[IceWulfe]

As most of you know I'm a recently retired US Marine And over here we are remembering our Veterans and our KIAs. This hits me hard because My whole family is military in one form or another.. Both my GrandFathers served in WW2,Korea,and Vietnan. My Father Served 4 tours in Nam and won the CMH..My Brothers and I served In Beirut in 83 and from there went on to serve in most world HOT SPOTS... And now my daughter is in NATO ...I know this is not a topic that pertains to BSG but I felt we should all remember Our Vets and our Fallen.....
                                                                                                        SO SAY WE ALL!!!!!!!!
                                                                                                                                              Lt. Col. Jay Dalton McCaleb
                                                                                                                                                                                       U.S.M.C.  Retired

[StarSlayer]

Semper Fi

[General Battuta]

These people deserve our undying gratitude. That includes you and your daughter, IceWulfe - she sounds like an incredible person.

Also, moved to GenDisc - don't worry, you'll still be able to find it.

[Herra Tohtori]

May we remember with gratitude the soldiers who fight and die in wars, and despise the politicians who cause them.

[General Battuta]

Given that this is many of the Diaspora posters' first experience with GenDisc, let's steer away from political statements and keep this a simple appreciation thread.

[iamzack]

Can we also avoid preemptive moderating?

My parents are both marines. Actually, they're retired. But my dad was in Iraq for a while.

[General Battuta]

Take it as my opinion, rather than my opinion with a moderator hat on top of it.

[Liberator]

...I felt we should all remember Our Vets and our Fallen.....
                                                                                                        SO SAY WE ALL!!!!!!!!
                                                                                                                                              Lt. Col. Jay Dalton McCaleb
                                                                                                                                                                                       U.S.M.C.  Retired

THIS!

[Dilmah G]

Yeah I know what it's like to have family members in the military as well, both my Uncles are now retired Colonels and Lt. Colonels respectively of the Sri Lankan Army, one of them being an ex-commando. Nothing compared to your whole family of course, but just a slice
     
            So say we all

[Knight Templar]

My parents are both marines. Actually, they're retired. But my dad was in Iraq for a while.

KILL KILL KILL

[IronBeer]

I have nothing but admiration and the deepest respect for the men and women who serve our country. There isn't a lot of a military tradition in my family, but my Grandfather served in Korea, and an uncle went missing in Vietnam.
...kinda lost what I was gonna say after that...

[Dark RevenantX]

an uncle went missing in Vietnam.

Damn, that really sucks.  I can only imagine the pain he went through if he was captured...

People who serve in the military, especially on active combat duty, deserve the deepest respect.  It may be just another job, but it's the most ancient, most dangerous, and most important occupation a man (or woman) can have.

[haloboy100]

I know I had a great grandfather who was a captain in the British army. He fought in the boer wars before settling down in Canada.

He died of tubercolosis.

[Dilmah G]

People who serve in the military, especially on active combat duty, deserve the deepest respect.  It may be just another job, but it's the most ancient, most dangerous, and most important occupation a man (or woman) can have.

Yeah, Amen to that. It enrages me to an inhuman extent when I hear people insult soldiers.

[Mefustae]

People who serve in the military, especially on active combat duty, deserve the deepest respect.  It may be just another job, but it's the most ancient, most dangerous, and most important occupation a man (or woman) can have.

Yeah, Amen to that. It enrages me to an inhuman extent when I hear people insult soldiers.

That's the irony of being a soldier, at least in the Western world. Their job is to typically spread the freedom to allow people to hurl abuse at them.

Honestly, I don't even see the big deal. We're talking about soldiers. They ****ing kill people. Having verbal abuse thrown at them is probably a tad easier to deal with than bullets.

[Dilmah G]

Well seeing for myself how the veterans I know deal with verbal abuse (I know a dude whose dad's a Captain in the Australian Army, SASR), I can tell you it does strike deep, but usually it doesn't show. However you're right in saying Western World, in Sri Lanka, war veterans are treated like Heroes as long as they wear the Uniform.

[Scotty]

That's the irony of being a soldier, at least in the Western world.

See: Returning Vietnam Veterans c. 1967-72