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The Center of Camp => The Campfire => Topic started by: Puffer on November 09, 2020, 01:07:56 PM
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VETERANS DAY 2020
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:yessir: YAY! We get the day off.... wait, I'm retired - they're all "days off"! :bigsmile: I think I'll go get a load of firewood, as there isn't a parade to view. :laffing
Hope everyone has a great day, especially all the Veterans among us! :hairy
~Kees~
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Thanks to all who served and to all those who support our vets.
90270 medic . USAF. E-5 :yessir:
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Well, I won't say that military duty was a pleasure, but I am proud to have done it.
U S Army 1965 - 1968 62E30 Heavy Equipment Operator - E-5
Actually 62E30 refers to a Grader Operator. I spent upwards of a day or so running a grader at my school, that was it. But I knew how to start one and drive it up onto a flat bed trailer to transport it somewhere. Which is actually what I did most of my time in the Army. I drove tractor/trailer and transported equipment from place to place. Also ran a bulldozer for a while and a scraper also. That was in Thailand. In the States, I trained ROTC kids, shot on the rifle team, and drove tractor/trailer and was in charge of the earth moving platoon tool room. Probably not an "essential person." :luff:
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USAF 21 years. Retired 1981. To all my fellow vets, GOOD JOB and THANK YOU.
doggoner
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Thank you to all who have served (in any branch not just the best ;) go USCG!) And thank you to all who thank them :)
US Coast Guard retired
We get to go to a parade :) Love small town Alaska
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A huge thanks of gratitude to all our current in-service military personnel, to all those vets who have served but are inactive, and to the millions of American vets who have served our nation and have passed on ... including personal homage to my dad and mom, who were both in the Army Air Corps during WW2, my uncles Mike and Bill who were WW2 Army vets fighting in the Pacific, France and Germany, and my uncle Felix, a B-17 ball turret gunner who's bomber was shot down into the English Channel after a run over France and was captured and incarcerated in Stalag 17 for nearly 3 years.
I salute you all. :yessir:
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Best of all to my fellow veteran brothers and sisters. :shake
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'74 - '77
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Best of all to my fellow veteran brothers and sisters. :shake
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The same back at'cha brother! :yessir: (http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/4th-july/usa-flag.gif) (http://www.sherv.net/)
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Thanks to all my Brothers and Sisters in arms! job well done when ever you served! :yessir: :yessir:
USMC 1973-77
E4
2531/2532 Field radio and Microwave radio
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SJFriend seez............ "And thank you to all who thank them."
Sorry I'm late, (Hospital duty with my bride)..... a big Happy Veterans Day to all our Vets.
I spent 23 years on Active Duty, Retired in 1982.
Things sure are different nowadays, Back in the 60's and early 70's nobody congratulated anyone, except amongst ourselves, for the wearing of that Uniform, and I for one welcome that change.
Seems it's been going on since Desert Storm and it was waaay overdue when it started happening!
I truly appreciate SJFriend saying what he said, "Thank you to all who thank them".
It is really good to hear those words! There is unity in that!
Thank you, Sir
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Russ, back then every male who was fit for duty was a veteran. I was appalled when Nixon announced that he was ending the draft and I feel that a lot of the problems our country faces now come from that. We all learned how to get along with others, how to obey orders, how to look out for the other guy, and most importantly, that with all the rights we have come responsibilities. Much of the racial progress came about in the Armed Forces when folks realized that people who were different color were still capable people. Not saying there wasn't discrimination, but it was fading fast when I was in.
Anyway, I hope everyone had a good holiday, and thanks for letting me spout off!
~Kees~