What is Teardrops4vets?

[sweetnotes]

Back to the question...How do you get the graphic to use if you donated to the original project for Guy which was switch to Teardrops 4 vets?

hijack: I was a military brat during the coup in Lybia. Does that make me a Military Brat-coup-vet?


Lynn

[chamas]

Gage,
Here in Michigan there are 2 lines as well.... But they are for the disabled vet line and the non disabled vet line. We do not have a wartime or non-wartime line. I get the same benny's as if I was disabled in a war. I got more benny's when my disability was raised above 30%. 30% seems to be a big deal in the eye's of VA.

Not meaning to start a big ta do about this but found your post interesting.

chell

[Miriam C.]

Lynn I believe all you need to do is copy the graphic and put it in your signature.

Not a vet. Didn't weigh enough. I believe if you serve your country you deserve full benifits. Thank you all, and a double Thanks for those injured war or not.

[sjptak]

All I did was ask a question. Don't get so damn excited.
When I came back, I didn't want anyone to know I was a vet because of the way the public treated us. But a lot of you wouldn't know anything about that. And I guess I'm considered a 'Pot Stirrer' because I say it like it is, I don't beat around the bush like so many do.

Have a good day.

If I was excited, I'd have let you know. Caps and Bold type Large Font is excited. I also say it like it is. I was stationed with the CAG Unit (Civil Actions Group) for For Logistics Command, 3d Marine Division. I was an interpreter. I'll stay off your thread.

[joe & Vickie]

I don't care if you were in a war or not. All I can say is THANK YOU VETERANS for being in the service and being prepared to go to war if necessary to fight for my freedom & the freedom of every American out there, plus the freedom of all the people in the world. THANK YOU!
JOE

[Bodyman]

Gage said awhile back:

The thing I have found on this board (and I've been a member sense the beginning) is a lot of people east of the Rockies don't know how to joke around. And you can break that up into age groups. Life is to short to be serious all the time.

Maybe he is just joking again

[SkipperSue]

This link was from the Airstream forums a few months ago.

http://www.airstreamforums.com/forums/f161/support-our-troops-24011-2.html#post256866

All I did was ask a question. Don't get so damn excited.
When I came back, I didn't want anyone to know I was a vet because of the way the public treated us. But a lot of you wouldn't know anything about that.

I do know how it was. I'll never forget it.

[justduit]

That sounds very good. I am a vet myself but I'm not disabled. I missed being a Vietnam vet buy only 4 months. I joined the Navy in 1974 right after I turned 17, had to get my dad to sign me in. I was a torpedoeman's mate onboard the USS Prebble DDG 46.

Skip,

Good to see another tin can sailor on here. I was an electronics tech aboard USS Farragut DDG 37, same class as the Preble. Like you, I joined when I was 17, but way too young for 'Nam. I was in during desert storm, though not involved. The Farragut was involved with some missile boats off of Libya in '86.

So, is your teardrop going to be haze grey with torpedo tubes and a sonar dome?

Mark

[Wright]

Gage, if I remember correctly one of the Murphys Laws of Combat is "Don't draw fire it irritates your teammates."

[asianflava]

These teardrops will feel nice and roomy for you submariners.

[K-1]

You can be a Veteran without being a War Veteran.

Go to a Veterans office and apply for benefits and see how far you get if you didn't serve during war time.

Have a good day.

How far I got was free medical care for my rheumatoid disease ... I served from 81-87 and only saw peace time duty.

At the VA I was treated with respect and dignity ... carry the medical card in my wallet. Made me proud to be a "vet" again

[HotWheelsFiero]

Gage, if I remember correctly one of the Murphys Laws of Combat is "Don't draw fire it irritates your teammates."

Ha. I was thinking the same thing.

I served as a U.S. Army Military Policeman from 86 - 93, and during the Gulf War, most of us "Mudd Puppies" in Europe guarded the many bases/familes of those who went instead of deploying ourselves. Because I didn't actually go to the "conflict", I am considered a Vet and not a Gulf War Vet... but who cares. A Vet is a Vet, peroid.

[Sierra Ray]

U.S.Army... I served nine years....after I limped out of Viet Nam
I considered myself lucky as some of the guys I served with didn't come back at all. I've yet to claim benefits. Just take Advil for the aches and pains.

[Jst83]

There will be no more from me on this subject. And once they know me, they all love me.

Oh Gage how could we all not learn to love you and your evil ways


I think this thread took a wrong turn . I think we should thank anyone that had the ba**s to join the military at any time, there are a lot that wouldn't. I only did 6 years in the gaurd during desert storm and never saw fighting but I think of myself as a vet also

[Laredo]

Well, even though it wasn't the plan I had, let alone the one the recruiter offered, the Air Force and, after I tore up both knees, the VA were very good to me.

Thanks to all of you who served -- and to those who never came home, too.