Amen to this mon! =+D

Many do not understand what this day represents, even in my shop I'm confounded by ignorance. =+S

Yup. I was listening to a piece on XM Radio about many folks not understanding what Memorial Day was really all about. To many, it's just a day to bbq, drink heavily and stay home from work... Thanx for the comment!
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There are two other things that really torque my nuts besides this, folk not paying respect to the colors and those not respecting Taps. And the majority of those not paying such respect are folk that have been in long enough to know better! Especially Taps! I find this casts an indifferent eye to those who've fallen before us to the call of duty, an outrage in my eyes. =+S

Humph... Last post I was on (MacDill AFB), the APs shut the gates at Retreat and To the Colors. Everyone in their cars and on the street stopped, faced the flagpole and saluted (or put their hands over their hearts).

What tweaks me is seeing the a-holes at sporting events who can't even be bothered to remove their hats when The Star-Spangled Banner is played. Worse yet, there are those who can't (or won't) stand... I watched an interesting vignette at a minor league baseball game recently. A number of young soldiers (many of whom were in uniform) were sitting directly in front of me. When the National Anthem was played, there was a group of young, Goth-y women and one dude squatting the seats (as it turned out) a three or four rows further down by the third base line railing who didn't stand. They spent the time playing grab-ass with their feet on the railing, talking and laughing. After the soldiers came to Order Arms and broke attention, they all as a group went down and confronted them. The senior NCO (who had just gotten back from a tour in Iraq) led off to the male in the group with "Hey asshole! Are your legs broke or are you intentionally being disrespectful?" The kid started to spout some crap about Nazis and stormtroopers and I could see that a couple of the younger soldiers were getting into the whoop-ass mode when an usher and a cop came down and asked to see their tickets. They fumbled around and one produced a ticket for the cheap seats at which time the usher told them they would have to leave... They went out mouthy, but it probably saved them from getting their asses stomped into the infield...

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I'd so love to toss crap like that off the coast of Florida and sit with an armada of snipers while cheerfully pointing and yelling, "Cuba is due south, if ya wanna come back to the US ya better learn some manners!" =+D

Tho this does remind me of a wounded Vet I watched beat the crap outta a guy at a local baseball game for not taking off his hat during the exact same kind of occasion. The Vet was beating the living tar outta the dude and when he started to fight back half the section we were in jumped him and threw him outta the gate. God that made me smile like a gator about to sink its fangs into some chosen game! =+D

*bows his head in a moment of silence*

Well said, General Logan.
To echo the line from National Treasure, "People don't talk that way anymore..."

You know, I was thinking the same thing as I read it. Appreciate the comment and the sentiment.
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*Nods*

Yup... Really helps understand what it's all about. Thanx!
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Yup.

Hear, hear.

Ditto. Thanx M3.

Thank you, Grandpa Dick Dole, for enlisting in the Navy at age 16 to take part in World War II. God rest his weary soul

Seconded. Thanx BP!
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.....Thank you Dad....Enlististing ar Age 19 leaving your 15-year old wife & daughter And serve in the PACIFIC THEATER...!

Thanks BH and thanx to your dad as well!
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My Uncle made it through too...*Salutes*

Bro

Amen

Thank you as well for your service Map!
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For the men of my family, who all have a long-standing tradition of serving our country through our nation's military.

My late maternal grandfather, who served in the Army during the Korean War.

My paternal grandfather, retired from the US Air Force.

My father, who served in the Army during Vietnam.

My brother, a Marine who did THREE tours in Iraq.

And even myself- I served in the Navy during Operation Enduring/Iraqi Freedom, forward-deployed in Japan.

Army here. I did go to Navy schools though Sammy's dad was a Naval Aviator. My family members were Army all the way back to the Revolutionary War. My great, great grandfather served in the Civil War. His unit (Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry) was discharged en masse immediately after Appomattox in Virginia. After two years of service and many battles, he and his hometown buddy were given a few dollars and a mule and told to walk home to Western PA.

Thanx to you and your family for your service Anthos!
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amen to that

Thanx Kaiser!
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yes ^.^

Thanx SA!
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