Are you thanking our American servicemen?

Question

I just want to take the time to express my "THANKS" & "APPRECIATION" to all our American servicemen & women who have served and are serving still all over the world; especially in Iraq and Afghanistan. I am a Vietnam vet. I wasn't welcomed home when I returned. But my heart goes out to all the Iraqi and Afghan U.S. military who have and are serving for our country & the sacifices you have made. While you all may not agree with the reasons you are serving in the Middle East the fact remains YOU ARE in harms way. We Americans ought to go OUT OF WAY to thank our servicemen & servicewomen as they return - at the airports, bus terminals or wherever.

You all do us proud!!!

You sacrificed an awful lot for us. You are appreciated and loved.

Answer 1

Thank you very much for taking the time to write that, it means a lot. (and thanks for adding "women" in your thanks)

Answer 2

On my way out the door in minutes to start the day will end at 230 pm CT. For all of you who want to add your political view point stop. As a veteran I followed the President regardless of what I thought of his policies or why we were going there. I missed enough birthdays and holidays for a lifetime with my family so some idiots can voice their opinion against something that was never asked. Instead of blasting those who died in war time after WWII go out and give respect that it wasn't your father or grandfather, Mother or grandmother. They gave you the right in peace time and war. Veterans do not pick oh we are going to war I am not going in or going in get over people....

Answer 3

My husband is over sea's as we speck and i thank him and his soldiers every chance i get i am very proud of him and all the military who fight for us.. It sucks that your didn't get the appreciation that you deserved when you returned and thank you, there are some of us out here that do care about the soldiers

Answer 4

Yeah, and I think they're getting tired of me. LOL. My family and I see a lot of service men and women since we live near San Diego, and we've run into a few of the same folks. REALLY! They're like, "hey, I remember you!" My son and I always wave and say hello to all men and women soldiers, and probably make nuisances of ourselves to boot, but the Navy and Marine corps don't seem to mind much. I even get winks for my fat butt! It's a good time seeing all the smiles on our soldiers faces. I think I get more joy out of it, than do the men! LOL!!!!!


God Bless America, but more so her Armed Forces, for without them, we have NO America!

Answer 5

thank you for this, though i am not in the military, i do have family who are veterans, and i thank them (and other soldiers) very chance i get, regardless of what they're fighting for, they're fighting and dying, and that should be enough

and for those protesting the war in Iraq at soldiers' funerals, i have no sympathy

Answer 6

Why should I thank them for serving in Iraq?

I have GREAT SYMPATHY for them, that they have to follow the orders of a lunatic, but I can offer no thanks for the misery we are causing the Iraqi people in a useless, stupid war that does nothing, and has done nothing, to protect us from our real enemies.

Mindless, unthinking nationalism is no virtue.


PS: former soldier

Answer 7

I separate those actually protecting the USA from those invading a country at the whim of a military commander for reasons not related to protecting us. If you are not part of the solution you are part of the problem. There is NO reason for US troops to be in Iraq, Japan, Cuba (Guantanamo) or Europe. What other country besides the USA insists, demands and forces independent, sovereign states into accepting our military presence there? We are not protecting Japan from anyone or anything, nor are protecting any European country, the South Korean government, and especially Iraq and Cuba. So no, I am not supporting the overseas presence of the USA military ANYWHERE.

Answer 8

A Different Christmas Poem

The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.

Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
Transforming the yard to a winter delight.
The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,
Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.

My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,
Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep.
In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,
So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.

The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near,
But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear.
Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know, Then the
Sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.

My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,
And I crept to the door just to see who was near.
Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,
A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.

A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old,
Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold.
Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,
Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.

"What are you doing?" I asked without fear,
"Come in this moment, it's freezing out here!
Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,
You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"

For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,
Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts..
To the window that danced with a warm fire's light
Then he sighed and he said "Its really all right,

I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night."
"It's my duty to stand at the front of the line,
That separates you from the darkest of times.
No one had to ask or beg or implore me,
I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me.

My Gramps died at ' Pearl on a day in December,"
Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers."
My dad stood his watch in the jungles of ' Nam ',
And now it is my turn and so, here I am.
I've not seen my own son in more than a while,
But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile.

Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,
The red, white, and blue... An American flag.
I can live through the cold and the being alone,
Away from my family, my house and my home.

I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,
I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat.
I can carry the weight of killing another,
Or lay down my life with my sister and brother..

Who stand at the front against any and all,
To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall."
"So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright,
Your family is waiting and I'll be all right."

"But isn't there something I can do, at the least,
"Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast?
It seems all too little for all that you've done,
For being away from your wife and your son."

Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,
"Just tell us you love us, and never forget.
To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone,
To stand your own watch, no matter how long.

For when we come home, either standing or dead,
To know you remember we fought and we bled.
Is payment enough, and with that we will trust,
That we mattered to you as you mattered to us."

Answer 9

I warmly thank the men and women of the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps for helping Iraq to manage its problem of overpopulation by directly or indirectly slaughtering 655,000 of my fellow Arabs, and its problem of energy waste by reducing the availability of electricity in Baghdad from 24 hours a day to 4 or 5, and its problem of overabundance by relieving it of its burdensome petroleum reserves. Moreover, I thank the U.S. Government for strategically sponsoring my nation's government. Thirty years of dictatorship with the blessing of the red, white, and blue. :) Thank you, thank you, God Bless You.

Heck, buddy, I'm even giving you a star. :-D

Answer 10

Amen, I thank our folks in the service every chance I get, being a veteran myself, I know how I felt when I returned and people thanked me. I want to return that wonderful feeling to all our service people and let them know how much we love and appreciate their sacrifices--that includes their families too. Want to really warm thier hearts? Be sure to thank their families also. God Bless our service people and thier families.

Answer 11

NO they never did anything for me or my Country they arrived when we were winning and took over