Posted on 06/27/2008 10:16:20 AM PDT by BulletBobCo
bump!
Take a page from WWII - salute a vet if you are a vet.. I do.
IF not, an old standby, the “Thumbs up” works well.
“If some liberal scumbag has a problem with that, they can kiss my MARINE CORPS a$$ at their own peril.”
Thank You Sir!
Ping!
Well, I still salute. I believe they just changed the rules(law?) that allows you to salute in civilian clothes. I think Reagan started returning salutes, followed by the presidents succeeding him but it didn’t have any official status so they finally caught up with it. I believe it allows you render the hand salute to the colors as well and during the national anthem.
I salute publicly and will buy drinks for them when I can.
That it does. Take if from an old squid, getting a Semper Fi from a Marine is just about as good as you can do. BTT.
SIMPLIFY!
Don’t complicate a good thing—leave that to those who fail to grok the simplest of things!
Semper Fidelis
Dick Gaines
~~~~~
That’s really great.
Awesome.
I am a two tour, twice wounded Vietnam veteran....
It has been my honor to buy a little gas for a few military personnel in Morehead City...More than a few checks picked up in some resturants... and if only a short thank you and a little reminder that I will refuse to allow these people to face what I and my fellow veterans faced when returning from SE Asia...
I will not allow these warriors to be slighted....
HooRah, HooYah, Ooooah, and Semper Fi........
I ask all my brothers of our war to try and do the same...
Me too. We gotta make this salute as well used and normal as an everyday thing, so it will come natural.
Nothing wrong with a casual, informal salute as a greeting. Like a wave, towards the brow but without the "pause" of a formal salute.
Not appropriate in uniform of course, but from a civilian or veteran it looks fine and the meaning is crystal clear.
Army salutes indoors when reporting, otherwise only in headgear.
Lower initiates salute and holds until higher returns and drops.
If you are in civilian clothes, a quick "thrown" salute will not inconvenience because I would not return, but acknowledge with thanks or smile.
I guess a simple thumbs up is too hard?
WONDERFUL.
THANKS
BTTT
“Semper Fi, Marine!” has left some of them grasping for words or almost in tears. It is the “universal code” of thanks. Works for everybody too, Bill.
S/F
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Eye contact with a nice smile are good too.
I don’t know if I’d be comfortable with this. Great idea but I think it would feel akward, at least at first. If in proximity, “welcome home” works well.
I don't think that that is too hard. My opinion is that anything that anyone does to show that they are appreciative of a veteran's service to their country is appropriate.
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