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Dear Abby: Veteran rubbed the wrong way by the expression: ‘Thank you for your service’
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| 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.
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posted on
09/23/2019 11:55:47 AM PDT
by
Manly Warrior
(US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
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
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posted on
09/23/2019 1:40:39 PM PDT
by
Chainmail
(Remember that half the people you meet are below average intelligence)
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.
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posted on
09/23/2019 1:52:10 PM PDT
by
MortMan
(Americans are a people increasingly separated by our connectivity.)
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.
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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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