Our sincerest thanks, and deepest gratitude, including and especially to our own Sarge.....
At the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month
Let's bring 'em home soon.....
Our sincerest thanks, and deepest gratitude, including and especially to our own Sarge.....
At the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month
Let's bring 'em home soon.....
Originally Posted by Kristy
You are quite welcome.
To all the vets, thanks and appreciation to each and every one of you.
Let's see those troops overseas come home soon safely.
Amen, especially to Sarge.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
Can the vet's get a sticky?
Vet's get a sticky!
The story of Veteran's Day: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans'_Day
Last edited by Nickdfresh; 11-10-2007 at 10:43 PM.
To the vets of all countries and, as this is a mainly American site, to the Brave who sacrificed their lives, were buried far away from their homes and made the 1918 victory possible. They avoided more millions of war victims in Europe.
We don't forget about it here, be sure of that.
posted by Ellyllions Men say, "I'll never understand women." That's a very lonely place to be if you're a woman because we don't understand half of what we do either.posted by ALinChainz Katy, Pipe down, pump off, and fly back to your cave you old bat.
How many Frenchmen died at Verdun alone Jerome? Wasn't it almost a million?
They were 163,000 to die there between February and December 16th 1916, and 143,000 German soldiers.Originally posted by Nickdfresh
How many Frenchmen died at Verdun alone Jerome? Wasn't it almost a million?
There were millions of dead people on either side - I'll check the exact number.
Anyway, they were all victims, including the German, as every time there is a war, as a French vet told me recently, it's always because of a few politicians and big business issues that soldiers wind up firing at "the enemy".
But an end had to be put to it, and the thousands of American soldiers who died in France alongside the other Allies, mostly the English, spared some million more deaths.
It's really impressive, thinking of all the Americans who crossed the Atlantic and fought for the freedom of a land that wasn't theirs (not yet; but it became theirs as soon as they set foot on it, and forever!), I mean, the word "hero" has a true meaning.
This land is "strewn" with immense cemetaries, so wide that you can't tell how you feel when you go there to stand silent before the fields of graves that sometimes stretch up to the horizon...
The horror makes them even more human. Paying homage to them once a year is really the least we can do.
There were 8 million killed during the First World War in total, and 6 million disabled...
1.4 million Frenchmen died during the whole war, that is 10% of all Frenchmen.
I often tell my pupils, who are very young of course and, as youth always will, tend to consider past wars as very far remote, that when you consider the history of mankind, 1916 for instance is just a while ago...
Anyway, however far it is or not, time should never lessen these collective memories.
You're welcome, bitches!
"He doesn't need to sell millions of records, he doesn't need to fill arenas, he doesn't need to be popular, he doesn't need your money, AND HE DOESN'T NEED YOU!"
Blackflag on DLR
As I said, I didnt look very hard...
http://www.rotharmy.com/forums/showt...threadid=41708
Maybe this is what a heroine addict feels like after getting a long awaited fix, shooting up in the corner of some abandoned building and just not giving a fuck about what the rest of the world thinks...TATTOO"
Jérôme,
"Je me souviens"...
Le débarquement de Normandie (W.W.2)!
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Originally posted by Nitro Express
... What erases the linger of horniness more than Al Quaida? Then blondegirl can post some new hot dudes and stir a new wave of horniness...http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...i_triangle.jpgOriginally posted by Jérôme Frenchise
[B]... Cooking, I mean Cooking, is men's field...Originally posted by VanHalener
... Fight the Good Fight and Win!...Originally posted by FORD
... And let's face it, if mothers (except Chelsea Clinton's) ruled this world, there would be no goddamned war in the first place...
I've already posted this in Dave's PA Rental's thread in "Non" but it diserves to be re-posted...
Canadian military
The average age of the Canadian military man is 19 years. He is a short haired, tight-muscled kid who, under normal circumstances is considered by society as half man, half boy. Not yet dry behind the ears, not old enough to buy a beer, but old enough to die for his country. He never really cared much for work and he would rather wax his own car than wash his father's; but he has never collected unemployment either.
He's a recent High School graduate;
He was probably an average student, pursued some form of sport activities, drives a ten year old jalopy, and has a steady girlfriend that either broke up with him when he left, or swears to be waiting when he returns from half a world away.
He listens to rock and roll or hip-hop or rap or jazz or swing and 155mm howitzer.
He is 10 or 15 pounds lighter now than when he was at home because he is working or fighting from before dawn to well after dusk.
He has trouble spelling, thus letter writing is a pain for him, but he can field strip a rifle in 30 seconds and reassemble it in less time in the dark.
He can recite to you the nomenclature of a machine gun or grenade launcher and use either one effectively if he must.
He digs foxholes and latrines and can apply first aid like a professional.
He can march until he is told to stop or stop until he is told to march.
He obeys orders instantly and without hesitation, but he is not without spirit or individual dignity. He is self-sufficient.
He has two sets of fatigues: he washes one and wears the other.
He keeps his canteens full and his feet dry.
He sometimes forgets to brush his teeth, but never to clean his rifle.
He can cook his own meals, mend his own clothes, and fix his own hurts.
If you're thirsty, he'll share his water with you; if you are hungry, his food. He'll even split his ammunition with you
in the midst of battle when you run low.
He has learned to use his hands like weapons and weapons like they were his hands.
He can save your life - or take it, because that is his job.
He will often do twice the work of a civilian, draw half the pay and still find ironic humour in it all.
He has seen more suffering and death then he should have in his short lifetime.
He has stood atop mountains of dead bodies, and helped to create them.
He has wept in public and in private, for friends who have fallen in combat and is unashamed.
He feels every note of the National Anthem vibrate through his body while at rigid attention, while tempering the burning desire to 'square-away' those around him who haven't bothered to stand,
remove their hat, or even stop talking.
In an odd twist, day in and day out, far from home, he defends their right to be disrespectful.
Just as did his Father, Grandfather, and Great-grandfather, he is paying the price for our freedom. Beardless or not, he is not a boy.
He is the Canadian Fighting Man that has kept this country free for over 200 years.
He has asked nothing in return, except our friendship and understanding.
Remember him, always, for he has earned our respect and admiration with his blood.
And now we even have woman over there in danger, doing their part in this tradition of going to War when our nation calls us to do so.
As you go to bed tonight, remember this shot.
A short lull, a little shade and a picture of loved ones in their helmets.
Prayer wheel for our military... please don't break it. Please pass this on after a short prayer.
Prayer Wheel;
"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us.
Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. Amen."
God bless them all!
I've posted this before, but it's an oldie and a good one:
What is a Veteran?
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, the 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."
“If bullshit was currency, Joe Biden would be a billionaire.” - George W. Bush
Post your favorite service pics.
USS Theodore Rooselvt Battle Group:
Last edited by BigBadBrian; 11-12-2006 at 08:23 AM.
or the nurses that never left the U.S.Originally posted by BigBadBrian
I've posted this before, but it's an oldie and a good one:
She - or he - is the nurse who fought against futility
and went to sleep sobbing every night for
two solid years in Da Nang.
my mom was stationed stateside as an intensive care nurse. she got the serious cases coming back from vietnam. 19 year olds paralyzed from the neck down, etc.
not really any physical danger to her. but a duty as draining and mentally challenging as most out there.
thanks mom!
and the rest of you bastards, too...
Let's try to treat our vets a little better, shall we?
THANK YOU ALL CURRENT AND FORMER SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN - YOU ARE BRAVE SOULS WHO HAVE MY UTMOST RESPECT AND DESERVE THE SAME.
Trollidillo-T
Hugs and thanks to all my veterans. And lots of prayers and hope for our POWs still missing.
Roth Army Militia
Thanks to all the vets. Special thanks to SARGE.
Sorry
Accidently double posted
Last edited by cadaverdog; 11-12-2007 at 01:06 AM.
Beware of Dog
You're welcome.
Served U S Navy
Oct 81-Sep 87
Fire Control Tech
Honorable Shellback
USS Leftwich DD 984 82- 84
Originally posted by Switch84
That's Ok! Lounge will fuck my ass anyway!Originally posted by cadaverdog
Sorry
Accidently double posted
CVH LIVE (OAK/SF) '78, '79(X2), '80(X2) +MOR, '81(X3), '82, USFest '83, '84 & 2007!
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"God rest the souls of that poor family... and pussy's half price for the next 15 minutes." Al Swearengen
Except you...Originally posted by cadaverdog
You're welcome.
Originally posted by naturochem
No joke here.
The statue is located at the Community Vetrans Memorial in Munster, Indiana
To Remember those who participated in the great wars of the 20 century - World Wars I and II, Korea, Vietnam…those killed and those who survived, their stories and their history…
To Educate those who live today…about the reality of war…not the heroics…the suffering of war…and its repeating history…
To Challenge those who shape the future…to break the repetition of violence…to imagine and hope for peace.
WORLD WAR II HOMEFRONT MONUMENT — 1941-1945
OMRI AMRANY - SCULPTOR
The curving cement enfolding us suggests the archetypal Great Mother. She stretches out her arms and yearns with her hands. Set on repetitive cycles of granite, she exemplifies forces, personal and societal, which supported troops overseas.
Poetic words of wisdom by many women appear on the sweep of her garment. She is the home front.
Drawn to the center, a young woman in bronze looks out to the city. A bandana protects her hair. As the mythic 'Rosie the Riveter' she symbolizes new opportunities for women in factories, mills and foundries.
Over Rosie are hand-written letters…emotional messages to and from soldiers and sailors, mothers, sisters and lovers. Letters, radios and newsboys provided what we knew … “My dearest Ray…I get so lonesome sometimes, but you know me, I work hard till I get over it … Dodie” (South Bend)
World War II involved all of us…
Originally posted by jharp84
That's Ok! Lounge will fuck my ass anyway!
unbelievable.
You'll even post your 3rd grade crap in a thread like this.
pathetic.
"Tee hee hee,Look at the funny war memorial..."Originally posted by jharp84
Can we have one semi-sacred thread devoid of retarded responses?
I honor my father, who served in the Korean War. He died of cancer December 21, 1988 at 53 years old. He wasn't an easy dad to have, as he believed in a military style of discipline and growing up as a young man, there were many tough life lessons earned. He taught me what and who should be priority in my life, and I am proud to say, I carried out his orders he gave to me in the waning moments of his life to the letter. The wife and family that carried on after his passing are taken care of and will be as long as I am able.
I honor my cousin, who has just recently served and turned her life around by enlisting. She is a complete 180 of who she was and the values she lives her life with now makes for an astonishing change.
I honor my friends and their children who have served, as I have been fortunate that everyone has fulfilled their tours and came home safely.
I honor Sarge and VA Beach, and who amongst the insanity here, carry themselves in a manner that deserves respect. And any other members of the Roth Army who served our country, thank you.
Whether you agree with what happens, regardless, it takes special people to enlist and serve, and no matter the situation, deserve respect and best wishes for their safety and a return to their loved ones.
Thank you.
Originally posted by Nickdfresh
"Tee hee hee,Look at the funny war memorial..."
Can we have one semi-sacred thread devoid of retarded responses?
I'm so beyond fed up with this douche.
I wanted to edit his shit out, but then he and thome and cadver would start 9 more Suck my Edit threads....
Meanwhile I get pm's from Unchainme alerting me to how mad Maxi Pad is at me and Nick over the jharp thread.
Well put, AL
Fuck OU812Maxi, and his online whore...Originally posted by LoungeMachine
I'm so beyond fed up with this douche.
I wanted to edit his shit out, but then he and thome and cadver would start 9 more Suck my Edit threads....
Meanwhile I get pm's from Unchainme alerting me to how mad Maxi Pad is at me and Nick over the jharp thread.
I've had it with both of 'em!
They're lucky I forgave their shit a couple years back with the big gay DG-Sheep Pen drama...
They're both always starting subtle little "us-against-the-world" shitstorms...It get's old...
To SARGEOriginally posted by blonddgirl777
"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands.
To all vets
To the US Army
~Only you can prevent low volume~
Unfortunately, not ALL Vets were honored today
18 arrested in antiwar protest by veterans
By Tania deLuzuriaga and Charles M. Sennott, Globe Staff | November 12, 2007
More than a dozen members of an antiwar veterans group were arrested yesterday as they protested the exclusion of their message from Boston's Veterans Day parade.
Members of Veterans for Peace lined up in front of a podium at City Hall Plaza holding antiwar placards, as color guards from Massachusetts military units and JROTC bands from across the state filed into Government Center for a ceremony, sponsored by the American Legion, to honor veterans after the parade. Some protesters wore gags, which they later said symbolized the fact that, while they were permitted to march in the parade, they were prevented from carrying signs opposing the war in Iraq.
"We were exercising our First Amendment rights," said Winston Warfield of Dorchester, a member of the group. "The First Amendment protects free speech, even when you don't agree with what's being said."
When Boston police asked the demonstrators to move from the front of the podium so that the Veterans Day services could continue, they refused. As the Boston Firemen's Band played The Marine Hymn, several protesters were placed in plastic handcuffs and led away.
"Our free speech and civil rights are being abridged here," said Nate Goldschlag, a Vietnam-era veteran who was among those standing in front of the podium. "We are veterans, too, and we should be allowed to express our opposition to this war."
American Legion officials declined to comment.
Boston police said that 18 people were arrested - 15 men and three women. All were charged with disturbing a lawful assembly of people.
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"If the American people had ever known the truth about what we (the BCE) have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched." - Poppy Bush, 1992
That O KOriginally posted by naturochem
Except you...
I defend your right to free speach.
Hell I would have given my life to defend your rights .
That's why I joined .
A sincere thank you to all of the men and women who have dutifully served and continue to serve this country in times of war and peace. This day is yours, enjoy it with the pride and respect of a grateful country.
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