• This is a political forum that is non-biased/non-partisan and treats every person's position on topics equally. This debate forum is not aligned to any political party. In today's politics, many ideas are split between and even within all the political parties. Often we find ourselves agreeing on one platform but some topics break our mold. We are here to discuss them in a civil political debate. If this is your first visit to our political forums, be sure to check out the RULES. Registering for debate politics is necessary before posting. Register today to participate - it's free!

Are you a Vet?

Are you a Vet?

  • Total voters
    30
  • Poll closed .
O

OhIsee.Then

DP Veteran
Joined
Feb 14, 2011
Messages
1,581
Reaction score
277
Location
MI and AZ
Gender
Male
Political Leaning
Other
Today is Vetrans day. Are you a Vet?

Veterans have had an experience that I don’t think is duplicated by anything else. It colors you POV forever. My father was a P40 and P47 pilot during WWII. I was in the USAF from ’68 to ’72.
 
Last edited:
not a vet. i appreciate the sacrifices vets have made, though. this day ought to get a lot more attention.
 
Proud to have served under Ronald Reagan March 1981 to October 1985 U.S.A.F
 
Helix said:
not a vet. i appreciate the sacrifices vets have made, though. this day ought to get a lot more attention.
Click to expand...

The Vereran's healthcare system is a real plus and a fine reward for time served. OTOH, I think the sytem intends to put the screws to Iraq/Afghan vets in the future because of high costs. I hope not.
 
87-93, USN, SouthEast Asia Service Medal * 3(for gulf war duty, the first one in this case). First on station Operation Desert Shield. Shellback. Bluenose. VFA-131, deployed aboard the USS Eisenhower CVN69.
 
I didn't get deployed to combat so I consider myself a peacetime vet even though I served between march 00 to march 03.
 
Last edited:
84-92 USAF, Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm
00-present ARNG, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Bronze Star for actions during OIF '09

also activated for hurricane relief efforts Ivan and Katrina, as well as tornado relief efforts APR/MAY '11
 
Last edited:
1969 - 1975 U.S. Army Two tours in Vietnam. (I was young and dumb)

1983 - 1992 U.S. Army Desert Shield/Desert Storm. (A whole lot of waiting around for the build-up...a lot of waiting around during the air campaign...a flurry of activity during the ground war...a lot of waiting to go home)
 
If you are a vet and have not done so yet, please go to the awards page and request your service award. You can see one of the nice icons possible under my username for having been in the service.

Debate Politics Forums - Awards
 
Not a vet, and hopefully never will be. I would almost certainly die.
 
Not a vet, but not for lack of trying. Looking back on it now, I don't regret letting better men take my place.
 
My husband's a vet with two breaks in service - overall he's served beginning in 1989 to present day and he's deployed 5 times - war and peace missions.
 
Thank you to all the Vets out here. Without you, I wouldn't have this forum to thank you.
 
Cpl. 649th L&B Rangers, 1966-1968, draftee.
 
Active Navy '98 to '08. Served on USS Lincoln (CVN-72) and at Pearl Harbor Shipyard.
Navy Reserves '08 - present. Work at the various Navy shipyards for about 3-4 weeks every year.

I come from a long line of military. Grandfather in WWII (very end), Korea, and Vietnam before retiring. Mother and father were in Army, along with several uncles and a brother (a second may be joining soon). I married a Marine turned Navy MA.

Raised to believe that everyone who can should try to join the military and that it is certainly one of the best places to get money for education. Unfortunately nowdays the military is highly downsizing in a bad economy which means more people wanting to join and fewer being let in.
 
US Army. 82nd Airborne. 1977-80.
 
I am a proud Desert Storm Vet - US Army Reserve, Combat Medic. The experience helped me to appreciate the sacrifices that others in my family (and outside my family) who have served in past wars have made. My father is a Vietnam Vet, his father was a World War I Vet, and my great-grandfather was a Navy veteran of the Spanish-American War and served in the Philippines.
 
USMC 1969-1993, 2003-2004...SgtMjr, ret.
Vietnam, Operation Mayaguez, Grenada, Operation Just Cause, Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Somalia
 
My heartfelt thanks to all who have bravely served and sacrificed for their country. May they all be remembered on this Veteran's Day, and their courage appreciated.
 
USN= 8yrs. 1959-1967
 
DaveFagan said:
The Vereran's healthcare system is a real plus and a fine reward for time served. OTOH, I think the sytem intends to put the screws to Iraq/Afghan vets in the future because of high costs. I hope not.
Click to expand...

it's gonna happen - benefits are now the largest item in the DOD budget; bigger than pay. in a world of shrinking budgets, there just isn't a way to continue to fill our missions without cutting benefits.



as for whether "I am a vet"... technically? I fit all the definitions; got my little ribbons that say I am. I dunno, though. I just can't shake the deep sense that there is a qualitative difference between me and the real vets, the wwii, korea, and vietnam guys.
 
cpwill said:
it's gonna happen - benefits are now the largest item in the DOD budget; bigger than pay. in a world of shrinking budgets, there just isn't a way to continue to fill our missions without cutting benefits.



as for whether "I am a vet"... technically? I fit all the definitions; got my little ribbons that say I am. I dunno, though. I just can't shake the deep sense that there is a qualitative difference between me and the real vets, the wwii, korea, and vietnam guys.
Click to expand...

It is weird in that I do not consider myself in the same league as those type vets...but I put all the other vets in the same category with the WW1/2, Korea/Vietnam folks.
 
:shrug: hopefully I'll get to go to Afghanistan in 2013, and then maybe I'll feel more like I've earned the title. Or at least less embarrassed when the guys from those earlier wars thank me "for my service" :3oops:
 
OhIsee.Then said:
Today is Vetrans day. Are you a Vet?

Veterans have had an experience that I don’t think is duplicated by anything else. It colors you POV forever. My father was a P40 and P47 pilot during WWII. I was in the USAF from ’68 to ’72.
Click to expand...
Very similar for me, OhISee...
One of my smart decisions, the GI bill(which I wasted), the VA mecical care (nearly priceless) and the people I knew and the things I learned, the experiences (priceless).
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom