OT: Veteran's Day

[TexanMark]

Thank you everyone! To all my Brothers and sisters and their families in arms thank you for your sacrifice.
View attachment 53663 Me and my Marine Nephews!

How would you like to see that group greeting you at Parris Island?

 

[CuseLegacy]

How would you like to see that group greeting you at Parris Island?

Friends took us to a graduation ceremony at Parris, back when the public could come and view them. It had me in tears.

 

[OrangeMon]

View attachment 53666

Would that be a picture of Arlington or Quantico National Cemetery? My parents are buried at Quantico. My father was a 20 year naval lieutenant commander. WWII and Korea. Graduated from Kings Point in 1944. No graduation ceremony that year. Went directly aboard ship.

 

[Crusty]

Friends took us to a graduation ceremony at Parris, back when the public could come and view them. It had me in tears.

There's no crying at a parris Island!

 

[CuseLegacy]

 

[CuseFaninVT]

My thanks as well to the Veterans who frequent this board and the friends and families of the rest like me who just appreciate everything you've done. Thanks for doing what you did for us and the country.

VT

 

[Townie72]

I always feel a little sheepish when someone thanks me for my service. I almost want to say, "No, you've got it backwards".

To me it was an honor and privilege to serve. It taught me live-changing lessons that I could not have learned in any other place. I found I could endure things and accomplish things I had no idea I was capable of.

I met some of the best people and some of the worst people you can imagine. I've lived real up close and personal with black guys from Alabama and white guys from Texas and Mexican guys from California and depend upon them and trust them and they became my true friends. I got to go places and see things I would have never seen.

I'm sure you have all been in cemeteries and seen gravestones that have the persons name and dates of birth and death on them. And then sometimes there's some other information on them too like "US Army 1943 - 1945" or "U.S Navy 1954-1958". The guy lived a whole life. He probably had a wife, kids, grandkids. He worked some where doing something. He belonged to clubs, etc. But the gravestone seems to suggest that what he is most proud of is that period of service to the Country.

Thanking someone for their service is a nice gesture and it's appreciated. But I've been tempted to thank them back for allowing me to do it.

 

[Shark58]

 

[FAL]

I always feel a little sheepish when someone thanks me for my service. I almost want to say, "No, you've got it backwards".

To me it was an honor and privilege to serve. It taught me live-changing lessons that I could not have learned in any other place. I found I could endure things and accomplish things I had no idea I was capable of.

I met some of the best people and some of the worst people you can imagine. I've lived real up close and personal with black guys from Alabama and white guys from Texas and Mexican guys from California and depend upon them and trust them and they became my true friends. I got to go places and see things I would have never seen.

I'm sure you have all been in cemeteries and seen gravestones that have the persons name and dates of birth and death on them. And then sometimes there's some other information on them too like "US Army 1943 - 1945" or "U.S Navy 1954-1958". The guy lived a whole life. He probably had a wife, kids, grandkids. He worked some where doing something. He belonged to clubs, etc. But the gravestone seems to suggest that what he is most proud of is that period of service to the Country.

Thanking someone for their service is a nice gesture and it's appreciated. But I've been tempted to thank them back for allowing me to do it.

Killer! You had me in tears, brother! What a great response. Thank you!

 

[CuseLegacy]

 

[AirForceOrange]

I always feel a little sheepish when someone thanks me for my service. I almost want to say, "No, you've got it backwards".

To me it was an honor and privilege to serve. It taught me live-changing lessons that I could not have learned in any other place. I found I could endure things and accomplish things I had no idea I was capable of.

I met some of the best people and some of the worst people you can imagine. I've lived real up close and personal with black guys from Alabama and white guys from Texas and Mexican guys from California and depend upon them and trust them and they became my true friends. I got to go places and see things I would have never seen.

I'm sure you have all been in cemeteries and seen gravestones that have the persons name and dates of birth and death on them. And then sometimes there's some other information on them too like "US Army 1943 - 1945" or "U.S Navy 1954-1958". The guy lived a whole life. He probably had a wife, kids, grandkids. He worked some where doing something. He belonged to clubs, etc. But the gravestone seems to suggest that what he is most proud of is that period of service to the Country.

Thanking someone for their service is a nice gesture and it's appreciated. But I've been tempted to thank them back for allowing me to do it.

THIS!! Exactly how I feel...thank you for your words!!

 

[Hoo's That]

I've always say to people that the best way to thank us is to vote.

 

[baggerbob]

I always feel a little sheepish when someone thanks me for my service. I almost want to say, "No, you've got it backwards".

To me it was an honor and privilege to serve. It taught me live-changing lessons that I could not have learned in any other place. I found I could endure things and accomplish things I had no idea I was capable of.

I met some of the best people and some of the worst people you can imagine. I've lived real up close and personal with black guys from Alabama and white guys from Texas and Mexican guys from California and depend upon them and trust them and they became my true friends. I got to go places and see things I would have never seen.

I'm sure you have all been in cemeteries and seen gravestones that have the persons name and dates of birth and death on them. And then sometimes there's some other information on them too like "US Army 1943 - 1945" or "U.S Navy 1954-1958". The guy lived a whole life. He probably had a wife, kids, grandkids. He worked some where doing something. He belonged to clubs, etc. But the gravestone seems to suggest that what he is most proud of is that period of service to the Country.

Thanking someone for their service is a nice gesture and it's appreciated. But I've been tempted to thank them back for allowing me to do it.

Townie thanks for putting what I, and many other veterans feel. My 4 years were some of the best, and worst times of my life. But the perspective you learn about people, and life made it all worth while.