Yep. Best thanks I ever got was by two good looking women who bought me a beer when coming home they didn't say anything just sent a beer to my table and smiled and waved from theirs.
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Please don't thank me for my service???
- Thread starter Buckeye76
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Yep. Best thanks I ever got was by two good looking women who bought me a beer when coming home they didn't say anything just sent a beer to my table and smiled and waved from theirs.
and then.. . .
Honestly I could not care any less if people appreciate my service or not. It's great if they do but I will get the same amount of sleep if they don't. That's one of the things I love most about America. People are totally free to form any opinion about anything, regardless of how much research they conduct. As long as the people I served with appreciate the work I put in while we were together, well that's the most I could ever hope for. Somebody else here said they didn't do it to get thanked, they did it because it was the right thing to do. I don't think it can be said any better than that.
Most def!
You have absolutely no game. That's when you go over to the table and tell them your buddies call you the Mule. And it's not because you're strong.
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I know exactly how you felt, I'm of that era as well. I could barely swallow to say thank you the first time. I could tear up just thinking about it. It was a long time coming.
I said awhile back how thankful I am to the Lord for letting me live long enough to see the day when going into service for your country is seen as a good thing and our service men and women are appreciated, how I love that.
Two years ago I finally made a trip to see our Nations capitall. On the way I stopped at the Marine Corps museum and picked up a couple t shirts. After a great visit, touring the town, Arlington, WWII, WWI, Korean and Veitnam memorials I headed back the long way. I always wear my Marine cover and now I had a nice Marine t shirt on.
Every hotel I stopped in someone thanked me for my service. They would ask if I was retired and I would say no I was only in 7 years. Every single hotel gave me the discount as if I was retired, even though I told them I wasn't.
What a wonderful turn of events and I appreciate every one of you.
tldr: Please don't stop, some of these guys damn near gave their souls and a thank you is in order.
JMHO
Don't just talk the talk... walk the walk. I think of it like being hailed a hero. Sure everyone "wants" to be a hero, but until you're put in a situation, it then become fly or die. You do what you do because it's in you to do it! Just simply tell/show them what they mean to you, not just a "thanks".
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I use to think it was a nice gesture but now it just seems like the politically right thing to do. All these politicians sing the praises for our fellow service men and women but it seems hollow to me... just like kissing a baby... Veterans are the new baby to make them look good. Some how regular folks have had it shoved in their faces so much from politicians and TV that now they say it too without much heart (to much of the time it seems to me). Maybe it is because for so long American's treated their service members so badly (Vietnam) and they are just trying to overcome mass shame. I didn't joint to get praise, I joined to defend this country and the people I love so much.
The true hero's really never say they are a hero.
The true hero's really never say they are a hero.
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Well said Righter13, my big gripe is when some guy goes out his way to thank me and tells everybody around the same. I just assume he he buy me a drink and leave me alone. Being thanked always reminds me of those time that best forgotten . Would I trade those Times with someone who have never walk in the valley? No,not in a billion years.
