What is a U.S.Veteran ?

How very true!!!!

Thanks for posting and ” Semper Fi ” – Vietnam ‘65-’66

-- Gene, Majestic Eagle Woodworks, http://majesticeagleww.etsy.com/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/majesticeagle/

Hi Dusty;

So very true, and very well said.

Words cannot describe the debt we owe these guys.

Thank you for posting this.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Thanks for posting this, I have seen it before and it is so true.

I do alot of work for a 501c non profit called Military Appreciation Day (www.militaryappreciationday.org)

We hold events fishing and picnics for active military of all branches ;
Our Mission statment is ONE SIMPLE THANKS
WE have an event comming up May 30th if you are instrested in checking it out use the link above. If any one has any question about it please contact me.

-- JohnShackleford,North Carolina

Thanks for posting!

USN ‘63-’85

-- Larry "Work like a Captain but Play like a Pirate!"

Thanks,

USN ‘63-’66

-- Lew- Time traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!

I feel saddened for anyone who loses their lives in a war that includes all victims of war not just the soldiers many innocent people die due to unnecesary wars what does it all bring nothing.my 2 cents.Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

Thanks!

USN 68-88

-- Splinters - Living and Loving life in the Rockies - http://www.splinterswoodworks.com/ - http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5220040

Great post! ARNG DET2 188TH Engineer Combat Batallion 2004-present

-- Don't tell her I'm in the shop!

Interesting. USAF, 1971-1979

-- Chip -----------http://www.penmanchip.com-----------------Micah 6:8

Thanks for posting!
USAF 1961-1968

-- waroland, Mount Juliet, TN

Don’t underestimate the American people. They understand. After all it is our families in the wars not Hollywood’s or Washington DC’s.

It’s good to see posts like this… Living in a military town the attitudes swing wide both ways. Some people are really nice to you, others are real jerks to you. I guess some people’s political or personal views prevent them from understanding the necessity of the military and what we do to ensure their safety.

-- San Diego, CA

Thanks. US Army 1994-2000.
It’s nice to hear. it would be even nicer to hear when we aren’t at war. My mother has worked at a VA Hospital for 30 years, I volunteered there for several years in middle school and high school. Saddest thing I ever saw, the nursing home ward on the fifth floor. Guys that had given it all in WWII, and completely forgotten. No one ever came to visit…I used to go up there and just sit and talk with some of them. when i was 13 I sat with a man celebrating his 90th birthday by laying alone in his bed. I think it was in 1987 when they shut down the Psych ward due to funding cuts….soldiers, mostly vietnam era, were sent home with whatever family they had…those without family were pushed out to the bus stop. Heh…my mom was happy that I volunteered there for so many years, because she thought it would be a great deterrent for me to see how your country thanks you when you give everything for it. Yellow ribbons and lapel pin flags, and fireworks. but no one comes to sit with you. Boy was she ticked when i signed on. Its difficult for her even now, but I tell her unfortunately she only gets exposed to the negatives of what the military brings. But its a great life.
Sorry for the rant. thanks for the thanks. Everybody, go spend an hour at the closest VA, read a book to a vet. Or just hang out and talk, they’re good on that too.

-- "Democracy is by far the worst system of government. Except all the others that have been tried." ~ Winston Churchill

Thanks. US Army 84-88.

-- A thing of beauty is a joy forever...

Thanks: US Air Force “57-61” and two kids currently serving… One in the sandbox and one heading for the horn…

-- good fences make good neighbors...