ItsHot
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- A little piece of heaven!
A greatful thanks to all my fellow veterans here! May we always honor and remember the ones who have served!!
Veteran's Day
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AV ELECTRIC
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Its so great to see so much support for are veterans today. I was a construction electrician in the navy seabees back between 1980 and 1985 and there was very little support at that time. congrats to all vets enjoy the day
Sierrasparky
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- USA
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- Electrician ,contractor
here here!
These Men and Women do or have done what most of us can't or would prefer not doing. They helped keep us safe.
My thanks to them.
These Men and Women do or have done what most of us can't or would prefer not doing. They helped keep us safe.
My thanks to them.
rcarroll
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- Fort Collins, Colorado
And to those who are currently serving. Best wishes!A greatful thanks to all my fellow veterans here! May we always honor and remember the ones who have served!!
billsnuff
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- Location
- East of 480sparky
may it forever wave.............
muckusmc
Senior Member
- Location
- Roebling, NJ
THANK YOU to all Service Members - Past, Present and Future.
ItsHot
Senior Member
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- A little piece of heaven!
Sorry I failed to recognize the active duty! Thanks to the thousands of service members worldwide, who are at it 24/7 - 365!!!And to those who are currently serving. Best wishes!
joebell
Senior Member
- Location
- New Hampshire
Sweet so was I...........Thanks to all the men and women that wore and continue to wear the uniform and fight for our freedom.
Rewire
Senior Member
- Location
- Lake of the Ozarks
25th Tactical Air Command 1978-1983
jumper
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- 3 Hr 2 Min from Winged Horses
From my local paper:
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Some veterans bear visible signs of their service: a missing limb, a jagged scar, a 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 alloy 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.
What is a vet?
He is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudia Arabia sweating two gallons a day making sure the armored personnel carriers didn't run out of fuel.
He is the Nebraska farmer who worries every year that this time the bank really will foreclose.
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 39th 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 never has seen combat -- but who has saved countless lives by turning slouchy no-'counts into soldiers, and teaching them to watch each others' 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 anonymous hero in the Tomb of the Unknowns, whose presence at Arlington National Cemetery must forever preserve the memory of all the other anonymous heroes whose valor died 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 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. This editorial first appeared in 1995.
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Some veterans bear visible signs of their service: a missing limb, a jagged scar, a 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 alloy 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.
What is a vet?
He is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudia Arabia sweating two gallons a day making sure the armored personnel carriers didn't run out of fuel.
He is the Nebraska farmer who worries every year that this time the bank really will foreclose.
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 39th 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 never has seen combat -- but who has saved countless lives by turning slouchy no-'counts into soldiers, and teaching them to watch each others' 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 anonymous hero in the Tomb of the Unknowns, whose presence at Arlington National Cemetery must forever preserve the memory of all the other anonymous heroes whose valor died 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 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. This editorial first appeared in 1995.
AV ELECTRIC
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It appears you still have that can do spirit
zog
Senior Member
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- Charlotte, NC
My company gives veterans the day off with pay, usually we have a golf outing, this year, thanks to this stupid hurricane we had our first annual bowling outing. I thank my company for doing this each year, I think they all should. And thanks to all the other vets out there, if you didn;t get it off, we drank one for you, many toasts today!.
jeremysterling
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- Austin, TX
Rewire
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- Lake of the Ozarks
Col North was in branson all week
LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
- Location
- Henrico County, VA
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- Electrical Contractor
Minuteman
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- Location
- The Sooner Nation
Happy Veterans day to all us that have worn the uniform of the United States of America!
A special prayer for all those in harm's way, including Sgt Mickey USMC on his 4th deployment. God Bless the U.S.A.
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