anglojaxon
AATW!
I was in the Army from 1983-1994. I can't imagine what the men that served during that time endured and suffered. I've known many Vietnam Veterans, heard some seriously f'd up stories that even I can't fathom. There are just some places we shouldn't be. The Middle East, Vietnam and Korea. While I respect and admire the Armed Services, the men who fought and died, I can't respect the Politicians that play chess with soldiers lives. I still don't regret serving.
I was deployed to Panama for 3 months for Operation Just Cause with the 82nd. It was a cake-walk in comparison. Even though I saw the result of what we did, the ruins, doing door-to-door. The damage an AC-130 could do, the Stealth bomber I can say it's a very surreal experience. I missed being deployed to the Persian Gulf by one day. I was inflight to Germany. My unit, the 4/325 Airborne Infantry Regiment was one on the first units deployed. I simply lucked out.
Before I enlisted for the Army I asked my father what the hardest part of being in the Army was, he said "Just being there." I've never heard a better explanation than that. I never knew he fought in Korea until after I left the Army. He was one of 10 people that made it back from his unit. He never talked about it but that one time. It's often referred to as the "forgotten war." Seems he wanted to forget it.
I wish the "knee-taker" crowd had a better understanding of what Veterans and their families lost and gave. I have vowed to never watch the NFL again. They have no idea how disrespectful they are to fatherless children, widows, veterans who lost life and limb. Not to mention the Police that put their lives on the line. Regardless of their opinions or what they believe at least show respect, that's being men.
You'll note in the documentary several of the Military leaders showed respect for the effort and resolve of their enemy. If a man can show that under the threat of death I'm sure a football player can show some respect on a feild. Soldiers don't make millions of dollars a year and don't get to protest where they are deployed to. Many don't go home. Football players do.
I was deployed to Panama for 3 months for Operation Just Cause with the 82nd. It was a cake-walk in comparison. Even though I saw the result of what we did, the ruins, doing door-to-door. The damage an AC-130 could do, the Stealth bomber I can say it's a very surreal experience. I missed being deployed to the Persian Gulf by one day. I was inflight to Germany. My unit, the 4/325 Airborne Infantry Regiment was one on the first units deployed. I simply lucked out.
Before I enlisted for the Army I asked my father what the hardest part of being in the Army was, he said "Just being there." I've never heard a better explanation than that. I never knew he fought in Korea until after I left the Army. He was one of 10 people that made it back from his unit. He never talked about it but that one time. It's often referred to as the "forgotten war." Seems he wanted to forget it.
I wish the "knee-taker" crowd had a better understanding of what Veterans and their families lost and gave. I have vowed to never watch the NFL again. They have no idea how disrespectful they are to fatherless children, widows, veterans who lost life and limb. Not to mention the Police that put their lives on the line. Regardless of their opinions or what they believe at least show respect, that's being men.
You'll note in the documentary several of the Military leaders showed respect for the effort and resolve of their enemy. If a man can show that under the threat of death I'm sure a football player can show some respect on a feild. Soldiers don't make millions of dollars a year and don't get to protest where they are deployed to. Many don't go home. Football players do.