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02-08-2019, 09:33 PM | #2 |
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Location: Diving
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02-08-2019, 09:30 PM | #3 |
Veteran
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Kansas City, MO
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02-10-2019, 07:18 AM | #4 | |
Has a particular set of skills
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: On the water
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I saw soldiers on TV being spit on in the Vietnam era when they returned to the USA. As a small child, I didn't understand why people were blaming them.They had no choice. There was a draft. Go to jail, leave all your country forever, family and friends or go wherever the military sent you. How was this their fault? My dad served and went to the local VFW. I started volunteering there to help soldiers. I've since worked for the military for years as an adult(no longer do) and got to know these vets on a personal level. Working alongside them and they go home and kill themselves because the trauma of war isn't always physical. This effort has always been about the soldiers. No Politics. The regular grunts doing the work, serving our country. Recognizing their and their families sacrifice to protect the USA while I'm safe back home. |
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02-10-2019, 07:20 AM | #5 | |
MVP
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: HERMOSA BEACH,CA
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02-08-2019, 09:52 PM | #6 |
Fish are scared of me
Join Date: Nov 2001
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My Brother is back in Afghanistan, left 12/30/18
He's 64 years old. |
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02-08-2019, 10:10 PM | #7 |
Has a particular set of skills
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: On the water
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02-08-2019, 10:31 PM | #8 |
Fish are scared of me
Join Date: Nov 2001
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He's an old Marine but he's doing contract work now so not with an actual unit. This is I think the 3rd time he's gone there. Says this will be the last. And yes he's 64.
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02-09-2019, 07:45 AM | #9 |
Has a particular set of skills
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: On the water
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PM me his addreess there and I'll get a package out to him. He can share it with the soldiers sacrificing over in the sandbox.
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11-10-2023, 12:14 PM | #10 |
Has a particular set of skills
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: On the water
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Moved to the Hall of Classics.
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