A Salute to You Vets

[RRock]

USMC 1965-1968. Viet Nam 67-68. HMM-363, UH-34 Dogs, Crewchief/Gunner. Like M60gunner, I learned to play a tune or two on the M60. From Phu Bai north.  Semper Fi.

[Yellowsnake]

USAF 1982-90.  F.E Warren AFB,WY. Kadena AB, Okinawa.

[LEWIS VADEN]

US Army, 41st Infantry 1969-1971

[Tom]

'70-72 U.S. Army infantry-Nam
'73-'79 USN Reserves-minesweeper
To all those who have and are serving, thanks!

[northern fisher]

My dad served in the Black Watch and was a sharpshooter.My uncle Frank did his time with my dad in the Watch and was a demo expert.CAN YOU SAY BOOM.
They were just good Canadain men doing what was asked of them.
I come from Canada,If you have not figured that out yet and I have no time for those weak spined people who  enjoy freedom yet do not support our troops in there everyday battle to keep
us free
I'm 40 years old and kids half my age are losing there lifes everyday to give me the right to speak my mind.
Get on board or get out of the country
A PROUD SON OF CANADA          

[pronghorn23]

US Army 1988-1992

[Yankee Bill]

U.S. NAVY '76 - '83

U.S.S. Roanoke AOR-7
U.S.S. Milwaulkee AOR-2
2 Years in the Brigg  :eek:     (as a Guard          :D    )

Thanks to all who have served.... Past and present.

YB

[Jason Lester]

US Army 1992-1998 Ft.Jackson, Fort Gordon, Ft Detrick, Aberdean (reserves 98-00)

Thanks all that have served.

[Lefty]

USMC 86-92  
Camp Lejune
Okinawa
Mt Fuji
Korea
 Last 4 1/2 years with 1st Bn 11th Marines at Camp Pendleton, 29 Palms, and Desert Shied/Storm.

[42WLA]

Originally posted by DSARGE.308:
Sorry!! Ft Dix, NJ--Minot, ND--Ft Leonardwood, MO--Camp Guernsey, WY--Camp Bullis, TX--Presently @ Lackland AFB, TX.

You sound like a fellow AF Cop.

I've been a USAF Security Policeman/Security Forces from 1984 to present.  Currently stationed at Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina till I retire at 24 years of service this time next year.

My son leaves for USAF basic in October. Another generation carrying on the tradition. Maybe DSARGE.308 will be his TI?

[hawgslayer]

 

USMC '66 to '69. 2 tours in NAM. I-Corps Quang Tri Provence. (1 click from the "Z"). As one of the other member stated, some of us did eat the same dirt and did allot of    .

SEMPER FI

Ray......aka, hawgslayer

[Slasher]

Thanks to all!!!

US Army 86-90
Ft Bragg, NC 82nd Abn Div
Camp Stanton Korea 2nd Inf Div
Ft Drum, NY 10th MTN Div

USMC 90-96
MCAS BEaufort, SC 2nd MAW
AM EMB Bonn. Germany
AM EMB Monrovia, Liberia
AM EMB Bamako, Mali

[Bonebuster]

Where would we be and what would we do, if it weren`t for the sacrifice made by our service men and women.

My children are sleeping, right now , safe and sound.

They have little to no idea how awful much of the world is.

I know there is only one reason that this is so.

It is the sacrifice, that our service men and women have made.

All I can say is, THANK YOU. I do not take my freedom for granted.

[Snakeeater]

US Army, 77 - 81; Ft. Benning and Aschaffenburg, Germany with the 3ID/1-4th Inf.

[David Bartholomew]

USS Nimitz: USS Eisenhower (Plank Owner); Naval Air Station - Norfolk; USS Emory S. Land; Panama City, Flordia; Huntsville, Alabama; Indian Head, Maryland; USS L.Y. Spear; WpnSta Yorktown, VA.; USS Eishenhower.

Retired '94

David
WTCS (SW/DV)

[Drummer@Home]

US Army 1988-1994, Seaira Army depot Nothern CA, Augsburg Germeny, Ft Hood TX. GITMO Cuba.

Should of stayed.
Sgt Drumm Donald H.

[dudley152]

It's a pleasure to see how much the attitude toward our service members has changed since I enlisted in the Army in 1970. I am very proud of our young men and women who are serving in our military. Keep up the good work.

US Army 1970-73
Ft. Dix, NJ
Ft. Devans, MA
RVN - Quang Tri to DMZ (71-72)
Ft. Hood, TX
RVN - because I hated Ft. Hood (72-Ceasefire in 73)
Thailand

hawgslayer - I'm willing to bet you and I ate the same dirt on A-4 only we were a couple of years apart.

[Shell]

Originally posted by dudley152:
It's a pleasure to see how much the attitude toward our service members has changed since I enlisted in the Army in 1970. I am very proud of our young men and women who are serving in our military. Keep up the good work.

Because,

Poor is the nation that has no heros.
Shameful is the nation that having them forgets.

God Bless and Thank you all!!

[Killdeer]

I was one of the waiters, and watchers out to sea. San Diego, Hawaii, Kamakura, Carlisle Barracks, Pentagon, Palos Verdes, San Diego, Norfolk, Pentagon, and then Dad retired to his second career. How glad were the days when the ship hove fuzzily, grayly into view, and we were all dressed up and waiting, all those times. My mother's face, I still see her, anxious, and joyful at the pier.

I cannot see a uniform without remembering, feeling the pride, and honoring the American wearing it for their selfless deeds. I know how their families feel, how it is for the one parent to raise the children while waiting for the homecoming. I can only guess, from what I have heard and seen, what the person deployed goes through. It can't be for the money!

God bless you, I am proud of you, and deeply grateful. Doing what you do every day lets me do what I do every day. The APO-addressed letters and parcels that pass through my hands get a mental prayer attached to each, silent postage gladly paid!

Kathy~the mailma'am.  

[BrianP]

My Dad: USMC 1956-1960 USN 1960-1975 Retired ATCS
My Brother: USN Seabee 1979-1999 Retired CM1
Me: USN Seabee 1981-2003 Retired EAC

Not bragging, just felt like sharing since I was in such good company with you folks.  Some of the happiest times of life and some of the saddest were spent serving.  Not a day goes by that I don't think of the folks in conflict.

Brian