Are you a veteran?

Are you a veteran of the Armed forces?

  • Army

    Votes: 156 36.8%

  • Navy

    Votes: 82 19.3%

  • Marine Corps

    Votes: 53 12.5%

  • Air Force

    Votes: 77 18.2%

  • Coast Guard

    Votes: 11 2.6%

  • National Guard

    Votes: 20 4.7%

  • No

    Votes: 25 5.9%
  • Total voters
    424
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No one should be ashamed for "NOT" being a veteran. I peronally had a "calling" so to speak. You don't have to be a veteran to be a patriot. It just helps :D I am kidding. I don't feel special being a veteran. I just feel like I did my part. What ever you do is equally important in the big scheme of things. So don't feel bad about not serving, unless you are a dirty draft dodger :evil:

God bless America and our troops. From one veteran to another thanks guys.
 
Nematocyst

You certainly carry no shame! We all have our role to play. You certainly didn't avoid things by, say, emigrating to Canada. We of the 1% who do/did serve certainly fulfilled some strange roles but most of us feel good for permitting the rest of y'all to run with yours. It's a GI thing. . . .:D
 
USN, originally trained as Surface Sonar Technician. On graduation got suckered into FLTCORGRU 2 at Little Creek and spent the rest of my 6 years with them. Now known as Fleet Tactical Deception Unit 2. Job was to draw fire, now is that stupid or what?
 
Yep, 22 years Air Force. Retired 1 Nov 07.

Been over to the Gulf 5 times and Korea once.

I know I'm not as seasoned as some vets but we all do our part.

God bless those who have served this great nation, whether in uniform or not!
 
2 years active Army 19E (M60 tanker), 4 years 11B and 11H National Guard (TOW gunner), 14 years 19K M1 tanker National Guard
 
yes, I am

but its weird for me to actually sit and think about it, it is just my job(US Army,63B), OIF 3 Nov 05-06, Im just fortunate that I have found guys and girls that enjoy and share in the love of firearms on this site and others,GT, I just finished armorers course about two weeks ago, I was fighting to go to armorers school since my deployment? thanks and god bless, High road:)
 
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U.S.Army 1964-1970.
2 years active,4th Battalion 68 Armor Airborne(Light),2 years active reserve,2 years inactive reserve.
I was very fortunate to have served in this fine unit.I would not trade the experience for anything.It matured me and made me very proud to be an American soldier.
 
I am not.

I was hoping to get an idea of the percentage of THR members that are, but the poll doesn't have an option for "no."

I wasn't going to reply, but I wanted to express my thanks to all of you who have served.

With love,

JKimball
 
1998-2000 chemical officer with 3-29FA
2000-2002 chemical officer with 2/10SFG(A)
2004-2006 chemical officer with 1-487FA (OIF Deployment)
 
I have not served. I had a medical history that caused problems, mostly a messed up shoulder. My first choice was Marines, but I tried, and was rejected by Army, Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard recruiters. The Marines went as far as the asvab, and I got a score that would have allowed to do any specialty. I was most interested in the combat ones, which aren't allowed for me. In any case, I just wanted in, no matter what, it just helped that there was a potentially really interesting future for me.

Didn't happen. Couldn't get past the medical stuff. This was right before the war started. With the shortage of recruits now, I could probably get into the Army, but now I've got a baby and a couple extra pounds. The extra pounds I could lose, but the baby is the deal-breaker.

One of the major regrets of my life so far. In fact, the greatest.

I still think pretty often about options for serving somehow. At this point, as a mother, National Guard is personally interesting to me. But the baby means I can't give someone else that much control over me. I gotta look out for her without contraints.
 
USAF Security Police, 1965-68 (6 month early-out). SAC, Beale AFB: Saw the first SR-71 go operational, pulled security around them before going to SEA. Those SR-71s now in museums--I have the memories of those startups and afterburners in the darkness. 8 TFW, Ubon, Thailand--F4 Phantoms coming back to base, doing victory rolls. Finished out at Malmstrom AFB which was pretty anticlimactic. Pretty good ride, all in all.

A big thank you to those serving now, whoever and wherever you are. You are the best America has, and we are proud of you.

I would love to help, even if it were just to make coffee.
 
U.S. Army 1978-82, 11C20 Indirect Fire Infantry (Mortars) First with the 101st Airborne at Ft. Campbell, KY and finished up with the 3rd Infantry Division in West Germany.
 
13 years US Air Force primarily as an HH-3E (Jolly Green Giant) Search and Rescue pilot. Stateside for the Gulf War, but did get to spend 3 lovely months in Saudi Arabia supporting Operation Southern Watch. Remaining 7 years in the Army National Guard with MSCO (Military Support to Civilian Authorities). Now part of the Retired Reserve.

My father was drafted into the US Army and got to visit Korea. Had a wonderful time at the Battle of Bloody Ridge and the Battle at Heartbreak Ridge. He wasn't even an American citizen yet!
 
Nematocyst

Service to the ideals of this country is not limited to the uniform.

Some folks don the uniform, pick up the rifle, and stand in the breach.

Others pick up the rifle and encourage others to pick up the rifle, keeping the flame of the rifleman alive.

And they do it in the face of opposition from Enemies Domestic.

To fan the flame of the country's ideals, to carry the torch for a principle that guards our freedoms, and to do that regardless of popularity, is not an insignificant contribution to our freedoms.

It is rewarding, as a veteran, to see that someone was paying attention.

Thanks.
 
Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class (AME2) 1987-1997. NARU Norfolk, VA, VA-42 Oceana, VA, VP-65 Pt. Mugu, CA and NAF Washington, D.C. Andrews AFB.

It sucked. There wasn't anything pleasurable about any of it except the company of the other poor b*st*rds who shared your misery, they were/are the only thing that lightens the load.

There were/are two types of people in the military, brown-nosers and the rest of us that kept the machine going.

It was about the patriotism at first, until you start a family and the bills start rolling in, then it's just another job without many outlets.

If I could do it over and start again today...? Hmmm, I'm not so sure I'd want to hang my butt on the line for the society I see today, they just do not care......I'd let them deal with it and suffer for awhile, then they'll come crawling and begging for someone to do something and hopefully it'd be too late for them, the pathetic wankers that they are.
 
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