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[Grumpy]

DJD, that makes you a Veteran Don. I wasn'T thanking just combat Veterans but ALL VETERANS, no matter how long or where they served==THEY SERVIED OUR COUNTRY.

Grumpy.

[DJD]

DJD, that makes you a Veteran Don. I wasn'T thanking just combat Veterans but ALL VETERANS, no matter how long or where they served==THEY SERVIED OUR COUNTRY.

Grumpy.

Well thank you Sir, I am proud to have served.

[cra97]

DJD, that makes you a Veteran Don. I wasn'T thanking just combat Veterans but ALL VETERANS, no matter how long or where they served==THEY SERVIED OUR COUNTRY.

Grumpy.

Grumpy,

I could not agree with your statement more!! I feel (well I am not sure what the right word is to use here, but) discouraged (?) when I hear fellow VETERANS, who served but say "I did not see any action or combat", lessen their own importance on being a true Veteran (WHICH THEY ARE!!). I had a guy tell me about being in during Nam and that "I was only a cook for the guys going through training, on their way over....". This bothered me to no end. Where would those guys "going through training" have been without food cooked by that person? Was their someone else out there to do it? No, they were to busy making their way to Canada!! ANYONE who has dawned the uniform, in ANY JOB, during ANY PERIOD, IS A VET!!
I did many deployments personally, so I believe I have the right to say what I feel on this issue, BUT had those before me NOT served (Any of them) I would not have had the CHOICE on whether to serve of not. My hat is off to all those who serve, and even those who just acknowledge the importance of serving (that is my own personal belief though), should celebrate the day as their own. Without the support of the patriots who do not necessarily "serve" in uniform, but rather SUPPORT those of us who do, where would we be anyway?
I wish everyone a wonderful V-Day and may God Bless you all!!

Rob

[kygorski]

I'm also proud of my service time, even though it was at a time when we at peace, those years in germany showed me what its like to live in a country, without restraints on travel,my service also started to some extent when I was 10 years old, moving onto an army post with our step dad. Have one step grandson in the service now, doing his second tour in the mid east. I'm aware of the sence of duty of our current service men and woman, they keep us the best place on earth to live.

[Dave Stewart]

Happy Veteran's Day tomorrow to all my fellow vets. Happy Birthday today to all of those like me that have their military roots in the Corps. Semper Fi..!