To those who served to keep this country free, Thank You for your service.
Veterans Day - Thank you for your service
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Still haven't been able to connect my service with "keeping this country free" but thanks.
Thanks to all the Veterans that have served!
dnewton3
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Indeed!
I offer my most sincere gratitude to all who served, regardless of the capacity, mission or duration, for that time and sacrifice you gave.
Thank you!
I offer my most sincere gratitude to all who served, regardless of the capacity, mission or duration, for that time and sacrifice you gave.
Thank you!
I experienced two events that helped me start or retain my sense of patriotism:
--Was a Army family member when the East Germans started building the Berlin Wall to stop the mass migration of East Germans to the West.
-- Took my family through the Helmstedt autobahn to West Berlin on a one week visit with my family (December 1979). Got to go into East Berlin on an Army sponsored bus tour. That experience helped my children understand the difference between the freedoms we had vs what East Germany represented.
--Was a Army family member when the East Germans started building the Berlin Wall to stop the mass migration of East Germans to the West.
-- Took my family through the Helmstedt autobahn to West Berlin on a one week visit with my family (December 1979). Got to go into East Berlin on an Army sponsored bus tour. That experience helped my children understand the difference between the freedoms we had vs what East Germany represented.
Just sent an appreciation note to one of my former Marine Veteran college student employees that struggles with PTSD.
"Appreciation" is not enough to express my gratitude.
"Appreciation" is not enough to express my gratitude.
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Thank you, but I can't help but feel like a bit of an imposter. Working ELINT, I sat inside a vault in the middle of the United States during peacetime, though undoubtedly, our work later helped ensure we had full control of enemy airspace.
My son later worked on the electronics of Apache weapons systems, serving a tour in Iraq with mortars being lobbed into their base. He was one of only two people in his MOS in all of Iraq, saying he felt like all he could do was make sure those systems were as well maintained and deadly accurate as possible. His unit lost two people during their tour. Freedom isn't free.
My son later worked on the electronics of Apache weapons systems, serving a tour in Iraq with mortars being lobbed into their base. He was one of only two people in his MOS in all of Iraq, saying he felt like all he could do was make sure those systems were as well maintained and deadly accurate as possible. His unit lost two people during their tour. Freedom isn't free.
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Thank you to all who served. Happy Veterans Day!
CleanSump
Site Donor 2026
You signed your life to do as the service chose. Every support billet and MOS is needed and the service is honorable. Even in WWII there were 10-11 support billets for every man in combat.
I fixed airplanes and understand how you feel about kind of being an imposter. To put it in perspective, those airplanes provided close air support to grunts and kept our people alive. Your ELiNT work saved American lives.
As much as we banter across branches, at least you were in and earned your right to freedom. Most people won't take up that responsibility but love to claim "bUt MuH FrEeDoM."
I recently watched an Urban Valor video on YT about a fellow Marine who was at Abbey Gate during the afghan evac. The guy is just.....completely broken. You see it in the way he stares, talks, and moves around when sharing his experiences at Abbey Gate. It's almost a 2 hour video but I cried a bit watching the video.
The wife and I went for a M/C ride today. We stopped at a Bar out in the middle of nowhere. We walked in and the first thing they asked was if we were Veterans. We said no, but both our dads served. My dad in Korea, and the wifes dad in Vietnam. I had my dads ID (DL and VA ID) in my wallet, from the years of being his caregiver. Just in the course of conversation I showed the owner the ID's, as he asked if I had a picture.
Anyway, we ordered, had a couple of great lunches, and when it came to pay the owner refused any remuneration. We protested, but the owner insisted, as he said it was his way of honoring our dads service.
So yeah, undeserved as far as we were concerned, but it was no doubt a heartfelt gesture by the owner.
Thank you to all who serve(d).
Anyway, we ordered, had a couple of great lunches, and when it came to pay the owner refused any remuneration. We protested, but the owner insisted, as he said it was his way of honoring our dads service.
So yeah, undeserved as far as we were concerned, but it was no doubt a heartfelt gesture by the owner.
Thank you to all who serve(d).
