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Originally posted by EasyHoofArted is smiling and he’s a Gyreen! Smiles must be issued by rank in the Marines? Life is tough in the Marines! As proof I offer these before and after pictures of the same guy!
That picture was taken as we were leaving the birthday ball. I was pretty full of the $1 beers they were serving. I also knew I was getting lucky that night. That’s why I was smiling so big! 
Semper Fi
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I make lite of it, and I can, because I am a Vet! I guess it’s a way of coping! There is never a time, I don’t tear up when I hear Tap’s played! Some years ago, The Moving Wall was at Patriots Point. I can’t remember if it was Memorial Day or Veterans Day. There was a ceremony, I believe on a Sunday morning, to honor those on the Wall. I went! When I got there, I couldn’t get out of the car. I didn’t want to see my friends names on a wall. I couldn’t approach it, I sat in the car and cried. I wanted to remember those guys as I knew them. Not, as a name on a wall! I’m not ashamed to say, I’m crying as I type this! I loved those men and all they could have become! I still do.
I work with vets everyday. Right now on our long term care hospice unit we have three that are in their 90’s. they talk of the times back when…and of losing their friends and family…of cold and hunger and being gun ho but scared at the same time, most were mere boys when they entered. had one who was In a battle who told me 30 went in…he and two others came out…one being carried with no leg. They carry scars a lot deeper than the physical ones you see. It’s a honor to care for these men and women. We are now their family…their source of comfort and care…and hopefully of a little laughter in their final days. It hurts me to see the ones who have nobody but us in their final days.
Bless our soldiers past and present for all they sacrificed and do for us.
miss’n fish’n
212 SEAHUNT CC
Sea Squirt 16
my daddy US Navy
our youngest son is also serving his 13thyear in the air force. daddy teases him and tells him he smells like the leather chairs the "chairforce " guys sit in while the navy guys are working 
all in fun though. he and we are very proud of him . he has done 4 tours over seas.
miss’n fish’n
212 SEAHUNT CC
Sea Squirt 16
Penny, thanks for everything you do too, that is just as important as those who go fight, just as hard and leaves the same type scars in the mind. I can fight, but I couldn’t do what you do. Thanks to your Daddy and to your son also. Quality runs in the family.
And I’ll never forget your thoughtful caring and generosity to my wife recently.
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There is never a time, I don't tear up when I hear Tap's played! Some years ago, The Moving Wall was at Patriots Point. I can't remember if it was Memorial Day or Veterans Day. There was a ceremony, I believe on a Sunday morning, to honor those on the Wall. I went! When I got there, I couldn't get out of the car. I didn't want to see my friends names on a wall. I couldn't approach it, I sat in the car and cried. I wanted to remember those guys as I knew them. Not, as a name on a wall! I'm not ashamed to say, I'm crying as I type this! I loved those men and all they could have become! I still do.
I’m with you Easy. I don’t even like hearing people say Happy Veterans Day. There is nothing happy about it to me. It’s a day for remembrance of things I really don’t want to remember, not celebration.
Capt. Larry Teuton
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