Little long, almost 5 1/2 minutes...don't we owe it to our troops to give up 323 seconds of our life to watch and feel this video? It has had over 30 million hits already, lets make it 60 million

 

There's almost 5 1/2 minutes of my life that I'll never...























... regret spending watching that video.

Excellent.

 

Thanks Chief!

 

My BIL [Air Gaurd]was in afgain i think for a year and a friend of mine [Marine] was in iraq for a year or two ...they'v seen stuff that will curl your hair...if they say something about it at all.....

 

Thanks for sharing.

Last Thursday I was at the local minimart getting a soda. There was a soldier there getting lunch. I hung around waiting for him to get in line. I got in behind him. When he went for his wallet I told him to put it away this is on me. He told me that it wasn't necessary. I told him it is that the least I can do is buy him lunch. He kept calling me sir. I told him I was an E5 Seabee. I told him thanks for his service and the sacrifices of his family. The next day the same casher was there and asked me if I knew the soldier from yesterday. I told her never met him prior to yesterday. She says I heard you tell him you were in the military. I said yes several years ago. She paid for my soda and said thanks for your service. I guess that is called pay it forward or in this case backwards. Keith

 

Thanks for posting that.

I was talking to my dad a while back about our troops and what their role will be after returning from the war in Iraq/Afghanistan.

Dad has worked with and counseled many viet nam vets over the years is very concerned about what is ahead for our young men and women who are returning to a depressed economy and a lackluster health care system. Their re-association into "normal" life is going to be a trying attempt for many as they downshift to adapt to the lower stress levels after living in/near the combat zones.
I am also concerned for them because they may never experience the responsibility in a regular job that they had while surviving a war. They are also going to experience people with no respect for authority and little in the way of work ethic that are going to try their patience and make them wonder what they were fighting for.
Considering this, I take a moment to thank every soldier I can identify when I am out. I am usually amazed at what happens when it is in a crowded place, as once the ice is broken others will step forward also. But then many won't and that is what makes me angry. Some just don't have the personality to say thanks, but others just don't get it. I let it go at this point because its not about me, its about making sure these guys and gals get a thank you from one of us that they are fighting for now and then.

I guess my point is be the hammer, not the nail, when you see a soldier walking around and say Thanks and shake his hand. Not one has taken a swing at me yet!!

Again, that's a great short movie. Thanks.

 

Thanks for posting. As often as possible, I try to shake the hand of someone in uniform and thank them for serving.