Posted on 11/11/2004 3:57:16 AM PST by RightOnline
With Jim Robinson's permission (hopefully) and the cooperation of fellow FReepers, I'd like to reprise a "tradition" I began here some years ago on this Forum.
Today is the day that we, as a Nation, specifically set aside to express our thanks to all who have donned a uniform, rendered a salute, said 'good bye' to loved ones to travel to distant lands, and otherwise committed themselves to the defense of the United States of America.
This is your day, FReeper veterans. Whether you served in WWII, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, or any other of the countless hot-spots around the globe, we salute you and thank you for your willingness to step up. Active duty, Reserves, National Guard, Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard.....whatever service, no matter when, where, or how long, we thank you.
Check in and accept our salute in return.
USAF 1986-90. Thanks to all veterans out there and God bless our current Soldiers/Sailors/Airmen/Marines!
Ken Daves, USAF (Ret.). USAFSS/ESC- Okinawa; NKP, Thailand; Osan, Korea
God Bless America and THANK YOU!!!
USN and USNR 1977 to 2000
God Bless America! I love this country.Thanks mom and dad for coming to this wonderful country.
U.S.M.C.Reserve 1957-1963
OKARNG, 1981-84, Firing Battery XO, 1/160 Field Artillery, (105mm)
Artillery lends dignity to what would otherwise be a vulgar brawl.
Boot Camp = Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Sea Bee Builders School, Pt. Huneme, Ca
Fasron 200, Blackbushe ... West Malling, GB
MCB 6, Davisville, RI
MCB 6, Roosevelt Rhodes, PR
God bless our armed forces, present and past.
USMC 1966-1968, Viet Nam 1967-1968
USAF Retired, 1978 - 1999, E7
High speed, low drag
US Army, Oct ’65 – July ’86
RVN Oct ’66 – April '68
USAFA-USAF-NYANG-AFRES 1961-1998
US Navy Patrol Squadron 24, P3C Orion Weapon Systems/Special Projects Inflight Technician, '85-91
Desert Storm
Restore Hope (Somalia)
Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan)
Operation Iraqi Freedom (Baghdad)
And I ain't done yet.
Happy veteran's day all
ELMALO,(my son)
USAF 1995-1998,
USA 2003- Presently serving in Afghanistan
U. S. Army -- '70 - '71
USAF 1966-1987
USAF - 1959-1963 Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota; Det 1, 315th Air Division, Naha AB, Okinawa; 388th Tactical Fighter Wing, McConnell AFB, Wichita, Kansas.
U.S. Army 1972 - 1992
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