Seen this?

[Ruger-55]

    OH !!!!! how true that is !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    But being who I am I will  never never never forget!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But I must be true & say that I do get caught up in the day ....

[Neon Knight Anubis]

Wow, that video was hard to watch without getting a tear in your eye. 
God bless them all.

[DDMac]

The only service people who don't feel guilt, in one way or another, are the dead. Every one of you stepped up and took what cards were dealt. The statesiders were guilty they didn't go overseas. The peacekeepers felt guilt for missing a war. The sound warriors felt guilt because he made it back in one piece. The one legged vet feels guilty for the quadriplegic or triple amputee. All remember our dead. And the dead would say to you, "It's okay brother, sister, we were in it together, and that's the important thing. See you in God's time. Live a good life for us."

4TH of July, 2008 ! Let Freedom Ring, or BOOM!

Mac, with thanks to a great war movie.

[twyacht]

Wow.  It brought a tear to my eye.  I was in desert shield and storm.  It was different for me.  I was in artillery and never got shot
at.  But I do remember not washing myself or clothes for 25 to 30 days at a time.  We lived in tents and had logistics problems getting water.  So it was hard to justify using it for anything except drinking.  I also remember not having a tooth brush.  I'm proud of my service but still feel kinda guilty that I am not over there now.  I would like to say from the bottom of my heart "Thank's to every soldier who answer's the call to duty."

Hey algoesfast, welcome to IMHO THE forum, and Thank You for your service, you are among a great bunch of people here, both civilians and Veterans. We all share a common bond in being forever proud to be an American, treasure our rights and freedom, may disagree about things from time to time, but that keeps it "real". 

Stay Safe, keep posting, ask anything. 

Tom W

[gunman1911]

I work  with several people who serve and have served, one young lady who fought in Fallugia was wounded when an IED  went off under the front end of the fuel truck she was in , when she got back home she took her children food shopping and after a very gruling time she went through the line and no one and I mean no one would like a finger to help her including the employees of the store , she came by to visit it one night and we had talked ,she was in tears, It put me in tears . The next day six of we went to that store and gave the complete and total hell for the way they treated her. HOW DARE THEY. They new who she was , they knew what she had gone through for their freedoms by then a small crowd gathered and also began to berate them. We called the main office about this  and most of the employees and the manager has been replaced. By the way the young lady had gotten a silver star and a purple heart . You may remember that news footage of the Black hawk that went down in Fallugia, well they were coming in for her and the driver of that fuel truck.

I have also notice that WWII  and Viet Nam vet's do not like to talk about their time in battle where the vets of this war are more open about it.
So I truly believe that war is hell.
My hats off to ALL Vet's, knowing that they will go into harms way for my freedoms is a debt I can never repay other than being loyal to them ,my country and my flag. May God be with them every single nanosecond of every day for eternity.

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[gunman1911]

By the way  I stand by the latin phraseSTATUMS VO BISCUM " we stand with you"

[Ksail101]

David- thanks for those kind words and in a way I am kinda glad I didnt see the video, not that it is bad someone put it to show that is great, it is just been hard for me the last few weeks. With the fourth comin up I have some retard nieghbors that light off fireworks starting at 10 pm till after mid night everynight it seems but the fourth. This is the second year in a row these idiots have done this, and it makes me on edge everynight. So as much as I would probably enjoy the video any other time I am trying to avoid all things that have to deal with that kinda stuff. I feel that I shouldnt be home worrying about fireworks and be back over with my boys. It is the way alot of people live and act that make me miss being in the dust and blood everyday. It is almost more home than what home is now.

[rojawe]

God Bless this great Country and Our Armed forces, seems like some forget to easy what it takes to protect our Great Nation.HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE GREATEST NATION ON EARTH

[jnevis]

The only service people who don't feel guilt, in one way or another, are the dead. Every one of you stepped up and took what cards were dealt. The statesiders were guilty they didn't go overseas. The peacekeepers felt guilt for missing a war. The sound warriors felt guilt because he made it back in one piece. The one legged vet feels guilty for the quadriplegic or triple amputee. All remember our dead. And the dead would say to you, "It's okay brother, sister, we were in it together, and that's the important thing. See you in God's time. Live a good life for us."

4TH of July, 2008 ! Let Freedom Ring, or BOOM!

Mac, with thanks to a great war movie.

Thank you Mac for that post that sums it up so well.  I left Active Duty June 01 and felt totally hopeless Sep 11 as I felt that I should have been doing my (previous) job instead of watching it on TV.  Even today I get mildly depressed when I hear of a mission downrange that I could be a part of had I stayed in or not on Med hold.

I have also notice that WWII  and Viet Nam vet's do not like to talk about their time in battle where the vets of this war are more open about it.
So I truly believe that war is hell.
My hats off to ALL Vet's, knowing that they will go into harms way for my freedoms is a debt I can never repay other than being loyal to them ,my country and my flag. May God be with them every single nanosecond of every day for eternity.

Some of that is the PTSD training that came about because of the previous vet's issues readjusting.  Working EMS we have a lot of information on it and what it can do.  Any really bad call is immediately referred to a Critical Incident Stress Management Review.  Nothing more than having everybody sit down and talk through the incident.  We just had one the other day, double fatal auto crash.  Military medicine has started to recognize the issue and is getting better at working with the service member to help them.

[SwoopSJ]

God Bless this great Country and Our Armed forces, seems like some forget too easy what it takes to protect our Great Nation.HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE GREATEST NATION ON EARTH

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