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Offline gyrene81

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Re: Military Vets
« Reply #15 on: September 01, 2009, 09:27:31 AM »
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Re: Military Vets
« Reply #16 on: September 01, 2009, 11:00:08 AM »
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Re: Military Vets
« Reply #17 on: September 01, 2009, 11:09:33 AM »
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Re: Military Vets
« Reply #18 on: September 01, 2009, 12:19:28 PM »
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DEFINITION OF A VETERAN
A Veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life."
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Re: Military Vets
« Reply #19 on: September 01, 2009, 02:09:48 PM »
My eyes get misty many times when I hear the stories that our vets tell.  Even if they don't think of themselves as such, they are all heroes - and we should give them a nod and some recognition.
 :salute from a grateful civilian.

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Re: Military Vets
« Reply #20 on: September 01, 2009, 03:04:31 PM »
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Re: Military Vets
« Reply #21 on: September 01, 2009, 03:23:04 PM »
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Re: Military Vets
« Reply #22 on: September 01, 2009, 03:39:25 PM »
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Re: Military Vets
« Reply #23 on: September 01, 2009, 04:43:37 PM »
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Re: Military Vets
« Reply #24 on: September 01, 2009, 05:40:47 PM »
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Re: Military Vets
« Reply #25 on: September 01, 2009, 09:17:05 PM »
US Army 1978-1987

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Re: Military Vets
« Reply #26 on: September 02, 2009, 01:13:41 AM »
US Army 1978-1987

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Re: Military Vets
« Reply #27 on: September 02, 2009, 02:48:01 AM »
Army - Armor (briefly MP at the beginning)
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Re: Military Vets
« Reply #28 on: September 02, 2009, 02:50:14 AM »
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Re: Military Vets
« Reply #29 on: September 02, 2009, 02:52:02 AM »
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