Posted on 11/11/2024 4:23:28 AM PST by Feckless
Ping
As I was talking to my wife—saying that many of us did nothing of note in the military—Although I was an armor crewman on an M-60 in West Germany..
But many of us were in supply, logistics, mechanics, etc...all the support that keeps the trigger pullers going...
I happended to serve in the exact four years where nothing of note happened in the world involving US troops...Peacetime...
Of course many of us young men were itching to be tested and some were, while others—just because of fate, never were tested...
So here we are on this Veteran’s Day, all fat and pinky cheeked and old...Some of us can fit into our old uniforms and some of us can not...
Some of us were trigger pullers and others not—some were where the bullets were flying and others not...
But here we are on this day...the day reserved for us Living Veterans who all shared that Drill Sgt from Hell...ate yardbird in the field and brewed coffee from a tank heater exhaust...
(did I mention setting fire to your C-Rat box to heat up your meal whilst sitting in the snow?)
Kinda almost sounds silly to say Happy Veterans Day—but here we are—those left to remember our other fellows on that other day of rememberance, Memorial Day.
Past, Present, Future...
Happy Vet’s Day.
USMC
6027
88-94
For Veterans Day, this morning my wife took me to breakfast at our local eatery. There was guy there that had on a red MAGA hat.
We told the waitress to give us his bill on the QT. Great start to the day!
Thank you to all who served this great nation.
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