Non's gonna dis on the vets a little-bit....

[Libertarian602]

After spending five monthes in Walter Reed, I was sent back to Schwienfurt Germany to wait for the rest of my unit to come back from down range. There seems like there's a holiday every other week, in Germany. Durning their beerfests, the herms would always shoot off these loud ass canons at night, right down the street from Ledward Barracks. Holy f**k, I'd jump out of my skin.
My favorite remedy was to swig on some more JD till I'd pass back out. Just bear down, and deal with it.

The whole "I fought for your freedom, you owe me" mentality coming out of some vets these days make me roll my eyes.
Big deal, you're not special. There's a million or so of us that's been over there, and even more that went thru shit that makes Iraq/Afghanistan look like a cakewalk.

Ugh is right.
/rant

[eynon81]

My real concern is the drama-queens diverting attention away from those who really need it.

[eynon81]

[spacemonkey]

Today, some people get PTSD from life itself.

[Libertarian602]

[Winchester]

[Libertarian602]

Agreed. I try to remain grounded in the fact that I got buddies That never made it back. I lived, so I got no excuse to be a crybaby about it.

[Saz]

I think there should be a distinction between combat veterans and others who simply served in the armed forces. I have no problem buying a beer or applauding a guy who served 3 tours in Iraq and was in the shit. But if you just polished desk on some random destroyer, or did some office job in the US, then that's just a job to me. You aren't special in the least. It's shocking the sort of benefits Veterans get everywhere and that's totally fine for the guys who marched into Fallujah for the country, but shouldn't really apply to most people in the military.

I also don't understand the whole mentality of personally thanking veterans. They aren't fighting for you the individual, they are fighting for the country. The duties we owe to veterans are no individual ones. The thanks should come from good government care, from government employment or employment placement, hell give them a homestead for all I care. But it's silly that individuals are expected to all go out of their way for soldiers when the duty owed is a collective one and not an individual one. I shouldn't have to buy a soldier a beer because the entire country, myself included, should be doing enough for that soldier so that everyone knows he can afford his own beer.

[jimmyz]

As far as fireworks go? I'm not "courteous". Put your earphones on or have a stroke I don't care. The latest PC disorder speak go F yourselves

[Dylan]