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On this veterans day, I just wanted to let all of you out there who have served our country that it is appreciated.

Yes, I spent a short time in the Marine Corps, however, never seeing a single hostile gunshot, my contribution is insignificant.

So for those of you out there who currently spend, or have spent in the past, day after day after day after day to selflessly defend everyone who means anything to me, all for wages that are disgustingly low, you have my heartfelt gratitude and appreciation.

Thanks.

Semper Fi.

my contribution is insignificant.

Well thats a line of bullpoop. It does not matter what you did, or where you were or how long you did it for, it was NOT insignificant. I was in for a total of 15 years in the USAF and I never saw "action" (except those few times in my dormroom  ) Even if you joined and was removed after a short time due to medical, you still are a veteran.
Sorry to step on your toes bud, but thats the way it is. Be proud. I bet that there is a marine in this group right now that wants to smack you aside the head for that

Give yourself your due credit

Chris

What is a Veteran?

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. 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, the 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. Two little words that mean a lot, "THANK YOU."

author- Father Denis Edward O'Brien USMC

I am a Vietnam Veteran....I served in the US Army Special Forces....the above message meant allot to me and it seems to quell the belief that Hyperion has to "insignificant" service to his country (IE- the Marine Corps Drill Instructor mentioned).

I Thank All who served!

Romulus once again you've found the right words for the moment.
I think anyone who has ever donned the uniform deserves respect, they are part of a bigger machine. The guy fixing the radios at the airbase is just as important as the fighter pilot, without those radios he wouldn't know what was happening and where to be.
I wore the uniform for 5 years before a rather unfortunate accident resulted in me having to leave (I didn't want to drive a desk), but I think of my friends who didn't make it often, and I smile at all the dumb things we did. I feel honoured to have known them. Fine men all.

Ozzy

Yes, thanks to all vets for my freedom!

"Thank You",  Romulus.

Dave

[quote]"Thank You",

Oooh-F***ing-Ra!

If anyone here has not read the autobiography of Audie Murphy, I would suggest it.

Posted by: Romulus111VADT Posted on: Nov 11th, 2003, 7:55pm
on Nov 11th, 2003, 7:50pm, Fly2e wrote:"Thank You",  Romulus.

Dave  
Your quite welcome....but for what am I being thanked for?

Posted by: Romulus111VADT Posted on: Nov 11th, 2003, 3:35pm
What is a Veteran?
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. Two little words that mean a lot, "THANK YOU."

It was right in front of you! LOL

Dave  8)

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It was right in front of you! LOL

Dave