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Dear Abby: Veteran rubbed the wrong way by the expression: ‘Thank you for your service’
al.com ^ | Sept. 22, 2019 | Abigail Van Buren

Posted on 09/22/2019 8:07:08 AM PDT by bgill

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To: Chainmail

CMF11,infantry, and 21,cbt engr officer, not 32yrs of service, only 23 and change....

Blessings.


121 posted on 09/23/2019 11:55:47 AM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
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To: Manly Warrior
Four years enlisted Marine (failed Truck Driver, then 105mm Cannoneer, then artillery Scout with Echo Company 2/1) - and after the hospital, .50 Caliber machine gun from the right window of a CH-46.

Then Artillery Officer, eventually commanding a 155mm battalion. 27 years, total..

Blessings, Chainmail

122 posted on 09/23/2019 1:40:39 PM PDT by Chainmail (Remember that half the people you meet are below average intelligence)
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To: The Antiyuppie

As a Desert Storm veteran, I go out of my way to thank those I see in a current uniform, as well as those I see proclaiming their prior service. It’s not all cliche, and it’s not all thoughtless.


123 posted on 09/23/2019 1:52:10 PM PDT by MortMan (Americans are a people increasingly separated by our connectivity.)
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To: SERE_DOC

Yet you are the one who whines when I mentioned those who issue bed sheets do not get the same respect as those on the front lines in harms way who served for their country, not for the freebies and a easy life.


124 posted on 09/23/2019 5:43:55 PM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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