dub,texaslacy,charles.i cant think of no higher honor than to serve the usa,u have the right to speak ur mind more so than me or nebody who has not served.its guys like u that make this country free,if u call it free,sometimes i wonder.but think u for ur service,u guys r the real heros.good luck with ur back.
I'll start by saying thank you. But, I have done nothing more special than anyone, and I did not join for any other reason than my country needed our help, and I knew we could fight them there, or fight them here, and my family lives here. If I had to name a reason for joining, I would have to say just that, to protect my family from being involved and keeping them safe. It was not for anyone to say thank you or to hold me in some sort of higher regard. I'm just a normal guy.
I will disagree with you on one thing though, we all have freedom of speech, no one has more, no one has less. The only difference between a veteran and a civilian is that 9 times out of 10 the veteran knows the price of freedom and is grateful and appreciative of it and more often than not more respectful of other's rights than a civilian.
I could tell you about many many instances of incredibly ungrateful civilians spitting, picketing, shouting, cursing, throwing things and doing several other generally hateful things to us at the base entrances. It is nice to hear gratitude instead of hate. So, let me say to you, "thank you for the welcome back."
