Thank you

[thunderchicken]

Tomorrow is Veterans Day. To all of you men and women who have served our great nation, or who have loved ones who have or are serving...
Thank you. I appreciate the sacrifices you have made


Likewise thank you to our Law Enforcement personnel who stand on the thin blue line every day

 

[gloxrok]

Thank you! Thank you also to all ICO's!

 

[churchmouse]

God bless you each and every one.

 

[HubertGummer]

Yes, thank you all. Without those in our armed forces we couldn't enjoy the freedoms we take for granted everyday.

 

[oldpink]

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 the38th 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 slows 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, 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 mean a lot, "THANK YOU."




It is the Soldier
It is the soldier, not the reporter, Who has given us freedom of the press.


It is the soldier, not the poet, Who has given us freedom of speech.


It is the soldier, not the organizer, Who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.


It is the soldier, Who salutes the flag, Who serves beneath the flag,


And whose coffin is draped by the flag, Who allows the protestor to burn the flag.


-Father Dennis Edward O'Brien M.M. USMC

 

[warthog]

Good on all of you! Stay safe and thank you

 

[Bennettjh]

Yes. Thank you all. Wouldn't be here today if it weren't for you.

 

[Heavy]

old pink... you got me with the old guy bagging groceries. That one got me good.

Thank you Men and Women of the United States Armed Forces.

 

[oldpink]

old pink... you got me with the old guy bagging groceries. That one got me good.

Thank you Men and Women of the United States Armed Forces.

Trust me, that one gets everybody.
It's just about impossible to read this entire thing aloud, especially when the reader gets to that point.
I've seen many people try, and all of their voices break there.

 

[foxxie02]

good veterans day indeed. my son got home 2 days ago from afghanistan. 6 1/2 month deployment.. sounds like lots of beer drinking going on

 

[Tombs]

God bless all who willingly take the oath and abide.