Veterans Day

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by nick c

Happy Remembrance Day. Nicely said my friend.


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You too my friend. Snowing like cats and dogs here and ni snow tires

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[nick c]

Originally Posted by brandrea

You too my friend. Snowing like cats and dogs here and ni snow tires

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Same here. I put my snow tires November 1st. Drive safe buddy.


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[brandrea]

Originally Posted by blassy

Indeed...and why this is not a holiday here is BEYOND me.

Indeed

Watched a compelling Netflix show this weekend about the holocaust trial of a famous guard at one of the camps. A time in history we can never forget.

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[brandrea]

Originally Posted by nick c

Same here. I put my snow tires November 1st. Drive safe buddy.


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Earliest apt available is Nov 20 ... I'm so screwed

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[Doc Savage]

9 years US Army. Proud to have served.

As another member said above, I'm glad it's an all volunteer force in the US, but I wish more would serve.

[nick c]

Originally Posted by brandrea

Earliest apt available is Nov 20 ... I'm so screwed

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Wow. Maybe go to a tire shop instead of BMW dealer.


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[blassy]

Originally Posted by nick c

Wow. Maybe go to a tire shop instead of BMW dealer.


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My BMW dealer was booked. I had an appointment for this morning but was afraid to even take the kids to school in this weather given the Pirelli Pzeros on the X6 renders it fairly useless in this weather.
Ran out to Canadian Tire yesterday and bought a jack. Switched them myself yesterday before the snow.
Not gonna lie...those things are a lot heavier then the old days. That's why they make Advil!

[nick c]

Originally Posted by blassy

My BMW dealer was booked. I had an appointment for this morning but was afraid to even take the kids to school in this weather given the Pirelli Pzeros on the X6 renders it fairly useless in this weather.

Ran out to Canadian Tire yesterday and bought a jack. Switched them myself yesterday before the snow.

Not gonna lie...those things are a lot heavier then the old days. That's why they make Advil!

Well done


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[MasonDixon]

Happy Veterans Day to all who have served and to those who are currently serving. Thank you!

[TheRolexKingofLV]

I salute all that have served! Thank you!

[Danny83]

[crew]

Originally Posted by dddrees

Me as well.

And although I believe the volunteer military was and is the better route I still wish more would serve their country in some aspect or manner during their lifetime if only for a short period of time.

Agreed.

[RW16610]

Lest we forget.

Originally Posted by brandrea

Indeed

Watched a compelling Netflix show this weekend about the holocaust trial of a famous guard at one of the camps. A time in history we can never forget.

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I watched that one over the weekend as well, Brian. A time in history we can NEVER forget, indeed!

[daveo5]

Being retired from the USAF, coupled with being 100% disabled veteran, I salute all veterans on this our day.


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[Tools]

15th Air Force
1931st Comm Gp/Combat Control

Back before most of you were born.

[chieftd]

Thanks to all my fellow veterans from all nations. Cheers Tim

[THC]

Originally Posted by Tools

15th Air Force
1931st Comm Gp/Combat Control

Back before most of you were born.

Never knew this , Thanks for your service Larry, and I was indeed born then 1956

[cop414]

To those who have served and those continuing to stand watch thank you and be safe.
Happy Veterans Day.

[Boothroyd]

Not to niggle, but I see this every year.

Veterans Day is to honor those living who have served. Memorial Day is honor the fallen. These two holidays are meant to commemorate different groups, but people conflate the meaning of the holidays. And Armed Forces Day is to honor those currently serving in the military.

Thank you, Veterans!

[-lenny-]

My wife and I are in Prescott, Arizona this week. We went downtown and took in the Veterans Day parade, and it was quite the event. At 2 hours long it was the most substantial parade I have ever been to, and there was a lot of emotion conveyed. Amazing experience.

[SemperFi]

God bless all who have served and continue to serve and sacrifice each and every day.

[smak]

Originally Posted by brandrea

Indeed

Watched a compelling Netflix show this weekend about the holocaust trial of a famous guard at one of the camps. A time in history we can never forget.

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although a day for all lost soldiers, and the cause they gave their lives for, the poppy and rememberance day was instituted after the first world war and its anthem, at least in my heart is John McCrae's "In Flanders Fields"

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

A peom inspired and then penned in 1915 by the poppies that sprouted up (as they do) around the freshly tilled and excavated soil of burial graves for the fallen.

Don Cherry, a Canadian athlete and sports personality just lost his job for speaking out against newcomers to the country casting aside rememberance day and ignoring the custom of wearing poppies to honour those that gave their lives for the ideals we now hold so dear.

it's truely a new age.

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by smak

although a day for all lost soldiers, and the cause they gave their lives for, the poppy and rememberance day was instituted after the first world war and its anthem, at least in my heart is John McCrae's "In Flanders Fields"

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

A peom inspired and then penned in 1915 by the poppies that sprouted up (as they do) around the freshly tilled and excavated soil of burial graves for the fallen.

Don Cherry, a Canadian athlete and sports personality just lost his job for speaking out against newcomers to the country casting aside rememberance day and ignoring the custom of wearing poppies to honour those that gave their lives for the ideals we now hold so dear.

it's truely a new age.

We are a country of immigrants and thankfully Don Cherry doesn’t speak for us all

[daveathall]

Originally Posted by Boothroyd

Not to niggle, but I see this every year.

Veterans Day is to honor those living who have served. Memorial Day is honor the fallen. These two holidays are meant to commemorate different groups, but people conflate the meaning of the holidays. And Armed Forces Day is to honor those currently serving in the military.

Thank you, Veterans!

It is in the US, but in other countries, such as mine it remembers the fallen and is called Remembrance day. It would have been "splitting hairs" to start a separate thread.

[MSchu]

A Day late...

[Kyle3130]

Thank you to all of my brothers and sisters in arms who have served or continue to serve. You are truly the backbone of our country and we take this day to honor your courage and sacrifice.

[1SG MTB]

Originally Posted by pickettt

Grandfather (mother's side) WWII (Japanese POW)
Grandfather (father's side) Korea
Wife's Grandfather WWII, Korea, Vietnam (joined USMC 15 years old)
3 Uncles (all brothers) Vietnam
Half brother Iraq
Best friend Afghanistan, Iraq

My thanks to all who choose or have chosen to serve.

Impressive, and humbling. My family history is similar. Where was your grandfather a POW? My great aunt was an Army nurse who survived the Bataan Death March and ~3 years in captivity on Corregidor. She went on to serve another 27 years after her release.

[nick c]

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[pickettt]

Originally Posted by 1SG MTB

Impressive, and humbling. My family history is similar. Where was your grandfather a POW? My great aunt was an Army nurse who survived the Bataan Death March and ~3 years in captivity on Corregidor. She went on to serve another 27 years after her release.

My grandfather, a Filipino, was captured in Mindinao. He immigrated immediately following the war....then joined the U.S Army. He was the meanest man you will ever meet at 5’2” tall. The only time he showed any emotion is when he’d talk about the friends he had lost during the war. The three Marine brothers I listed there (volunteers, not draftees), were three of his four sons. It was tough growing up around that household.

[kieselguhr]

Thank you to all our veterans for their service