I have been thinking about makin this post for over a year.
I know you guys dont always like to talk about your service, and many never got the thanks you should of years ago.
Some of you flew choppers for,"uncle sugar" , others were in the mud running wire for a base.....
Sound off with your unit and service....
or with your," thank you" for them
We appreciate ALLof our VETS!
Yep! Those pilots, grunts, medics (corpsman) are special and the behind the lines soldiers, quartermasters and yoemen and the rest are my heroes too. I love'em all and am sure glad that there was a bunch that stood when needed rather than run and hide in another country and demonstrate in the streets. We and the world are better off because of them.
We tend to think of our soldiers as 18 year-olds but there are plenty here from WWII, Korea, Viet Nam and now the War on Terror to honor.
Why, thank you, Buzz. All I did was to live out a boyhood dream. At times, it wasn't all it was cracked up to be. At other times, it was the thrill of a lifetime. All in all, I gained a lot more from the experience than I could ever repay.
My hat is off to the guys and gals that are on the line right now. Many of them are my age, and older, with jobs that had to be put on hold. Some had to abandon businesses that they had started. They're giving a lot, and deserve all the support we can give them.
I have something I want to share, but it will have to wait until I can take a pic, tomorrow. Stay tuned. ;)
I think of the fine men and women that are serving today and yesterday quite often. It is because of them and the folks who support them that makes this the greatest country in the world.
Thank you. :)
Total support for all veterans, from deep within.
Thanks, Buzz, we all gave a certian measure back then.
Thanks Buzz and everyone else. My career in the AF was the the best thing that happen to me next to my salvation! No athiests in a fox hole or a war zone ;D
Wow, Thanks Buzz!! I'm in 12 years on december 2nd!! I'm one of the new generation Vets (operation enduring freedom/Iraqi freedom). Active duty USAF 1992 til 2000 and NJ air national guard (full time civilian there during the week) from 2000 until 2034 when I can retire!! When they said one weekend a month two weeks a year they forgot to say that's when I'd be home!!!!!
If everyone on this forum and all of their friends and family said thanks to the veterans, t still wouldn't be enough. Even so, I will add my humble thanks to all Veterans for helping preserve the Freedoms we all enjoy!
I feel it is very important to remember why we have the freedoms that we do in our country. We have our veterans to thank for these freedoms. From the bottom of my heart, I say, "thank you"
I was in the Navy for 6 years. Served 4 of them on board a nuclear powered submarine as a reactor operator. Thanks for the post.
I ate lunch in the open mess on a Sewer Pipe in Key West one time. Good chow!
Thanks to everyone for the thanks.
I spent four years in C Co. 2/325 82nd airborne div. from 86-90
got out in June of 90 and called back in Jan. 91 for desert storm was lucky war ended before I finished training in Germany so I didn't have to go over there and fight. My hat is off to the men and women that serve now because I think that they have it alot rougher than I did since they spend so much of there time being deployed. My thanks to all that have served past, present and future.
My hats off, and praise for all personel serving now. They definitly have it harder than when I hauled water to the refugee's at tent city thailand. Red horse Co 554. may 75.
Thanks for listing where ,when, and what unit.........we are interested, how bout the rest of you guys tellin us?
Republic of Viet Nam 1969-1970
Infantry
1st Calalry (Air Mobile)
Platoon leader
Area of expertise: explosives
God Bless America and the troops preserving our freedom now.
I'm a little choked up here...but I'd like to tell you about my husband and the father of my children .... he died ten years ago from complications of exposure to Agent Orange.
He was a Marine in Viet Nam from 1964 to 1967.
He was a Staff Sargent E6
Combat Engineer
There isn't a single day that goes by that I don't think of him. He would do it all again for the sake of his country.
Roxie,
I'm sorry for your loss, and repeat my thanks for all the sacrifices Veterans and their families have made for all of us.
Battery C, 4th Battalion, 1st Artillery
Fire control operator
1968 - 1972
E Troop
2/11th Armored Cav
Bad Kissigen West Germany
78-81 Track Vehicle Mechanic
Most of my time was on the border at camp Lee
Lenny
Two years in the ROK (South Korea). Stationed at Camp Carroll, (Waegon) 19th Support Command, but TDY to Camp Humphreys. (Peyontaek) 1978 - 1980. 35H20 Calibration Specialist. Just missed Arky over there!
A big thank you to those that have spent Christmases, Thanksgivings, childbirths, family deaths,... to defend and protect the freedoms that we all take for granted on a daily basis.
A special thank you to the POWs that have endured untold agonies at the hands of the enemy... and the ungrateful here at home.
Lastly, remember those that are infirmed in the VA hospital system, or disabled at homes. They have endured a huge sacrifice so that we can live in the greatest country that has ever existed. Many have suffered from Agent Orange, WMD, and other debilitating injuries for decades. I know I do not have a right to complain about my small aches and pains when I stop to think of what many thousands of others have endured so that I may remain free.
Thanks.
hawby
Roxie, my condolences to you and your fine husband. Never met the man, but, if he served, I'm sure he was a fine fellow.
Cu Chi, Vietnam ' 66--' 67
A company--HQ company
2/27th Infantry
25th Infantry Division
Asst. Machine Gunner, and later, Generator Technician
Thanks to all who serve and protect, not just Military
I despise Agent Orange and Napalm
Hawby said it very well, Thanks Hawby
I was rejected in Kansas City in 1967 :-/
Thanks to those of you who went.
I've often wondered how my life would have been different if I'd experienced Viet Nam.
US Army '67-'70.
Rep. of S. Viet Nam- '68-'69
155th Assault Helicopter Co.
"Slick Pilot" (UH1-H) Huey. Hauled a lot of troops, VIP's, ass and trash, and dropped a whole bunch of flares on night flights.
Roxie, I'm sorry to hear about your husband. Agent Orange was some nasty stuff, and lots of people suffer, even today, because of it.
There is a saying among vets: "All gave some, some gave all." I think that applies here. Cherish his memory.
Noble, your life would be better, in some ways, and your life would be not quite so good, in some ways. One thing is for sure, though, it would be different.
RVN
C Company
326 Engineer Btn
101st ABN
Nov 68 to Jan 70
I never wanted a thank you when I got back but I didn't deserve to be called a baby killer either. >:(
Bob the demolition man 8)
HHS
2-130 FA, MLRS
KSARNG
"THE KNIGHTS OF FIRE"
-communications specialist
proudly serving since July '99
currently in Baghdad
one weekend a month, 2 weeks a year, yeah, whatever
Thank you everyone for supporting the troops.
Spc Charles Wist
Todays the day we remember the best of the best, both those who gave all there was to give and those who were there with them......the countless support troops who make it possible
...true Patriots, average people who protect and defend not only us, but the whole worldfrom tyranny
What you all do and have done COUNTS and is why we enjoy the life we do, we remember your gift to us Today....... 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
To all those that ever served and all those that are serving now, you have my deepest respect and gratitude.
Roxie my deepest condolences. Many people never understand but I wonder if you ladies on the home front don't suffer more than us Infantry men on the front line.
The most comforting words that can be found, I have just read on this forum. Thank you all, from the bottom of my heart.
Thanks for the "thumbs up" on Veterans Day.
I was a Sgt. in the US Army. Served in Korea, Germany & I was a rifle squad leader for the 198th Light Infantry Brigade, I Corps, 1968. Led my first ambush patrol in January on the first night of the Tet Offensive and was wounded in a beautiful place called Dragon Valley (Hiep Duc) June 6, 1968. I'm proud of my service and anyone else who serves in any capacity. Thanks again-Mike
P.S. DanG-Did you mean you hauled alot of DanG!
I don't know how I missed this topic.
It is impossible for me to express my gratitude for all that have served or how important the military has been to my family over the generations.
Currently I have a nephew and two cousins that are on the ground in Iraq.
My hat's off to all that have served, those you are still serving and especially to those who have given all they had so we are able to enjoy all we have.
My sincerest condolences Roxie
fabrik
now you got it :D :D :D :D :D
:D Yeah, I hauled a lot of DanG and other BS as well. Hauled 'bout everything you can imagine, from bullets to beer, and from nekkid women to a dead water buffalo. I mighta even hauled you, Fabrik. I was in Dragon Valley a couple of times in that time frame.
DanG
I was watchin a movie awhile back, and you came to mind ,it was called...... We were Soldiers
, its about the start of the air calvary.....have you seen it?
p.s did yall b-b-q the buffalo :D
Didn't see the flick, but we did blister the buffalo over a fire. Good thing my toofies was sharper then than they are now. :D
I probly should explain the nekkid ladies, too...........but I ain't.