who have served. Everyone from the people just enlisting today to those that gave it all... I'm forever grateful for your service. :yessir:
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I spent 4 years while Jimmy Carter was in office.... Talk about a time when the Military wasn't appreciated.....
Thank You to my fellow Vets for your service, Vietnam Conflict USN, 1968-1972, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CVA 42. Proud to Serve our Country. Thanks, Al
Can't say thank you enough to all the men and women that have served and are serving.
Just an FYI, in Canada we call Nov. 11th Remembrance Day.
Whats "Happy" about it??
Happy to have served and received some great training, education and character building ...
Happy to have been part of a team who's collective effort was greater than the sum of it's parts ...
Happy to have served with selfless individuals who put service before self ...
Happy to have made tight friendships with individuals who are closer to me than my own brother ...
Happy to have know some who gave it all - though I am saddened by their loss, I feel privileged to have know people of such high character rather than have not known them at all.
Happy Veteran's Day to all my fellow veteran's and active duty service personnel. :unitedstates:
To all those who served.... Thank you! :unitedstates:
:thankyou: :thankyou: :thankyou:!!!
Happy Veterans day. It's a day for veterans. Memorial day is more like remembrance day where we remember the lost.
I'm happy to serve and stand proudly with my fellow vets
I find it a "sad" day thinking of those who have given their lives for us.....Were they "happy" to do it ? That I can't answer. :andyangel:
Happy Veterans Day and Happy Birthday US Marine Corps(Nov.10) Semper Fi my Brothers & Sisters.
Quote from: anlauto on November 11, 2017, 03:57:27 PM
I find it a "sad" day thinking of those who have given their lives for us.....Were they "happy" to do it ? That I can't answer. :andyangel:
I think that's the difference between our veterans day and memorial day. Veterans day is celebrating all who serve, memorial day is for the ones we lost.
Quote from: Sleepychallenger on November 11, 2017, 04:18:26 PM
Quote from: anlauto on November 11, 2017, 03:57:27 PM
I find it a "sad" day thinking of those who have given their lives for us.....Were they "happy" to do it ? That I can't answer. :andyangel:
I think that's the difference between our veterans day and memorial day. Veterans day is celebrating all who serve, memorial day is for the ones we lost.
Today in Canada it's called "Remembrance Day" ..... remembering our fallen heros. :andyangel:
Now I realize my mistake....Happy Veterans Day :banana:
:unitedstates: Jusr got back from a local Veterans Day parade. :unitedstates:
It was a day remembering my father and his service to this country.
Thanks to all that have and are serving.
Quote from: anlauto on November 11, 2017, 04:31:38 PM
Quote from: Sleepychallenger on November 11, 2017, 04:18:26 PM
Quote from: anlauto on November 11, 2017, 03:57:27 PM
I find it a "sad" day thinking of those who have given their lives for us.....Were they "happy" to do it ? That I can't answer. :andyangel:
I think that's the difference between our veterans day and memorial day. Veterans day is celebrating all who serve, memorial day is for the ones we lost.
Today in Canada it's called "Remembrance Day" ..... remembering are fallen heros. :andyangel:
Now I realize my mistake....Happy Veterans Day :banana:
the world just needs to get on the same holidays. Lol :haha:
I was in the Army when Reagan was President.
Remember the botched rescue mission in Iran?
Helicopters crashed from a sand storm trying to do a rescue.
I was in Germany then.
Base went to Red Alert.
Sent to Frankfurt on standby in full gear.
We slept and sat around for 2 days on a Tarmac waiting for deployment.
Never escalated.
The resources for Veterans entering the Civilian world then vs. now is night and day.
When I ETS'd in 83', there wasn't any resources.
No places to try and get you a better paying job.
Hire a Vet was unheard of.
Quote from: Topcat on November 11, 2017, 08:30:01 PM
I was in the Army when Reagan was President.
Remember the botched rescue mission in Iran?
Helicopters crashed from a sand storm trying to do a rescue.
Operation Eagle Claw was on Carter's watch....
On November 4, 1979, a group of Iranian students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 American hostages. ... The students set their hostages free on January 21, 1981, 444 days after the crisis began and just hours after President Ronald Reagan delivered his inaugural address.
I was on Guam at the time but I'd spent time in the Middle East prior to my time on the island....
Thank you to all of you who sacrificed and served this great country! :unitedstates: