Blessings for all who served.

I want to thank all the Vets..past, present, and future..especially my brothers who served beside me and I will never forget my brothers who did not make it home

yes, we pause to remember the hundreds of thousands of us service men and women who have given their lives since the founding of the republic...

it is a tradition that i hope never dies...

Pussy :p :D

Couldn't have said it better. Rep

Absolutely! :)

My grandfather survived Normandy. He died in 89, I was 19. Wish I would have asked him more about his experiences there.

Take that bullshit to DC.

Great speech! Freedom isnt free


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These are pictures of Matt Kahler, who I served with in the Army. There are 17 deserving friends (or so) that I could remember, but today I have the luxury of remembering Matt.

He was from Granite Falls, Minnesota and was for the most part a fairly serious and reserved person-- but he did have an incredibly dry sense of humor and was extremely bright and insightful. Built like a wrester, wiry, hard and about 5'8" the guy was impervious to pain, and had piercing blue eyes. On one training mission we did an 18 mile infiltration in to a target, and then did 18 miles out. Everyone was sucking on the hump out - but Matt was stone faced, and he led from the front; encouraging, dragging and kicking his men in the ass to complete the mission. I don't think he sweated.

He was a tremendous combat leader and ALWAYS chose the hard right over the easy or wrong. He saved lives. I don't write that lightly; Sergeant First Class Kahler saved lives. But, he couldn't save his own.

He left an amazingly cool wife behind, and now his daughter is about 11 years old. It is tragic she will not know her father. I remember Matt today- and I loved him, he was a better man than me.

Damn. That is a man's man there. :usa:

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Its not just a day off or a three day weekend for some of us, this is what its all about. Thank you to my brothers that are serving or who have served AND to their families who are all too often forgotten IMO they go through more than the actual service members.

Thank you, Veterans.

Thanks to all who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.

I've been in my current job less than 4 months. We have already lost 2 vets to PTSD in my small piece of the world. Please remember that all of our soldiers bring some of the war back home with them. Even the toughest vet might need some help.

Honoring the fallen today make sure you poor a drink out and say " One for my hommies "