Thank you veterans for your service

I do appreciate the service of our military men and women. They put form a supreme sacrifice, both risking their lives, and serving their country far from home - often a great distances from their families. I respect and admire them.

While I often disagree with the political leaders, the troops can always count on 100% support from me!

Just wanted to say thanks to our former and current service women and men.

You are welcome.

U.S. Navy 1975-79 (U.S.S. America, U.S.S. Inchon, NAS Pensacola)
Any other service members ?

151st Infantry Division 1975-1987
3/123rd Armor (Ft. Knox) 1987-1990

20+years United States Army-Infantry

I'd like to thank my Dad.

On a light note...When I went to enlist I originally wanted to be a Marine...but when the recruiter found out I'd already dated women they made me join the Navy.

(Before ya'll start bitching...it's a military thing, and unless you've been there you wouldn't understand)

I'd like to thank my Dad.

your post brought me out of hiding........

Your six words just really hit me, brings tears to my eyes and got me all choked up. I just pictured you as a son.....a little boy....thanking his Dad.....

My thoughts and thanks to all that have served, are serving, and those that gave their very life....

Drafted (An all too common result of being poor and young in America at that time).
US Army Medic.
1966-1968

Welcome Home brother.

I mirror the sentiment that politics should be left aside and the sacrifice each of these/you fine people make in service should be honored. Makes me wanna cook for them/you 'cause that's all I can do, from the heart.

And it pales in comparison, now doesn't it?

I'd like to thank my Dad.

And so shall I.

Indeed, thanks to all of you who have served our country!

Army 12 Bravo. No Chili-Mac since '96!

*****Why does the Navy have Marines on their ships? Because sheep would be waaay too obvious!****

My dad was a Marine drill instructor at Parris Island in the early 60's (I was born there), then was shipped out to Viet Nam. He got out of the Marines in the late 70's, but didn't much care for civilian life, so in the 80's (when he was in his 40's) he tried to re-enlist, but the Marines wouldn't take him back because he was too old, so he enlisted in the Navy and retired from there.

One of my first memories of my dad was him stepping out of a taxi in front of our house in full dress uniform, coming home from Viet Nam.

Everyone has had one of those "I did WHAT ?" moments in life...Here's my friend Ron's.

Ron was 50 at the time and had spent almost 18 years as a air traffic controller in the Naval Reserve. It was pretty cushy duty with very little danger of ever going into harms way. Well in 1989 the FAA (his primary employer) transferred him to Oklahoma City and as a a result whenever duty called Ron was forced to drive 4 hours to Dallas, the location of the nearest Naval Reserve station. After a year of this he became weary of the every other weekend drive and with only a year before he was eligible to retire from the military he decided to finish out his reserve career with the local Army Reserve unit where of all things they made him a cook in a MASH unit.

Ron signed the papers transferring him from the Naval Reserve to the Army Reserve on July 18th 1990. 2 weeks later ol' Sad-Um invaded Kuwait...Guess where Ron spent the next 7 months ?

Sorry Im late getting to the post - but it's something I've always wondered about industry folk here in Louisville.

USAF TACP / Det 3
82nd & 2nd Ranger (deployed)
Saudi / Iraq / Bosnia / Haiti