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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Sabre on November 10, 2006, 09:41:40 AM
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To all my fellow vets, and especially to those serving in harms way this Veterans' Day, Thank you and God bless you.
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Thankya sir have a HOOOAHHHH!! Veteran's Day:aok
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Veterans day is tomorrow..
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Originally posted by midnight Target
Veterans day is tomorrow..
Everyday is Veterans Day
WHAT IS A VET?
Some veterans bear visible signs of their service: a missing limb, a Jagged scar, a certain look in the eye. Others may carry the evidence inside them: a pin holding a bone together, a piece of shrapnel in the leg - or perhaps another sort of inner steel:
The soul's ally forged in the refinery of adversity. Except in parades, however, the men and women who have kept America safe wear no badge or emblem. You can't tell a vet just by looking. So, what is a vet?
He is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudi Arabia sweating two gallons a day making sure the armored personnel carriers didn't run out of fuel.
He is the barroom loudmouth, dumber than five wooden planks, whose overgrown frat-boy behavior is outweighed a hundred times in the cosmic scales by four hours of exquisite bravery near the 38th parallel.
She or he is the nurse who fought against futility and went to sleep sobbing every night for two solid years in Da Nang.
He is the POW who went away one person and came back another - or didn't come back AT ALL.
He is the Quantico drill instructor who has never seen combat - but has saved countless lives by turning slouchy, no-account rednecks and gang members into Marines, and teaching them to watch each other's backs.
He is the parade - riding Legionnaire who pins on his ribbons and medals with a prosthetic hand.
He is the career quartermaster who watches the ribbons and medals pass him by.
He is the three anonymous heroes in The Tomb Of The Unknowns, whose presence at the Arlington National Cemetery must forever preserve the memory of all the anonymous heroes whose valor dies unrecognized with them on the battlefield or in the ocean's sunless deep.
He is the old guy bagging groceries at the supermarket - palsied now and aggravatingly slow - who helped liberate a Nazi death camp and who wishes all day long that his wife were still alive to hold him when the nightmares come.
He is an ordinary and yet an extraordinary human being - a person who offered some of his life's most vital years in the service of his country, and who sacrificed his ambitions so others would not have to sacrifice theirs.
He is a soldier and a savior and a sword against the darkness, and he is nothing more than the finest, greatest testimony on behalf of the finest, greatest nation ever known.
So remember, each time you see someone who has served our country, just lean over and say "Thank You". That's all most people need, and in most cases it will mean more than any medals they could have been awarded or were awarded.
~ ~ ~Father Denis Edward O'Brien, USMC
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Originally posted by midnight Target
Veterans day is tomorrow..
The US military got today off to celebrate, as did many businesses. Besides, I usually don't visit the BBS on the weekend.
Airscrew: Great quote. Thanks for sharing it.
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Originally posted by red26
Thankya sir have a HOOOAHHHH!! Veteran's Day:aok
put a R between the O and A :aok
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:aok
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Thanks Veterans, your service is greatly appreciated.
I'd like to give a special thanks to any combat medics or corpsmen on here.
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<-----1st enlistment 82nd Airborne Eng. 153rd SAPPER's
<-----2nd enlistment 1/33rd FA 1st Infanrty Div,.
I never was a Marine My father being one was enough LOL
put a R between the O and A
By RAIDER14
The Marines Say the HOOOORAAAAAA thing in the Army its HOOOAHHH:aok
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Originally posted by red26
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The Marines Say the HOOOORAAAAAA thing in the Army its HOOOAHHH:aok
So that means the air force just says: HO ?
:D
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A Active
I IN
R Rear
F Focused
O On
R Recreational
C Circus
E Entertainment
A Aint
R Ready "to be a"
M Marine
Y Yet
M Mucles
A Are
R Required
I Intelligence
N Not
E Expected
N Never
A Again
V Volunteer
Y Yourself
I dont have one for the Coast Guard yet?
No PUN entended to anyone here that has served our country to ALL:aok
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brothers
teared up a l'il reading that, airscrew. warn me next time... :P
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Veterans.
I like the Canadian tradition of a moment of silence at 11:11AM to remember the fallen. It might also be a good way to teach the children why TODAY is Veterans Day.
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and thanks to all vets
past, present and future
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Salute to us and those like us,
when i was in US Army meant
U-ncle
S-am
A-int
R-eleased
M-e
Y-et
anyone remember the saying
shamming
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Wow Airscrew, That's a powerful post. That sucker just got copied and pasted right into my "awesome posts" folder.
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Originally posted by midnight Target
Veterans.
I like the Canadian tradition of a moment of silence at 11:11AM to remember the fallen. It might also be a good way to teach the children why TODAY is Veterans Day.
We actually don't take it to the minute, but the sentiment is appreciated.
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Originally posted by Sarge1
Salute to us and those like us,
when i was in US Army meant
U-ncle
S-am
A-int
R-eleased
M-e
Y-et
anyone remember the saying
shamming
It's still around! Nowadays, we like to read the letters backwards, too since we do everything else backwards:
Yes
My
Retarded
Ass
Signed
Up
;)
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Remember the original meaning of this day, gents.
11th month
11th day
11th hour
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RPM,
Yep it started out as Armistice day. It has since been expanded to cover all vets, not just those who were lost or remained after WW1.
I prefer to think of it in it's expanded role, not to take ANYTHING away from a WW1 vet (and there are still a few left) but to encompass all who placed themselves in the Military in harms way for the sake of others.
Duty, Honor, Country are not forgotten or gone, just not recognised as much as it should be.
To those Brothers and Sisters who have served, Thank YOU.
To those Brothers and Sisters who are serving, Thank YOU and may God bless you.
To those Brothers and Sisters who gave all, may you rest in honored glory and peace forever.
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Cool thing happend to me at work today,my boss asked me if I was vet and I said "yes sir" then he shook my hand and said "Thank You" this has never happened to me before and it made my day.
to all the Vets
67N Army reserve 84 -87
13B U.S Army 87- 90 24th ID 2/35 FA
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Originally posted by wojo71
Cool thing happend to me at work today,my boss asked me if I was vet and I said "yes sir" then he shook my hand and said "Thank You" this has never happened to me before and it made my day. to all the Vets
67N Army reserve 84 -87
13B U.S Army 87- 90 24th ID 2/35 FA
Right back at ya...
USN 1982-1992.
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Originally posted by Maverick
RPM,
Yep it started out as Armistice day. It has since been expanded to cover all vets, not just those who were lost or remained after WW1.
I prefer to think of it in it's expanded role, not to take ANYTHING away from a WW1 vet (and there are still a few left) but to encompass all who placed themselves in the Military in harms way for the sake of others.
Duty, Honor, Country are not forgotten or gone, just not recognised as much as it should be.
To those Brothers and Sisters who have served, Thank YOU.
To those Brothers and Sisters who are serving, Thank YOU and may God bless you.
To those Brothers and Sisters who gave all, may you rest in honored glory and peace forever.
i heard on teh local news that there are 14 surviving US First World War vets & that Second World War vets are presently dying are a faster clip now than they were 1941-1945, but i'm not sure how much i trust ron burgundy for hard facts....
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My Veterans Day came early this year.
He was my Hero. My bestest friend. My fishing buddy and my hunting buddy.
I never seen fear in his eyes.
He was a Navy as you could get. 27 Years in the Navy.
Even when I decided to "Go Army" we shared things only VETs could ever share. That feeling of Comraderie. More than just Brothers in Arms.
The Army / Navy Game will never be the same.
My Veterans Day came early this Year, October 3rd, 2006. 0900am.
That Day I buried my Father at Arlington National Cemetary.
Rest peacefully Sailor for you have earned your keep. I'll take the next Watch.
I miss you Pop. Thanks for being my Hero.
Your Son and Family,
Mac
US Army Ret.
'75~'95.