Happy Veterans Day to all Bills Nation Veterans

[Dukestreetking]

H/t to @MAJBobby for starting this thread. Awesome to see how many members are in our Merry Little Band, and to read the kindnesses shared by others.

 

Thanks also to @Fan in Chicago for specifically remembering so many names. Well done.

[John from Riverside]

Happy Vet day to my brothers and sisters

 

Air Force Intel 89-99 Desert Shield/Desert Storm/jack of all trades

[hondo in seattle]

6 hours ago, Dukestreetking said:

To all my brothers and sisters who served, anywhere, any time, and in whatever capacity:

 

I pray that our collective sacrifice (and that of our families) in some way made the world safer, and our countrymen more secure.

 

A keen edged sword, a soldiers heart

Is greater than a poet's art

And greater than a poet's fame

A little grave that has no name

--- Francis Ledwidge

 

DSK: Iraq, Afg, and many other places untidy. Ground Branch-XYZ agency.

 

 

 

 

Ground Branch - very cool.   And I like the Ledwidge poem.  

[Dukestreetking]

1 hour ago, hondo in seattle said:

 

Ground Branch - very cool.   And I like the Ledwidge poem.  

 

Poem: excerpt fr his short work, Soliloquy. I read...the room gets dusty.

 

GB: best part=much better non-mission living conditions than real heroes (infantry, grunts). Worst part=always in civies--western/otherwise--instead of cool uniforms that attract the chicks!

 

Also: remiss in forgetting to give an ooh-rah for USMC birthday. Semper Fi.

 

Combining above...in tribute to friend, USMC Ltc LM. Miss you brother. He's the bad ass in the middle; I'm the stocky punk on the left.

 

 

[Poleshifter]

This is a picture I call "Opie with a gun"

[Beast]

USAF ‘86-‘90

[billsfan_34]

Yes- Happy Veterans Day to all.

 

Dave

USMC

[ProcessYaDigg]

US Navy

HMC(FMF/EXW)

2003-current

I appreciate you all!

[damj]

3 hours ago, billsfan_34 said:

Yes- Happy Veterans Day to all.

 

Dave

USMC

Happy Belated Birthday ... Ooh Rah!

[billsfan_34]

18 minutes ago, damj said:

Happy Belated Birthday ... Ooh Rah!

SF!!!!!!

[Aussie Joe]

Salute and remembrance for my Grandfather Jim who unfortunately has now passed

 

2/1st Field Regiment 1940-45 

North Africa and New Guinea 

 

And to my Uncle Tim who thankfully is still with us 

 

4th Field Regiment Royal Australian Artillery 

Vietnam 1970-71 

 

 

 

[Dukestreetking]

12 hours ago, ProcessYaDigg said:

US Navy

HMC(FMF/EXW)

2003-current

I appreciate you all!

 

Wow brother: a field corpsman, MEF capable, active (I believe that's the squid rating?!)... straight up badass. Wish you the best: stay safe my friend.

 

Meanwhile, a well worn phrase, but appropriate for you and those still serving:

 

 

 

[Coastie]

On 11/11/2021 at 11:49 AM, ColoradoBills said:

USAF Homestead AFB (1977-1981).

REMF!

That made me laugh, I joined the army, airborne school guarantee. 71Q, photo journalist. Get sent to the 82nd and never left the country, I wouldn't even qualify as a REMF.

 

Get out, eventually joined the Coast Guard and got Expeditionary Medals for Haiti and Iraq. Go figure.

 

"Then it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ “Tommy, ‘ow’s yer soul?”
But it’s “Thin red line of ‘eroes” when the drums begin to roll,
The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll,
O it’s “Thin red line of ‘eroes” when the drums begin to roll.”

Edited November 13, 2021 by Coastie

[Sherlock Holmes]

2005-2009

Fleet Marine Force Corspman

1st Marine Div.

 

Happy Birthday Devil Dogs! Semper Fi!

-Mike

 

God bless you all!

Edited November 13, 2021 by Sherlock Holmes

[Nitro]

Back at you brother.   GO ARMY!