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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: twyacht on February 01, 2013, 07:31:16 PM
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Caught this on INSP channel.
http://moments.org/thank-you-for-your-service/
Instead of Doritos, Coke, GoDaddy, and the others, there used to be some decent commercials out there.
IMHO, I haven't seen any since the Budweiser commercial after 9/11. :'(
God Bless and thank ALL of our Military!!!!
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Thanks TW .
Did any one else on here serve both, right after Vn (70's)
and again, or still, after Desert Storm ?
"Couldn't you find a real job ?" Vs sincere Parades .
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Thanks TW!
I do this every day of the week, 365.... The year is only 32 days old and I've thanked or shaken the hands of two or three dozen Veterans...
BTW...who really gives a f..k about the superbowl?
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Thanks TW!
I do this every day of the week, 365.... The year is only 32 days old and I've thanked or shaken the hands of two or three dozen Veterans...
BTW...who really gives a f..k about the superbowl?
New Orleans, San Francisco, Baltimore, and Las Vegas.
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Thanks TW.
A smile... a handshake... and a simple 'Thank You' not only honors the service and sacrifice of courageous men and women but it might also save a life. A new study (http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/02/us-usa-veterans-suicide-idUSBRE9101E320130202 (http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/02/us-usa-veterans-suicide-idUSBRE9101E320130202)) reports that 22 veterans commit suicide every day - most of those over the age of 50. While the cause and prevention of suicide are very complex issues, I have no doubt that many of these veterans would choose life over death if they felt loved, appreciated, and needed by those around them. And before the Gunny throws a box of tissues at me, I think even a guy who can "eat concertina wire and piss napalm and ... put a round in a flea's ass at 200 meters" likes - needs - to be appreciated.
P.S.
What movie is that quote from?
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Thanks TW.
A smile... a handshake... and a simple 'Thank You' not only honors the service and sacrifice of courageous men and women but it might also save a life. A new study (http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/02/us-usa-veterans-suicide-idUSBRE9101E320130202 (http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/02/us-usa-veterans-suicide-idUSBRE9101E320130202)) reports that 22 veterans commit suicide every day - most of those over the age of 50. While the cause and prevention of suicide are very complex issues, I have no doubt that many of these veterans would choose life over death if they felt loved, appreciated, and needed by those around them. And before the Gunny throws a box of tissues at me, I think even a guy who can "eat concertina wire and piss napalm and ... put a round in a flea's ass at 200 meters" likes - needs - to be appreciated.
P.S.
What movie is that quote from?
What he said.
Crusader
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Another thing to remember as you're walking down the streets of the cities and towns in this country!
One in four homeless people are Veterans.....25%!
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Another thing to remember as you're walking down the streets of the cities and towns in this country!
One in four homeless people are Veterans.....25%!
I would be leery of that stat unless you could verify it with another source.
The "Homeless veteran" meme was heavily promoted by the left during the 80's as another method to discredit Vn era veterans and was debunked in the book "Stolen Valor", the same as the myth of the "Jail bird veterans" and the "18 year old black draftees get shipped to Nam" myth
In fact, there was a higher percentage of volunteers in Vn than in WWII, the draftees were primarily sent to Germany or Korea.
Edited to clarify
I'm not saying I don't believe what Tim posted, just that, as I said, I'd be leery of it till I could find verification some where else.
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, I think even a guy who can "eat concertina wire and piss napalm and ... put a round in a flea's ass at 200 meters" likes - needs - to be appreciated.
P.S.
What movie is that quote from?
Heartbreak Ridge
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Great find, TW.
Thanks.
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Damned allergies.
Post Nam and pre-sandbox. Looked at lots of Ruskies whilst they was looking at me. Drove Marines to the beach on drop-front boats.
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Thanks TW.
A smile... a handshake... and a simple 'Thank You' not only honors the service and sacrifice of courageous men and women but it might also save a life. A new study (http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/02/us-usa-veterans-suicide-idUSBRE9101E320130202 (http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/02/us-usa-veterans-suicide-idUSBRE9101E320130202)) reports that 22 veterans commit suicide every day - most of those over the age of 50. While the cause and prevention of suicide are very complex issues, I have no doubt that many of these veterans would choose life over death if they felt loved, appreciated, and needed by those around them. And before the Gunny throws a box of tissues at me, I think even a guy who can "eat concertina wire and piss napalm and ... put a round in a flea's ass at 200 meters" likes - needs - to be appreciated.
P.S.
What movie is that quote from?
Yes, Heartbreak Ridge. Jail scene where Clint is trying to warn off a bully.
I was thinking it is time to watch that one again just this afternoon. Tomorrow might be a good time.
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Tom.... early 70 to late 73.... worked the air war over NVN as a radio traffic analyst... went back to school on the GI Bill to pick up the 5 hours of Russian language I needed for my BA...never had a problem...or derogatory comment... most of the first term linguists and analysts I worked with had a couple of years of college and were older than most of the morse operators in the units....