A tribute............
Nov 6, 2013 18:03:41 #
My time in service for our country was not considered war time, 1983-1990. I was discharged from the Marine Corps in 1990 just as the gulf war was kicking off under the first George Bush's Operation Desert Shield. My last mission was Operation Just Cause in 1989.
Today we have around 1,390,000 troops deployed outside of the country. 0.4% of our total population. They are out there fighting for all Americans. They are not fighting for politics, they are fighting to maintain the freedoms so many take for granted every day. I salute them.
As many have throughout our great nations history I volunteered to fight for my country. Instead of signing up for selective service at 18 I joined the Marine Corps 2 days after High School graduation at 17. Many, many people have done the same because they felt a desire to serve their country and their fellow Americans, to protect what this country stands for, freedom.
There has not been a draft since the Vietnam war, so those almost 2 million people who are currently fighting for the people of this country and what we stand for are all volunteers. True patriots willing to give their lives for those who enjoy the right to sit in their safe little worlds and think up ways to make all that they do pointless.
For all of my brothers and sisters in arms, those few who have answered the call past through present, I salute you. Your selfless acts to defend this nation will not be forgotten as long as one of us lives. Semper Fi, Semper Paratus, Ex Scientia Tridens, Hanc Defendemus, Uno Ab Alto, Semper Paratus-Semper Idi.
Marines, Coast Guard, Navy, Army, Air Force, National Guard. For all of those who choose to serve, you stand above all others in your sacrifice. You stand together as family with all of those before and after.
To serve your country is the greatest honor a man or woman can ever do not for themselves, but for those they protect.
I lift my glass to all past and present who have given their lives in one way or another to protect this country and the freedom we represent. May it all not be in vain.
Today we have around 1,390,000 troops deployed outside of the country. 0.4% of our total population. They are out there fighting for all Americans. They are not fighting for politics, they are fighting to maintain the freedoms so many take for granted every day. I salute them.
As many have throughout our great nations history I volunteered to fight for my country. Instead of signing up for selective service at 18 I joined the Marine Corps 2 days after High School graduation at 17. Many, many people have done the same because they felt a desire to serve their country and their fellow Americans, to protect what this country stands for, freedom.
There has not been a draft since the Vietnam war, so those almost 2 million people who are currently fighting for the people of this country and what we stand for are all volunteers. True patriots willing to give their lives for those who enjoy the right to sit in their safe little worlds and think up ways to make all that they do pointless.
For all of my brothers and sisters in arms, those few who have answered the call past through present, I salute you. Your selfless acts to defend this nation will not be forgotten as long as one of us lives. Semper Fi, Semper Paratus, Ex Scientia Tridens, Hanc Defendemus, Uno Ab Alto, Semper Paratus-Semper Idi.
Marines, Coast Guard, Navy, Army, Air Force, National Guard. For all of those who choose to serve, you stand above all others in your sacrifice. You stand together as family with all of those before and after.
To serve your country is the greatest honor a man or woman can ever do not for themselves, but for those they protect.
I lift my glass to all past and present who have given their lives in one way or another to protect this country and the freedom we represent. May it all not be in vain.
Nov 6, 2013 18:34:30 #
Nov 6, 2013 18:40:24 #
Nov 6, 2013 20:00:35 #
lone_ghost wrote:
My time in service for our country was not conside... (show quote)
Outstandingly said. :!: :!: :!: :!:
Nov 6, 2013 23:56:29 #
lone_ghost wrote:
My time in service for our country was not conside... (show quote)
Thank you for you service, and thank you to those currently serving.
I would like to mention a charity championed by Fox News's Bill O'reilly.....it's at idependencefund.org. They supply Track Chairs to disabled veterans. Please consider donating to this great cause.
http://www.independencefund.org/
Nov 7, 2013 09:16:43 #
lone_ghost wrote:
My time in service for our country was not conside... (show quote)
Amen!
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Nov 7, 2013 15:31:50 #
I am a vet from 50 years ago. Cannot tell you how important MAIL CALL was. Have a granddaughter now at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. I write every week, without fail.
If you know someone who is doing what we cannot or will not, write them. It makes no difference what you say, it is recognition that hey are away and you are thinking of them. Just do it. Molly tells me of her fellow soldiers who are nearly in tears when they receive a letter and others in the same strait because they did not.
If you know someone who is doing what we cannot or will not, write them. It makes no difference what you say, it is recognition that hey are away and you are thinking of them. Just do it. Molly tells me of her fellow soldiers who are nearly in tears when they receive a letter and others in the same strait because they did not.
Nov 7, 2013 23:38:28 #
oldroy
Loc: Western Kansas (No longer in hiding)
klaire's gramps wrote:
I am a vet from 50 years ago. Cannot tell you how important MAIL CALL was. Have a granddaughter now at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. I write every week, without fail.
If you know someone who is doing what we cannot or will not, write them. It makes no difference what you say, it is recognition that hey are away and you are thinking of them. Just do it. Molly tells me of her fellow soldiers who are nearly in tears when they receive a letter and others in the same strait because they did not.
If you know someone who is doing what we cannot or will not, write them. It makes no difference what you say, it is recognition that hey are away and you are thinking of them. Just do it. Molly tells me of her fellow soldiers who are nearly in tears when they receive a letter and others in the same strait because they did not.
I was also a soldier from 1954-1957 and surely did like to get those messages from home. I especially liked to get those boxes with cookies and candy in them that my mother sent every month. I had lots of friends when those things came and many of them kept track of when another was due.
We enjoyed those letters from home, especially the two years I was in Europe and my mother didn't fail me very many times. Of course, I helped her remember by answering all of them.
Yep, I have been out of the Army 56+ years.
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