Our Veterans - The Firearms Forum

Rugermanws · 11-10-2012, 08:03 PM

Thank you to all the men and women for your devotion to the preservation of freedom all over this world. I will be thinking of all those empty chairs of those who never made it back home. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

firefighter1635 · 11-10-2012, 08:08 PM

My feelings exactly, thank you for all you do.

marlin795 · 11-10-2012, 10:00 PM

Thanks fellow Vet's. God bless.

ampaterry · 11-11-2012, 07:05 AM

Thank you to all Veterans for your service to our country, and my God bless each and every one of you ESPECIALLY on this day!

carver · 11-11-2012, 08:12 AM

Happy Veterams day to all Veterans! http://www.texascooppower.com/texas-...es-in-twilight

Double D · 11-11-2012, 08:28 AM

How bout all the vets check in here and tell us what branch you served in..

Me, I was in the Army from 76-79 active, started out at Ft Knox Ky and did 2 yrs in Germany 2nd btln 33rd armd dvs. and finished at Ft Knox then was on call for 3 more years....
thanks to all who have served!!!

carver · 11-11-2012, 08:35 AM

U.S.A.F., 1-28-1973 - 1-14-1975. Honorable medical discharge.

MSGT-R · 11-11-2012, 09:08 AM

USMC for 8 years, USMCR for 19 more. WMs didn't get combat deployment, but we were there to support a lot of 'em!

Husband had 6 years active, 24 reserve.

Not going to any memorial rides this year, my mending ankle injury is having me sit this one out..

Sig Willy · 11-11-2012, 09:17 AM

I toast all my friends who lost their lives in the Nam war.

I salute all who fought for our freedom. God bless.

ka64 · 11-11-2012, 09:21 AM

AL MOUNT · 11-11-2012, 10:37 AM

Thank you all for remembering....

Leaving in about 45 min to go to Applebys with a jar head buddy and another old jumper.

A special happy Veterans Day to my Brothers of the Silk.

Here is my old unit.

hstout1143 · 11-11-2012, 11:09 AM

Navy, Operations Specialist 2nd class USS Peleliu LHA-5 1983-1988. Thanks for your service guys.

jedwil · 11-11-2012, 12:21 PM

Thanks to all who have served. I did 34 months active duty. Feb '69 - Dec'71
US Army. 11D and 11C. ROK(2ID) and Fort Riley(1ID).

wv hillbilly · 11-11-2012, 12:32 PM

thanks to all who served

marlin795 · 11-11-2012, 01:03 PM

I don't think I ever finished why I discharged early. I enlisted 4-14-11, shipped out 10-15-11, graduated basic and had 2 weeks of AIT left, was out in wargames in the rain and I fell off a turret of a Stryker and landed on my back. Messed it up bad and was Medically discharged under honorable conditions 12-15-11. Wish I was still in. But the VA is finally getting off there a**es and taking care of me. Been almost a year and still not the same I was before basic. God bless you all who served out your term, wish I could of.

marlin795 · 11-11-2012, 01:05 PM

Actually trying to get into the Navy now, just not happy who the boss man is.

MSGT-R · 11-11-2012, 01:28 PM

You probably won't get in, the RIF has started..
We all thank you too; you trained and gave your best!

johnnyehlers · 11-11-2012, 01:45 PM

A great big Thank You to all the veterans who served our country, and to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. You and your families are in my prayers. And a special Thank You to the greatest Uncle and Korean War Hero (in my eyes) Uncle Ervin, you are greatly missed. RIP 5/28/29 - 1/16/10

Iron Eagle · 11-11-2012, 01:53 PM

I signed up as a junior in high school 8/7/80, went active in the Air Force 10/15/81, early out do to rif, 9/5/85, then two years inactive reserves.

gdmoody · 11-11-2012, 02:05 PM

US Army, 1969-1996, retired E-7.

Curtis R · 11-11-2012, 02:22 PM

va nat. guard for 7 yrs then reg army field artillary

jedwil · 11-11-2012, 02:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnnyehlers

A great big Thank You to all the veterans who served our country, and to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. You and your families are in my prayers. And a special Thank You to the greatest Uncle and Korean War Hero (in my eyes) Uncle Ervin, you are greatly missed. RIP 5/28/29 - 1/16/10

My thanks and Prayers for your uncle......

Big Chevy · 11-11-2012, 03:40 PM

Thank you to all the veterans, I was denied entry into the airforce so I did not serve. my father was in Vietnam from 69 -70 he flew with the Boomerangs and the Bounty Hunters in the 191st Aviation Assault Helicopter CO.

GunnyGene · 11-11-2012, 04:33 PM

Rather than a lengthy post, I'll give y'all this link to another site which is also running a Veterans Day thread. http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/11/1...ay/#more-74100

Semper Fi

Quote:

So as through a glass, and darkly
The age long strife I see
Where I fought in many guises,
Many names, but always me.

And I see not in my blindness
What the objects were I wrought,
But as God rules o’er our bickerings
It was through His will I fought.

So forever in the future,
Shall I battle as of yore,
Dying to be born a fighter,
But to die again, once more.

Gen. G. Patton

Brass Tacks · 11-11-2012, 06:58 PM

US Army May 68- Jan 70

11-10-2012, 08:03 PM	#1
Rugermanws V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: White Oak Pa Posts: 225	Our Veterans Thank you to all the men and women for your devotion to the preservation of freedom all over this world. I will be thinking of all those empty chairs of those who never made it back home. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. -->

11-10-2012, 08:08 PM	#2
firefighter1635 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: US of A Contributor Posts: 1,837	Re: Our Veterans My feelings exactly, thank you for all you do.

11-10-2012, 10:00 PM	#3
marlin795 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Calvary Chapel Bible College; Murrieta,CA Posts: 755	Re: Our Veterans Thanks fellow Vet's. God bless. __________________ Native born Californian, adopted by the Great State Of Texas! PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!!!

11-11-2012, 07:05 AM	#4
ampaterry TFF Admin Staff Chaplain Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: West Tennessee Contributor Posts: 6,286	Re: Our Veterans Thank you to all Veterans for your service to our country, and my God bless each and every one of you ESPECIALLY on this day! __________________ A woman who demands further gun control legislation is like a chicken who roots for Colonel Sanders. Larry Elder

11-11-2012, 08:12 AM	#5
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,268	Re: Our Veterans Happy Veterams day to all Veterans! http://www.texascooppower.com/texas-...es-in-twilight __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

11-11-2012, 08:28 AM	#6
Double D TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: North Florida Contributor Posts: 8,076	Re: Our Veterans How bout all the vets check in here and tell us what branch you served in.. Me, I was in the Army from 76-79 active, started out at Ft Knox Ky and did 2 yrs in Germany 2nd btln 33rd armd dvs. and finished at Ft Knox then was on call for 3 more years.... thanks to all who have served!!! __________________ I own a bunch of scary guns. You want em? Come and take em..... Liberalism is a serious, non curable, mental disorder... NRA LIFE MEMBER Oath Keepers Member NRA Certified Instructor 30 Yr CC permit holder. Last edited by Double D; 11-11-2012 at 11:24 AM..

11-11-2012, 08:35 AM	#7
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,268	Re: Our Veterans U.S.A.F., 1-28-1973 - 1-14-1975. Honorable medical discharge. __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

11-11-2012, 09:08 AM	#8
MSGT-R Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: SoCal Posts: 900	Re: Our Veterans USMC for 8 years, USMCR for 19 more. WMs didn't get combat deployment, but we were there to support a lot of 'em! Husband had 6 years active, 24 reserve. Not going to any memorial rides this year, my mending ankle injury is having me sit this one out.. __________________ If you suck, go back to the range. Last edited by MSGT-R; 11-11-2012 at 09:09 AM..

11-11-2012, 09:17 AM	#9
Sig Willy Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 565	Re: Our Veterans I toast all my friends who lost their lives in the Nam war. I salute all who fought for our freedom. God bless. __________________ _________________________ Be alert! We need more lerts!

11-11-2012, 09:21 AM	#10
ka64 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Michigan Contributor Posts: 1,412	Re: Our Veterans

11-11-2012, 10:37 AM	#11
AL MOUNT Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Cleaning my Thompson in The Foothills of the Ozark Mountains Posts: 3,108	Re: Our Veterans Thank you all for remembering.... Leaving in about 45 min to go to Applebys with a jar head buddy and another old jumper. A special happy Veterans Day to my Brothers of the Silk. Here is my old unit. __________________ 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment 101st Airborne Division Vietnam 67-68

11-11-2012, 11:09 AM	#12
hstout1143 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: California Contributor Posts: 1,739	Re: Our Veterans Navy, Operations Specialist 2nd class USS Peleliu LHA-5 1983-1988. Thanks for your service guys. __________________ NRA Life Member Kids that hunt and fish don't mug old ladies. "Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." - Ronald Reagan "Deo Duce, Ferro Comitante", With God as my leader and my sword as my companion Last edited by hstout1143; 11-11-2012 at 11:13 AM..

11-11-2012, 12:21 PM	#13
jedwil Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Texas Hill Country Contributor Posts: 1,922	Re: Our Veterans Thanks to all who have served. I did 34 months active duty. Feb '69 - Dec'71 US Army. 11D and 11C. ROK(2ID) and Fort Riley(1ID). __________________ "Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom." -- John F. Kennedy

11-11-2012, 12:32 PM	#14
wv hillbilly Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: mountains of wv. Posts: 2,017	Re: Our Veterans thanks to all who served

11-11-2012, 01:03 PM	#15
marlin795 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Calvary Chapel Bible College; Murrieta,CA Posts: 755	Re: Our Veterans I don't think I ever finished why I discharged early. I enlisted 4-14-11, shipped out 10-15-11, graduated basic and had 2 weeks of AIT left, was out in wargames in the rain and I fell off a turret of a Stryker and landed on my back. Messed it up bad and was Medically discharged under honorable conditions 12-15-11. Wish I was still in. But the VA is finally getting off there a**es and taking care of me. Been almost a year and still not the same I was before basic. God bless you all who served out your term, wish I could of. __________________ Native born Californian, adopted by the Great State Of Texas! PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!!!

11-11-2012, 01:05 PM	#16
marlin795 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Calvary Chapel Bible College; Murrieta,CA Posts: 755	Re: Our Veterans Actually trying to get into the Navy now, just not happy who the boss man is. __________________ Native born Californian, adopted by the Great State Of Texas! PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!!!

11-11-2012, 01:28 PM	#17
MSGT-R Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: SoCal Posts: 900	Re: Our Veterans You probably won't get in, the RIF has started.. We all thank you too; you trained and gave your best! __________________ If you suck, go back to the range.

11-11-2012, 01:45 PM	#18
johnnyehlers V.I.P. Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: West Central Missouri Posts: 279	Re: Our Veterans A great big Thank You to all the veterans who served our country, and to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. You and your families are in my prayers. And a special Thank You to the greatest Uncle and Korean War Hero (in my eyes) Uncle Ervin, you are greatly missed. RIP 5/28/29 - 1/16/10

11-11-2012, 01:53 PM	#19
Iron Eagle Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Louisiana Posts: 656	Re: Our Veterans I signed up as a junior in high school 8/7/80, went active in the Air Force 10/15/81, early out do to rif, 9/5/85, then two years inactive reserves.

11-11-2012, 02:05 PM	#20
gdmoody Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northeast Georgia Contributor Posts: 6,334	Re: Our Veterans US Army, 1969-1996, retired E-7. __________________ NRA Endowment Member GeorgiaCarry.Org Member Retired US Army Postal Worker Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)

11-11-2012, 02:22 PM	#21
Curtis R V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: N.C. Posts: 289	Re: Our Veterans va nat. guard for 7 yrs then reg army field artillary __________________

11-11-2012, 03:40 PM	#23
Big Chevy V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: S.W. Florida Posts: 345	Re: Our Veterans Thank you to all the veterans, I was denied entry into the airforce so I did not serve. my father was in Vietnam from 69 -70 he flew with the Boomerangs and the Bounty Hunters in the 191st Aviation Assault Helicopter CO.

11-11-2012, 06:58 PM	#25
Brass Tacks Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: NW Arkansas Posts: 553	Re: Our Veterans US Army May 68- Jan 70 __________________ The Second Amendment, America's Original Homeland Security I don't know how I got over the hill without ever getting to the top.