Our Soldiers and the People Who Serve

[Vogt]

Well I watched something today and it made me very happy about our troops and the people who have served in general, for our freedoms. And we all know we have a few guys in the unit and ßÄR who serve/served for their country.

The Gents in Our Unit Who Serve/Served:

S. Myers - U.S. Navy (Ret.)

J. Zahl - Forsvarets Spesialkommando - Hærens Jegerkommando (FSK-HJK) (Ret.)

W. Myers - U.S Army

A. Spear - U.S. Navy

M. McCarthy - U.S. National Guard

M. McDowell - U.S. Marines

C. McKenzie - U.S. Marines

S. Richards - U.S. Marines

R. Burk - U.S Marines

The Gents in ßÄR Who Serve/Served:

GMoney - U.S. Army (Ret.)

Thank you gentlemen who serve/served this country, our your own, we're all proud of you. Sorry for anybody who I did not list, but feel free to put their names here and the branch and country that they have serve/served in.

*Salute*

[Le 1st MRB]

Thank You gentlemen for serving our country.

*Salute*

[Lehman 1st MRB]

thanks guys, words cannot express the gratitude that the country as a whole has for you and everyone else that serves, has served, or will serve in the future.

[Gooderham 1st MRB]

Though not American, I would never downplay the role you men have. On behalf of all Canadians, I would like to thank you.

[McKenzie 1st MRB]

I gotta say guys, stuff like this is appreciated far more then you know. Thank you to all of you guys as well. We serving in the Armed Forces do appreciate this.

[Zahl 1st MRB]

Hooah

*Salute*

Its an honor to know you guys, as an army veteran myself.. Your should be proud, cause army life is fucking hard..

[Janke 1st MRB]

Gentlemen, thank you for keeping our continent free and safe.

*Salute*

[Ford 1st MRB]

Raised in a military family, and being shipped from locale to locale, I feel as though I was raised a Marine. Yet, despite everything my dad and grandfather did, I never enlisted.

Words can't describe the respect I have for you all and everyone who enlists and puts their lives on the line for their country. It goes above and beyond all else when you are willing to risk your own safety for complete strangers who don't even know you exist. I was, as I have told many of you, raised by a Marine Corps DI, a complete hardass, but I learned a lot about how our military is viewed by the civilian community, and how little they are rewarded for their incredible sacrifices. If people only got to see things from your point of view, they may be a little more appreciative of exactly what you do.

Thank you all for the dedication and courage you show.

[Englebretson 1st MRB]

like ford i grew up with my whole dads side serving in the armed forces and several of my uncles on my moms side serving too. my dad did 3 tours in vietnam and i have nothing but respect for people willing to go into harms way to protect us. i have lost 1 family member in the iraq/afganistan conflict already and it hurts, but i know that they did not enlist without knowing that they might have to give up their life to protect us.

[Zahl 1st MRB]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hærens_Jegerkommando

[Vogt]

Holy shit Zahl was a badass... 0.0

[Gooderham 1st MRB]

Holy shit Zahl was a badass... 0.0

Correction, Zahl IS a badass.

[Goodwin 1st MRB]

I always try to thank every uniformed person I see. I don't really care the time/place, but I make sure to offer them my thanks.

I have nothing but respect for all the men/women who choose to serve.

[Guest Palladino]

Thank you for all the things you have done, and i think i speak for some of the people here and say God Bless

and one more thing........ Hooah

*Salute*

[Gumbinger]

Well soon enough you guys can add me to the list, because yesterday I offically enlisted in the Marine Corps. I'll be shipping out to boot camp February 7th.

[Worsham]

My grandmas dad!

His Uniform

[Wittman 1st MRB]

My grandmas dad!

His Uniform

Oorah... China Marines!

[Zachow 1st MRB]

What ^

[Medeiros]

What about us soon-to-be CANADIAN soldiers >:[

[GMoney BAR]

Canada has soldiers? hahaha jk jk

[Medeiros]

Yes lol

and respects too everyone serving their country in the unit

[GMoney BAR]

I've actually had the liberty of the Canadian Army in action. Honestly, they used old outdated equipment but that has little effect when you're neighbor is the US. What I saw though was very poorly trained. Could just be one unit though.

[Medeiros]

Weird, Canadians are supposed to have a much more intensive training program. I guess it was just the unit.

[Russo]

Just need to toss some respect to our friendly neighbors to the North. In 2006 in KAF I had the pleasure of serving with a few of those guys and had a great time. Quite professional and their medics were damn good troops who took a beating on the roads due to that nice, big, Red Cross on the side of their vehicle.

The Tim Horton's there at the "boardwalk" also saved one of my soldiers lives from a mortar. Had he not decided to be a fobbit and get a delicious double-double, he would be dead. A mortar hit the spot he was going to when he decided to take a detour inside. He swore to only drink coffee there. I had to tell him there were none to be had in North Carolina and that he would have to transfer to Drum. I think he got out and moved to Maine actually...

Props to Canada.

Edited January 1, 2011 by Russo 1st MRB

[Viktor]

You can also add me to the list as most of you know already. Here are 2 pics that I put up on the personal pictures page...

1st pic, I am the at the bottom row, 3rd from the left. 2nd pic is me on the point with the tattoo.

Edited January 23, 2011 by Viktor 1st MRB