Happy Veterans Day

[diggerdog]

Thanks to all of you Veterans out there.

[houdini]

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[lucky]

Thank you all veterans past and present for all that y'all have done for us and the sacrifices will never be forgotten by me.


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[lucky]

Thought I would relate my experience when I was enlisting.

I had talked to both the marine recruiters and army recruiters and had taken a test that is required before enlisting to determine ones eligibility in certain disclipines.

I came in the morning and finally the results came in and finally it came that I scored very high on all portions. So because of this I was forced to go into the Army because it was determined I was too intelligent for the Marines.

[Myhairygrundle]

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[frankjg]

Thank you to all the Vet's that served to keep this country and others free!! :clap:

[whoisisthis]

I'm about to call Gramps in a minute to thank him for smashing japs..



and thanks to all who serve, past and present

[AnimalMthr1982]

Thought I would relate my experience when I was enlisting.

I had talked to both the marine recruiters and army recruiters and had taken a test that is required before enlisting to determine ones eligibility in certain disclipines.

I came in the morning and finally the results came in and finally it came that I scored very high on all portions. So because of this I was forced to go into the Army because it was determined I was too intelligent for the Marines.

Your recruiters lied to you. I know plenty of Marines who have scored 99 (maximum score) on the ASVAB, as I did. There's no way you can be "forced" into the Army, unless you are dumb enough to believe that such a thing is possible.

Anyway, happy Veterans Day to all who serve or have served.
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[NikDaSchwugie]

Thanks to all those who have served for everything you have done. We will never forget your sacrifices and your bravery. Thank you.

[Cage]

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[nannerphone]

I also spanked a perfect score on the ASVAB and joined the corp...

Thank you enlisted and vets!


Your recruiters lied to you. I know plenty of Marines who have scored 99 (maximum score) on the ASVAB, as I did. There's no way you can be "forced" into the Army, unless you are dumb enough to believe that such a thing is possible.

Anyway, happy Veterans Day to all who serve or have served.
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[lucky]

What was the perfect score?


Just asking as a 99 is far from perfect score on an ASVAB test.

[AnimalMthr1982]

What was the perfect score?


Just asking as a 99 is far from perfect score on an ASVAB test.

Uh, no it's not. The scores are reported as percentiles, and as with any percentile-based score, 99 is the highest possible. What do you suggest is the highest score, sir?

[lucky]

wrong. top score was 130. mine was 117

[Kool Aid]

Thanks Vets for all you have done and are doing, only heroes in my book...

[OandA_Chris]

yes thank you

[lucky]

Apologize. Looked up the asvab and found out that there is different scoring for services. The Army used a composite scoring from 10 different subsets of asvab. The Marines used a composite from 4 different subsets of asvab. The percentiles are how well you did in percentile wise nationwide from all people taking tests and not how many answers were correct.

Apparently it has changed how the scores are given a couple of times since I was in 20 years ago. I do remember that I had to have at least a 105 to enter my chosen MOS was and OCS one needed at least a scoring of 110. How this scoring compares from others I have no idea but as the Officers were usually idiots I am guessing it was not good.

[Ren5150]

Thank you, one and all, for your service and sacrifice.

[Budyzir]

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Houdini, that is one kick ass sig pic!

Quick story about snipers ... When I was a Midshipman I did this summer training where we spend a week with the different Naval communities such as aviation, surface ships, submarines and Marines. During Marine week they had us out in the field on these bleacher benches and a Marine Gunny was lecturing us on the sniper community. After about 15 minutes he says; "As I have been talking to you a two man sniper has moved into position in front of you. See if you can find them."

For a couple of minutes we're all pointing at different bushes and what not when, suddenly there is a loud shot directly, no more than 15 feet, in front of us. Then, unexpectedly ... I SHIT YOU NOT (!) … the grass stood up and there was the sniper team. FUCKING mind blowing! Nothing but the greatest respect to our snipers. Carlos Hathcock was a God!

[Budyzir]

USS Peleliu (LHA-5), my introduction to sea going life as a E-3

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USS New Orleans, she was a handful to drive but I loved the old NO Boat.

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[lucky]

Excellent pics all. There is one more servie we are missing though. Now where is that member?

[Bunny™]

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[whoisisthis]

WHAT IS A VET

Some veterans bear visible signs of their service: a missing limb, a
jagged scar, a certain look in the eye. Others may carry the evidence
inside them: a pin holding a bone together, a piece of shrapnel in the
leg - or perhaps another sort of inner steel: the soul's ally forged
in the refinery of adversity. Except in parades, however, the men and
women who have kept America safe wear no badge or emblem. You can't
tell a vet just by looking.

What is a vet?

He is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudi Arabia
sweating two gallons a day making sure the armored personnel carriers
didn't run out of fuel.

He is the barroom loudmouth, dumber than five wooden planks, whose
overgrown frat-boy behavior is outweighed a hundred times in the
cosmic scales by four hours of exquisite bravery near the 38th
parallel.

She or he—is the nurse who fought against futility and went to sleep
sobbing every night for two solid years in Da Nang.

He is the POW who went away one person and came back another—or didn't
come back AT ALL.

He is the Quantico drill instructor who has never seen combat—but has
saved countless lives by turning slouchy, no-account rednecks and gang
members into Marines, and teaching them to watch each other's backs.

He is the parade—riding Legionnaire who pins on his ribbons and medals
with a prosthetic hand.

He is the career quartermaster who watches the ribbons and medals pass him by.
He is the three anonymous heroes in The Tomb Of The Unknowns, whose
presence at the Arlington National Cemetery must forever preserve the
memory of all the anonymous heroes whose valor dies unrecognized with
them on the battlefield or in the ocean's sunless deep.

He is the old guy bagging groceries at the supermarket—palsied now and
aggravatingly slow—who helped liberate a Nazi death camp and who
wishes all day long that his wife were still alive to hold him when
the nightmares come.

He is an ordinary and yet an extraordinary human being—a person who
offered some of his life's most vital years in the service of his
country, and who sacrificed his ambitions so others would not have to
sacrifice theirs.

He is a soldier and a savior and a sword against the darkness, and he
is nothing more than the finest, greatest testimony on behalf of the
finest, greatest nation ever known.

So remember, each time you see someone who has served our country,
just lean over and say Thank You. That's all most people need, and in
most cases it will mean more than any medals they could have been
awarded or were awarded.

Two little words that mean a lot, "THANK YOU."

Remember November 11th is Veterans Day!

"It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the
press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of
speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us
the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, who salutes the flag,
who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is d***** by the flag,
who allows the protester to burn the flag."

Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, USMC

[lucky]

WHAT IS A VET

Some veterans bear visible signs of their service: a missing limb, a
jagged scar, a certain look in the eye. Others may carry the evidence
inside them: a pin holding a bone together, a piece of shrapnel in the
leg - or perhaps another sort of inner steel: the soul's ally forged
in the refinery of adversity. Except in parades, however, the men and
women who have kept America safe wear no badge or emblem. You can't
tell a vet just by looking.

What is a vet?

He is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudi Arabia
sweating two gallons a day making sure the armored personnel carriers
didn't run out of fuel.

He is the barroom loudmouth, dumber than five wooden planks, whose
overgrown frat-boy behavior is outweighed a hundred times in the
cosmic scales by four hours of exquisite bravery near the 38th
parallel.

She or he—is the nurse who fought against futility and went to sleep
sobbing every night for two solid years in Da Nang.

He is the POW who went away one person and came back another—or didn't
come back AT ALL.

He is the Quantico drill instructor who has never seen combat—but has
saved countless lives by turning slouchy, no-account rednecks and gang
members into Marines, and teaching them to watch each other's backs.

He is the parade—riding Legionnaire who pins on his ribbons and medals
with a prosthetic hand.

He is the career quartermaster who watches the ribbons and medals pass him by.
He is the three anonymous heroes in The Tomb Of The Unknowns, whose
presence at the Arlington National Cemetery must forever preserve the
memory of all the anonymous heroes whose valor dies unrecognized with
them on the battlefield or in the ocean's sunless deep.

He is the old guy bagging groceries at the supermarket—palsied now and
aggravatingly slow—who helped liberate a Nazi death camp and who
wishes all day long that his wife were still alive to hold him when
the nightmares come.

He is an ordinary and yet an extraordinary human being—a person who
offered some of his life's most vital years in the service of his
country, and who sacrificed his ambitions so others would not have to
sacrifice theirs.

He is a soldier and a savior and a sword against the darkness, and he
is nothing more than the finest, greatest testimony on behalf of the
finest, greatest nation ever known.

So remember, each time you see someone who has served our country,
just lean over and say Thank You. That's all most people need, and in
most cases it will mean more than any medals they could have been
awarded or were awarded.

Two little words that mean a lot, "THANK YOU."

Remember November 11th is Veterans Day!

"It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the
press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of
speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us
the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, who salutes the flag,
who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is d***** by the flag,
who allows the protester to burn the flag."

Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, USMC


No better words are read or spoken. Thank you for the sentiments.


May I add one more thing please. I was at the 4th game of the world series and noticed something that made me realize that I was a Veteran.


It takes a Veteran to notice the 2 other veterans besides himself in all the mass of people around him. And that was they were the only others who held their hands over their heart as the Star Spangles Banner was playing.

[kloraferm]

A serious thought of gratitude to everyone who paid the ultimate price.

[d0uche_n0zzle]

Thank you for your service.

[lucky]

Since we don't have the last pic of the missing service I will add it myself.


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Almost all in my family went Air Force including my dad. I broke family tradition and went Army as I wanted to go combat. Aim High.

[click]

Thanks to all the vets. Thanks especially to all my uncles that served in WWII. Uncles Nick, Richard, Emil, Sal, and my dad who served in Korea. Thanks guys.

[lucky]

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"Here Rests
In Honored Gloried
An American Soldier
Known But To God"