treating our veterns like dirt ( Archived) (85)

i lost my dad to ptsd and vietnam. i lost two pilots in my helicopter that i crewed. i lost many other friends to iran,iraq,afganistan. i have ptsd now. i have also been a vol. firemen. and in all cases these people all did what they did because they decided that it was their duty and honor to be able to do so freely. and would not recieve any special honor to do so. in my opinion if you live where you don't have to be the defender of freedom, then maybe you could give those that do live in that place that does. then give us a break because we are trying to support freedom of choice, that is all. i have times when i am trnaported back to the times when i watched pilots, friends, die. i watched my pilots burn to death in front of me.........and there was nothing i could do but watch till the fire trucks showed up. i became isolated, refused to talk to anyone, because i was suppose to be on that flight for the experience that night, but there was a pilot that needed some more flight time so he went instead.(was someone looking out for me)no not everyone deserve a medal i don't! but someone who goes and saves people from dying or being kept illegally or injured. people like: policemen,firemen,service personal,privite citizens. these people do what they do because they decided it was their duty to perform these jobs. if the rest of the UN nations decided to work together to keep evil people from harming the world's peace. then maybe the US wouldn't be viewed as such a "evil" nation, doing "evil" to the world. not many people want to put their lives in danger, but someone has to do the job to save those in danger. i know when i did whatever job i was doing i knew i was going put my life on the line....... better me then some other poor person. so if you don't want the job..... if you stay to here thank you for listening. and remember most freedom isn't free someone died......... for it. and thats it freedom for the whole world. so when you see a vetearn thank them even if you don't believe in what their doing, but because they are giving you the choice to believe the way you do. god bless all those who put their lives on the line all over the world.... and thank you.

Missed this bit. Who or what is N.O. ???

If you are referrring to the former Yogoslavia aid was sent and plenty of it from all over. I was part of the initial chain who ensured the aid got to Yugoslavi....But that was not enough. The "ETNIC CLEANSING" Took over and it took an arme force to stop the killing by all the different groups.

Hi Pat, ... NO means NO ....

N.O .... New Orleans.

You know if NO soldier/serviceman/woman EVER existed for the purpose of war, and all nations just sayed put, all you guys/gals who had to live through the horrors of war wouldn´t have needed to. That´s what I´m trying to get at.

Serving your country would still exist but NOT for the purpose of war!! And would then have its true meaning of service, to humanity. Serving shouldn´t be about killing, it should be about saving, not your leader´s ego but rather human kind.

For those who fought for it freedom has a flavor that the protected will never know. I am a vet and still serving in the reserves. That reporter should stand in front of our troops if they can't stand behind them.

For those who fought for it freedom has a flavor that the protected will never know. I am a vet and still serving in the reserves. That reporter should stand in front of our troops if they can't stand behind them.

For those who fought for it freedom has a flavor that the protected will never know. I am a vet and still serving in the reserves. That reporter should stand in front of our troops if they can't stand behind them.

This is a tiny wee it of nonesense showing R O E ..



That is only for an armed guard on a ship....R O E for a task force has much much more and you all have to know the bit or its relevant to your post.