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originally posted by: yeahsurexxx
[sni]
Good job.
originally posted by: Barzad
As a former sailor in the United States Navy,
I say thank you for thanking our service members.
~Barzad
originally posted by: Tranceopticalinclined
Don't thank us living, we don't deserve thanks, we made it back and have the paychecks and experiences with it, thank those who never returned, who joined because they had a sense of pride and integrity but no money or hopes of a job or education, who joined and never returned or who returned but not the same person they left as.
Veteran's Day is an official United States public holiday, observed annually on November 11, that honors military veterans, that is, persons who served in the United States Armed Forces.
Armed Forces Day -First observed on 20 May 1950, the day was created on 31 August 1949, to honor Americans serving in the five U.S. military branches – the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Coast Guard – following the consolidation of the military services in the U.S. Department of Defense. It was intended to replace the separate Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard Days, but the separate days are still observed, especially within the respective services.
Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering the people who died while serving in the country's armed forces. The holiday, which is observed every year on the last Monday of May, originated as Decoration Day after the American Civil War in 1868, when the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of Union veterans founded in Decatur, Illinois, established it as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers. By the 20th century, competing Union and Confederate holiday traditions, celebrated on different days, had merged, and Memorial Day eventually extended to honor all Americans who died while in the military service.
The Call to Duty
A call to duty is sent out
and the strong and the brave reply.
They do it for love of country,
So there's never a need to ask why.
They leave behind all that they love,
Their families, their homes and their lives,
Because to preserve these precious things
Is the goal for which each soldier strives.
So God bless our troops,
The courageous women and men,
Who fight to make sure
The bells of freedom peal again.
When You See a Soldier
When you see a soldier
Be sure to shake his or her hand,
And let that soldier know you're grateful
For the protection the military affords our land.
But most of all express your thanks
for every soldier's personal sacrifice.
In order to serve our country,
They risked their entire lives.
Welcome Home
To those who fought on foreign soil,
Who for our nation did perilously toil,
Who braved the bombs and bullets and mines,
To return back home to more peaceful times,
A hearty welcome home.
To those who fought on foreign soil,
Whose lives have been marred by the enemy's toil,
Who now must try to rebuild body, mind and soul,
A supportive welcome home.
To those who fought on foreign soil
Whose lives did end through dangerous toil,
To arrive back home flag-draped, silent and still,
To rest in peace beneath the grass on the hill,
A reverent welcome home.
originally posted by: madmac5150
originally posted by: Barzad
As a former sailor in the United States Navy,
I say thank you for thanking our service members.
~Barzad
And my thanks to a squid from a "zoomie"
Brothers we shall always be...