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America's Living Veterans

WWI
Living Veterans Less than 200
Total That Served 4,734,991

WWII
Living Veterans 3,526,000
Total That Served 16,112,566

Korean War
Living Veterans 3,257,000
Total That Served 5,720,000

Vietnam War
Living Veterans 8,055,000
Total That Served 9,200,000

Desert Shield/Desert Storm
Living Veterans 1,900,000
Total That Served 2,322,332

War on Terrorism*
Veterans** 194,700
Total That Served 1,428,383

Total Living Veterans - 24,737,500


*Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom
**Service members who have left the military
***As of 8/16/05

[snippy_about_it]

I received this list from my dear friend bkwells last night and thought it would be perfect to post here today. We love all you guys and gals.

In honor of our living veterans and their wonderful American sense of humor.

---Military Operational Readiness---Rules Of Engagement(ROE)----

US Marine Corps ROE:

1. Be courteous to everyone, friendly to no one.

2. Decide to be aggressive enough, quickly enough.

3. Have a plan.

4. Have a back-up plan, because the first one probably won't work.

5. Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.

6. Do not attend a gunfight with a handgun whose caliber does not start with a "4."

7. Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammo is cheap. Life is expensive.

8. Move away from your attacker. Distance is your friend. (Lateral & diagonal preferred.)

9. Use cover or concealment as much as possible.

10. Flank your adversary when possible. Protect yours.

11. Always cheat; always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.

12. In ten years nobody will remember the details of caliber, stance, or tactics. They will only remember who lived.

13. If you are not shooting, you should be communicating your intention to shoot.

US Army ROE:

1. Select a new beret to wear.

2. Sew patches on right shoulder.

3. Change the color of beret you decide to wear.

US Army Rangers ROE:

1. Walk in 50 miles wearing 75 pound rucksack while starving.

2. Locate individuals requiring killing.

3. Request permission via radio from "Higher" to perform killing.

4. Curse bitterly when mission is aborted.

5. Walk out 50 miles wearing a 75 pound rucksack while starving.

US Navy ROE:

1. Drink Coffee.

2. Go to Sea.

3. Drink Coffee.

4. Brief Strike Aircraft.

5. Drink Coffee

6. Watch movie.

7. Make a new pot of Coffee...

8. Launch Missiles.

9. Drink Coffee.

10.Deploy the Marines.

11 Drink Coffee.

Navy SEALS ROE:

1. Look very cool in Gargoyle sunglasses.

2. Kill every living thing within view.

3. Adjust speedo.

4. Check hair in mirror.

US Air Force ROE:

1. Have a cocktail.

2. Adjust temperature on air-conditioner.

3. See what's on HBO.

4. Ask "what is a gunfight?"

5. Request more funding from Congress with a "killer" Power Point presentation.

6. Wine & dine 'key' Congressmen, invite DOD & defense industry executives.

7. Receive funding, set up new command and assemble assets.

8. Declare the assets "strategic" and never deploy them operationally.

9. Hurry to make 1045 tee-time.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Ms. Snips! Wonderful thread. I peak over here at you and Sam and the rest of the kids here- all the time. Happy Veterans day to the entire foxhole crew. I will be in remembrance of our veterans all day today, and my children and I have a few things we plan to do to honor this day for our heroes. Thank you for the ping and for honoring our veterans everyday- the way you all here do.

[U S Army EOD]

Thanks for the thread.












BOO!!

[Diver Dave]

Salute to my brothers and sisters.

Fresh coffee is being served in the forward mess. We'll be getting underway as soon as the divers chip away the coffee grounds from the screws and rudders. :)

Thanks for the Veteran's Day Tribute.

[SAMWolf]

Honoring Veterans by the Bell High School U.S. Army Junior ROTC Program

Thank you Veterans, from the Foxhole.

[visualops]

I'm not sure who to post this to, or how. But, my parish priest is a Vietnam veteran (he was a Chaplain in Vietnam), and he and his former soldiers in arms over the years have been trying to contact all the guys. There are a few they haven't been able to find yet, so I offered to post here in case anyone might have some helpful info.
My priest is Fr. Robert Falabella, and one guy in particular he is trying to find is Wally Nelson (real name Wallace? not sure). Their unit was the 5th Mechanized, 25th Infantry. Fr. Falabella was the Chaplain, and Nelson was the Chaplain's assistant. I think the last year Fr. was there was 1968. Fr. Falabella is the author of Vietnam Memoirs: A Passage to Sorrow.
Anyone with info or suggestions please post here or FReepmail me please.
Thanks!