Thank you Veterans

[fitfool]

To all who have donned the uniform of our country,
Thank you for your service and sacrifice. I wish you could be at home with the ones you love.

Comments

[murphyb.livejournal.com]

Nah I'm not really one to go around proclaiming that I am a vet to everyone I see. In fact I usually don't mention it in conversation. But I have noticed through doing a job hunt and interviewing with almost a dozen places that people don't really appreciate veterans like they did in our previous wars (excluding Vietnam, of course). Once someone finds out I've done 2 tours in Iraq, they usually ask a stupid question like, "So did you shoot anyone?" right off the bat or they'll start giving their views on the politics of the war as if I could do something about it. Damn that was such a run-on sentence.

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

Oh funny...I had viewed prior military service as the ultimate fraternity (and sorority now) since so many people have served. Or maybe it's just because the town I grew up in had a good number of high school graduates join some branch of the military after graduation so I assumed there was this whole network I wasn't privy to. I wasn't sure if it was because I wasn't part of that network or if they just didn't talk about it but I don't remember hearing anyone's war stories. But on Veterans Day and Memorial Day, I'd look around and realize how many people were connected to the military either through their own or someone else's (who was close to them) service. (oh I played in the marching band so we played in the parades and observed the ceremonies every year.)