Happy Veterans Day 2023! Lets give them the love and appreciation they have earned,

[BigRedChief]

Lets give some love this weekend to all the vets that protect us daily.

Remember those who paid the ultimate price for us. Love to those families that sacrifice daily so their family member can serve and protect us.

These deals have grown so much these days that I can't fit them all in here even with spoilers.

All of the discounts have been confirmed, either through press release or direct communication with the company.


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Veterans Day Retail Deals and Discounts
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Veterans Day Events
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Military Appreciation and Giving Back to Veterans on Veterans Day
https://www.military.com/veterans-day/giving-back.html

[Boiled Chicken]

Actually love the perspectives in this thread. When I signed up, I did so as a true believer (which I feel I am still to this day). I’m a third generation troop, and raised my right hand and prized my oath that swore I would protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, which, of course, includes the first amendment. To make my point, I think of the often misattributed Voltaire quote - "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it". Seeing the differences of opinions in this thread warms my heart and makes me feel that my service was worth it.

However, since this thread has evolved into more than just the corny, off menu, MRE like discounts, allow me to contribute. Don’t say thank you to me. I just did my job. Sure, all of this is nice, but what troubles me as a great nation is that we have difficulty taking care of our own. We have as many as 22 of our brothers and sisters killing themselves daily. I’m no saint, I can do better, too. Yesterday, while eating my free HyVee breakfast, a homeless veteran came in and sat at our table. I nodded to him and that was it. What a shitbag thing for me to do. I could have talked with him, asked him about his time in the service, something to make him feel valued, because that’s a significant reason why our service members are committing suicide. They’ve seen awful things, they’ve done awful things, and they want to somehow reconcile the past, but can’t.

Want to thank or honor a veteran? Connect with them. I’m exhausted with seeing on the various social media platforms that every few months someone I served with isn’t with us anymore. The American Legion is driving a campaign to focus on mental health, called Be The One - http://www.legion.org/betheone. HELP! We need it.

tldr; thanks for thanking me, but I’d prefer something a little more meaningful.

Specialist - US Army. 1991-1994. Stinger - If It Flies It Dies

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Boiled Chicken

We have as many as 22 of our brothers and sisters killing themselves daily. I’m no saint, I can do better, too. Yesterday, while eating my free HyVee breakfast, a homeless veteran came in and sat at our table. I nodded to him and that was it. What a shitbag thing for me to do. I could have talked with him, asked him about his time in the service, something to make him feel valued, because that’s a significant reason why our service members are committing suicide. They’ve seen awful things, they’ve done awful things, and they want to somehow reconcile the past, but can’t.

Want to thank or honor a veteran? Connect with them. I’m exhausted with seeing on the various social media platforms that every few months someone I served with isn’t with us anymore. The American Legion is driving a campaign to focus on mental health, called Be The One - http://www.legion.org/betheone. HELP! We need it.

tldr; thanks for thanking me, but I’d prefer something a little more meaningful.

Specialist - US Army. 1991-1994. Stinger - If It Flies It Dies

Yep, unfortunately that stat is correct. 22 vets or currently serving vets and still members of the military commit suicide every day. I worked alongside 3 of the strongest, most badass men I've even known. Just a normal day. Seemed to be normal. The next day they no show'd. They has killed themselves that night. In each case, no one noticed anything out of the ordinary that day.

They say war is hell. Living with surviving that when your buddies didn't, the doubt of could I have done more to save my friends eats at them.

[DenverChief]

Originally Posted by Boiled Chicken

Actually love the perspectives in this thread. When I signed up, I did so as a true believer (which I feel I am still to this day). I’m a third generation troop, and raised my right hand and prized my oath that swore I would protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, which, of course, includes the first amendment. To make my point, I think of the often misattributed Voltaire quote - "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it". Seeing the differences of opinions in this thread warms my heart and makes me feel that my service was worth it.

However, since this thread has evolved into more than just the corny, off menu, MRE like discounts, allow me to contribute. Don’t say thank you to me. I just did my job. Sure, all of this is nice, but what troubles me as a great nation is that we have difficulty taking care of our own. We have as many as 22 of our brothers and sisters killing themselves daily. I’m no saint, I can do better, too. Yesterday, while eating my free HyVee breakfast, a homeless veteran came in and sat at our table. I nodded to him and that was it. What a shitbag thing for me to do. I could have talked with him, asked him about his time in the service, something to make him feel valued, because that’s a significant reason why our service members are committing suicide. They’ve seen awful things, they’ve done awful things, and they want to somehow reconcile the past, but can’t.

Want to thank or honor a veteran? Connect with them. I’m exhausted with seeing on the various social media platforms that every few months someone I served with isn’t with us anymore. The American Legion is driving a campaign to focus on mental health, called Be The One - http://www.legion.org/betheone. HELP! We need it.

tldr; thanks for thanking me, but I’d prefer something a little more meaningful.

Specialist - US Army. 1991-1994. Stinger - If It Flies It Dies

One of the best posts yet. Thank you for your service.

Specialist - US Army. 1995-2001, Cav - if you ain’t Cav you ain’t shit!

[DenverChief]

Originally Posted by Mephistopheles Janx

There isn't a single conflict we have been involved in since the civil war where the rights and freedoms of Americans was fought for. The military, today, doesn't exist to protect us. In the past two hundred years...

Have they died for oil? Yup.
Have they died to set up borders on the other half of the world? Yup.
Have they died de-stabilizing other countries in a bid to install leadership that was friendly to the US? Yup.
Have they died for the ego of the politicians who sent them to war? Yup.
Have they died for imperialistic purposes? Yup.
Have they died going on a revenge tour against the wrong group of people? Yup.

The military is not about protecting *US*... it is about protecting the interests and the pet projects of the dipshits elected into office while denying service related disability.

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**** THAT.

- PFC, US ARMY

PS. By all means... go get that free buffet tho.

I think this is a super simplistic look at military action since the Civil War - here are a few that are about "directly" protecting American lives (aka rights and freedoms - ya know the right to not be kidnapped and held hostage and freedoms)

1901: Colombia (State of Panama): From November 20 to December 4. (See: Separation of Panama from Colombia) U.S. forces protected American property on the Isthmus and kept transit lines open during serious revolutionary disturbances.

1902: Colombia: From April 16 to 23, U.S. forces protected American lives and property at Bocas del Toro during a civil war.

1903: Honduras: From March 23 to 30 or 31, U.S. forces protected the American consulate and the steamship wharf at Puerto Cortes during a period of revolutionary activity.

1903: Dominican Republic: From March 30 to April 21, a detachment of marines was landed to protect American interests in the city of Santo Domingo during a revolutionary outbreak

1903: Syria: From September 7 to 12, U.S. forces protected the American consulate in Beirut when a local Muslim uprising was feared

1903–1904: Abyssinia (Ethiopia): Twenty-five Marines were sent to Abyssinia to protect the U.S. Consul General while he negotiated a treaty.

1903–1914: Panama: U.S. forces sought to protect American interests and lives during and following the revolution for independence from Colombia over construction of the Isthmian Canal. With brief intermissions, United States Marines were stationed on the Isthmus from November 4, 1903, to January 21, 1914, to guard American interests.

1904: Tangier, Morocco: "We want either Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead." During the Perdicaris affair, a squadron demonstrated to force release of a kidnapped American. Marines were landed to protect the consul general.

1904: Panama: From November 17 to 24, U.S. forces protected American lives and property at Ancon at the time of a threatened insurrection.

1912: China: August 24–26, on Kentucky Island, and August 26–30 at Camp Nicholson. U.S. forces protected Americans and American interests during the Xinhai Revolution.

1913: Mexico: From September 5 to 7, a few marines landed at Ciaris Estero to aid in evacuating American citizens and others from the Yaqui Valley, made dangerous for foreigners by the Mexican Revolution.

1922–1923: China: From April 1922 to November 1923, Marines were landed five times to protect Americans during periods of unrest.

1924: Honduras: From February 28 to March 31, and from September 10 to 15, U.S. forces protected American lives and interests during election hostilities.

1948–1949: China: Marines were dispatched to Nanking to protect the American Embassy when the city fell to Communist troops, and to Shanghai to aid in the protection and evacuation of Americans.

1954–1955: China: First Taiwan Strait Crisis, Naval units evacuated U.S. civilians and military personnel from the Tachen Islands.

1956: Egypt: A marine battalion evacuated U.S. nationals and other persons from Alexandria during the Suez Crisis.

1974: Evacuation from Cyprus: United States naval forces evacuated U.S. civilians during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.

1975: Evacuation from Cambodia: Operation Eagle Pull, On April 12, 1975, President Ford reported that he had ordered U.S. military forces to proceed with the planned evacuation of the U.S. citizens from Cambodia.

1975: Cambodia: Mayaguez incident, On May 15, 1975, President Ford reported he had ordered military forces to retake SS Mayaguez, a merchant vessel which was seized from Kampuchean Revolutionary Army naval patrol boats in international waters and forced to proceed to a nearby island.

1976: Lebanon: On July 22 and 23, 1976, helicopters from five U.S. naval vessels evacuated approximately 250 Americans and Europeans from Lebanon during fighting between Lebanese factions after an overland convoy evacuation had been blocked by hostilities.

1980: Iran: Operation Eagle Claw, on April 26, 1980, President Carter reported the use of six U.S. transport planes and eight helicopters in an unsuccessful attempt to rescue the American hostages in Iran.

1985: Italy: On October 10, 1985, U.S. Navy pilots intercepted an Egyptian airliner and forced it to land in Sicily. The airliner was carrying the hijackers of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro who had killed an American citizen during the hijacking.

1986: Libya: Operation El Dorado Canyon, on April 16, 1986, President Reagan reported that U.S. air and naval forces had conducted bombing strikes on terrorist facilities and military installations in the Libyan capitol of Tripoli, claiming that Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi was responsible for a bomb attack at a German disco that killed two U.S. soldiers.

1987–1988: Persian Gulf: Operation Prime Chance was a United States Special Operations Command operation intended to protect U.S.-flagged oil tankers from Iranian attack during the Iran–Iraq War. The operation took place roughly at the same time as Operation Earnest Will.

1988: Panama: In mid-March and April 1988, during a period of instability in Panama and as the United States increased pressure on Panamanian head of state General Manuel Noriega to resign, the United States sent 1,000 troops to Panama, to "further safeguard the canal, U.S. lives, property and interests in the area." The forces supplemented 10,000 U.S. military personnel already in the Panama Canal Zone.

1990: Liberia: On August 6, 1990, President Bush reported that a reinforced rifle company had been sent to provide additional security to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, and that helicopter teams had evacuated U.S. citizens from Liberia.

1992: Sierra Leone: Operation Silver Anvil, Following the April 29 coup that overthrew President Joseph Saidu Momoh, a United States European Command (USEUCOM) Joint Special Operations Task Force evacuated 438 people (including 42 Third Country nationals) on May 3. Two Air Mobility Command (AMC) C-141s flew 136 people from Freetown, Sierra Leone, to the Rhein-Main Air Base in Germany and nine C-130 sorties carried another 302 people to Dakar, Senegal

1996: Central African Republic, Operation Quick Response: On May 23, 1996, President Clinton reported the deployment of U.S. military personnel to Bangui, Central African Republic, to conduct the evacuation from that country of "private U.S. citizens and certain U.S. government employees", and to provide "enhanced security for the American Embassy in Bangui."[RL30172] United States Marine Corps elements of Joint Task Force Assured Response, responding in nearby Liberia, provided security to the embassy and evacuated 448 people, including between 190 and 208 Americans. The last Marines left Bangui on June 22.

1997: Albania: Operation Silver Wake, On March 13, 1997, U.S. military forces were used to evacuate certain U.S. government employees and private U.S. citizens from Tirana, Albania.

1997: Sierra Leone: On May 29 and 30, 1997, U.S. military personnel were deployed to Freetown, Sierra Leone, to prepare for and undertake the evacuation of certain U.S. government employees and private U.S. citizens.

1998–1999: Kenya and Tanzania: U.S. military personnel were deployed to Nairobi, Kenya, to coordinate the medical and disaster assistance related to the bombing of the U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

2001–2021: War in Afghanistan: The War on Terror begins with Operation Enduring Freedom. On October 7, 2001, U.S. Armed Forces invade Afghanistan in response to the 9/11 attacks and "begin combat action in Afghanistan against Al Qaeda and their Taliban supporters."

2002: Côte d'Ivoire: On September 25, 2002, in response to a rebellion in Côte d'Ivoire, U.S. military personnel went into Côte d'Ivoire to assist in the evacuation of American citizens from Bouaké.

2003: Liberia: Second Liberian Civil War, On June 9, 2003, President Bush reported that on June 8 he had sent about 35 U.S. Marines into Monrovia, Liberia, to help secure the U.S. Embassy in Nouakchott, Mauritania, and to aid in any necessary evacuation from either Liberia or Mauritania.

2004: Haiti: 2004 Haitian coup d'état occurs, The U.S. first sent 55 combat equipped military personnel to augment the U.S. Embassy security forces there and to protect American citizens and property.

2005–2008: Operation WILLING SPIRIT, Colombia - the rescue of American hostages held hostage by the FARC

2006: Lebanon: part of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit[16] begins evacuation of U.S. citizens willing to leave the country in the face of a likely ground invasion by Israel and continued fighting between Hezbollah and the Israeli military.

2012: Chad: 50 U.S. troops have deployed to the African country of Chad to help evacuate U.S. citizens and embassy personnel from the neighboring Central African Republic's capital of Bangui in the face of rebel advances toward the city.

2014: 2014 American rescue mission in Syria: The U.S. attempted to rescue James Foley and other hostages being held by ISIL. Air strikes were conducted on the ISIL military base known as "Osama bin Laden camp". Meanwhile, the bombings, Delta teams parachuted near an ISIL high-valued prison. The main roads were blocked to keep any target from escaping. When no hostage was found, the American troops began house to house searches.

2014: 2014 Yemen hostage rescue operations against al-Qaeda: On November 25, U.S. Navy SEALs and Yemeni Special Forces launched an operations in Yemen in attempt to rescue eight hostages that were being held by al-Qaeda. Although the operation was successful, no American hostages were secured. In the first attempt, six Yemenis, one Saudi Arabian, and one Ethiopian were rescued. On December 4, 2014, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) threatened to execute the Somers if the U.S. failed to the unspecified commands. AQAP also stated that they would be executed if the U.S. attempted another rescue operation. On December 6, a second operation was launched. 40 U.S. SEALs and 30 Yemeni troops were deployed to the compound. A 10-minute fire fight occurred before the American troops could enter where the remaining hostages (Somers and Korkie) were being held. They were alive, but fatally wounded. Surgery was done in mid air when flying away from the site. Korkie died while in flight, and Somers died once landed on USS Makin Island. No American troop was killed/injured, however a Yemenis soldier was wounded.

[seclark]

Originally Posted by DenverChief

I think this is a super simplistic look at military action since the Civil War - here are a few that are about "directly" protecting American lives (aka rights and freedoms - ya know the right to not be kidnapped and held hostage and freedoms)

1901: Colombia (State of Panama): From November 20 to December 4. (See: Separation of Panama from Colombia) U.S. forces protected American property on the Isthmus and kept transit lines open during serious revolutionary disturbances.

1902: Colombia: From April 16 to 23, U.S. forces protected American lives and property at Bocas del Toro during a civil war.

1903: Honduras: From March 23 to 30 or 31, U.S. forces protected the American consulate and the steamship wharf at Puerto Cortes during a period of revolutionary activity.

1903: Dominican Republic: From March 30 to April 21, a detachment of marines was landed to protect American interests in the city of Santo Domingo during a revolutionary outbreak

1903: Syria: From September 7 to 12, U.S. forces protected the American consulate in Beirut when a local Muslim uprising was feared

1903–1904: Abyssinia (Ethiopia): Twenty-five Marines were sent to Abyssinia to protect the U.S. Consul General while he negotiated a treaty.

1903–1914: Panama: U.S. forces sought to protect American interests and lives during and following the revolution for independence from Colombia over construction of the Isthmian Canal. With brief intermissions, United States Marines were stationed on the Isthmus from November 4, 1903, to January 21, 1914, to guard American interests.

1904: Tangier, Morocco: "We want either Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead." During the Perdicaris affair, a squadron demonstrated to force release of a kidnapped American. Marines were landed to protect the consul general.

1904: Panama: From November 17 to 24, U.S. forces protected American lives and property at Ancon at the time of a threatened insurrection.

1912: China: August 24–26, on Kentucky Island, and August 26–30 at Camp Nicholson. U.S. forces protected Americans and American interests during the Xinhai Revolution.

1913: Mexico: From September 5 to 7, a few marines landed at Ciaris Estero to aid in evacuating American citizens and others from the Yaqui Valley, made dangerous for foreigners by the Mexican Revolution.

1922–1923: China: From April 1922 to November 1923, Marines were landed five times to protect Americans during periods of unrest.

1924: Honduras: From February 28 to March 31, and from September 10 to 15, U.S. forces protected American lives and interests during election hostilities.

1948–1949: China: Marines were dispatched to Nanking to protect the American Embassy when the city fell to Communist troops, and to Shanghai to aid in the protection and evacuation of Americans.

1954–1955: China: First Taiwan Strait Crisis, Naval units evacuated U.S. civilians and military personnel from the Tachen Islands.

1956: Egypt: A marine battalion evacuated U.S. nationals and other persons from Alexandria during the Suez Crisis.

1974: Evacuation from Cyprus: United States naval forces evacuated U.S. civilians during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.

1975: Evacuation from Cambodia: Operation Eagle Pull, On April 12, 1975, President Ford reported that he had ordered U.S. military forces to proceed with the planned evacuation of the U.S. citizens from Cambodia.

1975: Cambodia: Mayaguez incident, On May 15, 1975, President Ford reported he had ordered military forces to retake SS Mayaguez, a merchant vessel which was seized from Kampuchean Revolutionary Army naval patrol boats in international waters and forced to proceed to a nearby island.

1976: Lebanon: On July 22 and 23, 1976, helicopters from five U.S. naval vessels evacuated approximately 250 Americans and Europeans from Lebanon during fighting between Lebanese factions after an overland convoy evacuation had been blocked by hostilities.

1980: Iran: Operation Eagle Claw, on April 26, 1980, President Carter reported the use of six U.S. transport planes and eight helicopters in an unsuccessful attempt to rescue the American hostages in Iran.

1985: Italy: On October 10, 1985, U.S. Navy pilots intercepted an Egyptian airliner and forced it to land in Sicily. The airliner was carrying the hijackers of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro who had killed an American citizen during the hijacking.

1986: Libya: Operation El Dorado Canyon, on April 16, 1986, President Reagan reported that U.S. air and naval forces had conducted bombing strikes on terrorist facilities and military installations in the Libyan capitol of Tripoli, claiming that Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi was responsible for a bomb attack at a German disco that killed two U.S. soldiers.

1987–1988: Persian Gulf: Operation Prime Chance was a United States Special Operations Command operation intended to protect U.S.-flagged oil tankers from Iranian attack during the Iran–Iraq War. The operation took place roughly at the same time as Operation Earnest Will.

1988: Panama: In mid-March and April 1988, during a period of instability in Panama and as the United States increased pressure on Panamanian head of state General Manuel Noriega to resign, the United States sent 1,000 troops to Panama, to "further safeguard the canal, U.S. lives, property and interests in the area." The forces supplemented 10,000 U.S. military personnel already in the Panama Canal Zone.

1990: Liberia: On August 6, 1990, President Bush reported that a reinforced rifle company had been sent to provide additional security to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, and that helicopter teams had evacuated U.S. citizens from Liberia.

1992: Sierra Leone: Operation Silver Anvil, Following the April 29 coup that overthrew President Joseph Saidu Momoh, a United States European Command (USEUCOM) Joint Special Operations Task Force evacuated 438 people (including 42 Third Country nationals) on May 3. Two Air Mobility Command (AMC) C-141s flew 136 people from Freetown, Sierra Leone, to the Rhein-Main Air Base in Germany and nine C-130 sorties carried another 302 people to Dakar, Senegal

1996: Central African Republic, Operation Quick Response: On May 23, 1996, President Clinton reported the deployment of U.S. military personnel to Bangui, Central African Republic, to conduct the evacuation from that country of "private U.S. citizens and certain U.S. government employees", and to provide "enhanced security for the American Embassy in Bangui."[RL30172] United States Marine Corps elements of Joint Task Force Assured Response, responding in nearby Liberia, provided security to the embassy and evacuated 448 people, including between 190 and 208 Americans. The last Marines left Bangui on June 22.

1997: Albania: Operation Silver Wake, On March 13, 1997, U.S. military forces were used to evacuate certain U.S. government employees and private U.S. citizens from Tirana, Albania.

1997: Sierra Leone: On May 29 and 30, 1997, U.S. military personnel were deployed to Freetown, Sierra Leone, to prepare for and undertake the evacuation of certain U.S. government employees and private U.S. citizens.

1998–1999: Kenya and Tanzania: U.S. military personnel were deployed to Nairobi, Kenya, to coordinate the medical and disaster assistance related to the bombing of the U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

2001–2021: War in Afghanistan: The War on Terror begins with Operation Enduring Freedom. On October 7, 2001, U.S. Armed Forces invade Afghanistan in response to the 9/11 attacks and "begin combat action in Afghanistan against Al Qaeda and their Taliban supporters."

2002: Côte d'Ivoire: On September 25, 2002, in response to a rebellion in Côte d'Ivoire, U.S. military personnel went into Côte d'Ivoire to assist in the evacuation of American citizens from Bouaké.

2003: Liberia: Second Liberian Civil War, On June 9, 2003, President Bush reported that on June 8 he had sent about 35 U.S. Marines into Monrovia, Liberia, to help secure the U.S. Embassy in Nouakchott, Mauritania, and to aid in any necessary evacuation from either Liberia or Mauritania.

2004: Haiti: 2004 Haitian coup d'état occurs, The U.S. first sent 55 combat equipped military personnel to augment the U.S. Embassy security forces there and to protect American citizens and property.

2005–2008: Operation WILLING SPIRIT, Colombia - the rescue of American hostages held hostage by the FARC

2006: Lebanon: part of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit[16] begins evacuation of U.S. citizens willing to leave the country in the face of a likely ground invasion by Israel and continued fighting between Hezbollah and the Israeli military.

2012: Chad: 50 U.S. troops have deployed to the African country of Chad to help evacuate U.S. citizens and embassy personnel from the neighboring Central African Republic's capital of Bangui in the face of rebel advances toward the city.

2014: 2014 American rescue mission in Syria: The U.S. attempted to rescue James Foley and other hostages being held by ISIL. Air strikes were conducted on the ISIL military base known as "Osama bin Laden camp". Meanwhile, the bombings, Delta teams parachuted near an ISIL high-valued prison. The main roads were blocked to keep any target from escaping. When no hostage was found, the American troops began house to house searches.

2014: 2014 Yemen hostage rescue operations against al-Qaeda: On November 25, U.S. Navy SEALs and Yemeni Special Forces launched an operations in Yemen in attempt to rescue eight hostages that were being held by al-Qaeda. Although the operation was successful, no American hostages were secured. In the first attempt, six Yemenis, one Saudi Arabian, and one Ethiopian were rescued. On December 4, 2014, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) threatened to execute the Somers if the U.S. failed to the unspecified commands. AQAP also stated that they would be executed if the U.S. attempted another rescue operation. On December 6, a second operation was launched. 40 U.S. SEALs and 30 Yemeni troops were deployed to the compound. A 10-minute fire fight occurred before the American troops could enter where the remaining hostages (Somers and Korkie) were being held. They were alive, but fatally wounded. Surgery was done in mid air when flying away from the site. Korkie died while in flight, and Somers died once landed on USS Makin Island. No American troop was killed/injured, however a Yemenis soldier was wounded.

^rock on!^

[Easy 6]

My dad - Army Vietnam vet
My son - 4 year active duty Marine
My daughter - 4 year Army National Guard
Me - Army dirty bird 91-95: American by birth, Engineer by The Grace of God

A belated HOOAH! to all of vets out there

[BigRedChief]

I’ve been doing these annual thank the vets threads for a long time on here. This is the first year people decided to talk trash.

If you don’t want to thank or appreciate the vets sacrifice. Then just ignore this thread.

[Hammock Parties]

god bless our trannies!

[listopencil]

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

god bless our trannies!

Those “trannies” are tougher than you’ll ever be, pussy.

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

god bless our trannies!

Those “trannies” are tougher than you’ll ever be, pussy.

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

god bless our trannies!

Those “trannies” are tougher than you’ll ever be, pussy.

[ThyKingdomCome15]

I watched Major Payne.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by The Franchise

Those “trannies” are tougher than you’ll ever be, pussy.

AND I PRAISE GOD FOR THAT! We need ABSOLUTE BADASSES.

We are fighting ISIS, the Chinese Communists and the evil Russians! All at once!

WE HAVE THE BEST TRANNIES, DON'T WE FOLKS?!

#ToughTrannies

[Ocotillo]

Originally Posted by seclark

^rock on!^

He forgot to list Grenada.