Thanks to America's Veterans

by Rev Halofan on Nov 11, 2010 11:16 AM PST in Et Cetera

It is Veteran's Day today and we should all take a moment to realize that the simplest freedoms we take for granted exist because many men and women we will never know made the ultimate sacrifices on our behalf.

Thanks on behalf of everyone here at Halos Heaven to all of our veterans. Without you there would be victims of anarchy running in the streets instead of walking around our malls wearing teeshirts advocating anarchy.

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In related news, yesterday was the Marine Corps' 235th Anniversary

Nov. 10th, 1775 – Older than the United States itself!

Happy belated, fellow Devil Dogs!

Commander_Nate - November 11, 2010 reply

I haven't said ooorah in 3 years and I won't start now.

But yes, Happy Birthday Devils, and you’re welcome Rev. Such a nice sentiment…..I think.

Halowood - November 11, 2010 reply

Happy B-day, Jarheads

From your Army big brothers (we’re five months older)

Quad Fin Rider - November 11, 2010 via mobile reply

Thanks!

FYI, they gave you those extra five months because even back then they knew you’d take longer to get ready.

Commander_Nate - November 11, 2010 reply

HA! Love these rivalries.

Halowood - November 11, 2010 reply

Happy Birthday USMC

From a former contractor

[LTACFIRE, LITACS, IFSAS, DCT-APD]

red floyd - November 11, 2010 reply

Oops

Forgot the main USMC version —

FIREFLEX

red floyd - November 11, 2010 reply

I was the youngest Marine

at our Marine Corps Ball my second year in. That was kind of a cool experience.

WiHaloFan - November 11, 2010 reply

HAHA, me too. I was lucky enough to meet our base General.

Halowood - November 11, 2010 reply

I had a MGySgt...

Who had been in off and on between active and reserve for over 40 years. No joke. He used to tell us stories while we were standing around in formation about bootcamp in 1963 (I think that was the year he joined) and flying around in helo’s over Vietnam. They kept trying to force him to retire and he managed to hold them off until 2007.

Needless to say he was the oldest Marine by about a decade at my first 3-4 Marine Corps Balls and pretty much everywhere else he went too.

Commander_Nate - November 12, 2010 reply

ooorah!

red floyd - November 12, 2010 reply

Rev...

…really, thanks for this post. I was never in the military, but I know many that joined the armed forces. I have a great deal of respect for those that served, especially those that volunteered.

My greatest respect is for those that lost their lives while in uniform. There’s nothing I have done in life that approximates THAT sacrifice. Whenever I think about it, I am just humbled beyond words. Acknowledging that it is completely underwhelming, thank you.

sothball - November 11, 2010 reply

I don't have the words, but Lincoln did...

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hallow — this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

sothball - November 11, 2010 reply

Thanks for publishing THAT here.

wumbug - November 12, 2010 reply

Thanks to our veterans

I don’t know of many jobs that have such a wide array of possible outcomes. You could spend four years in the armed services during relatively peaceful times, or you could find yourself flung into the desert where you’re not sure who is terrified of you and who wants to kill you and everyone in between. Seriously. I don’t know if my job will be “busy” on a given day. These men and women don’t know what their lives will be like after six months.

So yeah, thanks to our veterans. You are willing to serve our country come what may.

Kernel - November 11, 2010 reply

Many thanks to all of our veterans

I know we can never thank you enough for what you have sacrificed. Still, I’m glad we have the opportunity to give you our thanks.

rghan - November 11, 2010 reply

Story reminds me of my sig on other fora:

The only reason we retain the rights we have is because people JUST LIKE US died to preserve them.

red floyd - November 11, 2010 reply

I like how this fanpost was made during the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.

Downing Rules - November 11, 2010 reply

Thanks Veterans...

May God bless you and may our country collectively remember how much has been sacrificed for the freedom we often take for granted.

grahams98 - November 11, 2010 reply

Thank you veterans!

Also, I discovered at my neighborhood (West LA) Wahoo’s and assume it’s a chain-wide thing—if you present your active military ID or veteran’s ID today, you get a free #1 combo.

Clutch - November 11, 2010 reply

To the true heros,

Thank you for being brave enough to put yourself where many of the rest of us aren’t. I remind my children often of the respect that is owed to all of you for your selfless service.

rmhalofan - November 11, 2010 reply