First time cause of the vid, 2nd, cause of yer reaction to twerp, cause I felt the same way about my “service”. Jan – June of ’89 my life was Uncle Sam’s. recycled AIT 3 times (96Romeo) cause I just could not run fast enough.The day I was chaptered out was one of the lowest in my life. I always thank our brothers and sisters in arms when I see them, its the least I can do.

annoyinglittletwerp on February 16, 2007 at 11:14 PM

You were willing to serve and you are hero to me. Thankyou twerp.

…such a contrast to the jackasses in Washington and Hollywood.

I can bet this is happening at airports all over America, but the drive-by media is too damn lame to report much of it, since the rest of America might get the idea there is actually support for the troops.

I lived in Bangor, Maine during the first Gulf War. The airport was loaded with well wishers each time a plane landed with military folks returning home. Maine has become a liberal test tube due to out of state money pouring in to support pathetic politicians, but there are always good people with their heads on straight in the mix.
God bless our military men and women.
Hening on February 16, 2007 at 9:24 AM

This is one of my fondest memories of coming back from the Gulf.

When flying in to Bangor, all I could think of was how many people it must take to water all the trees….since water trucks went around daily in some places in the Gulf watering the trees.

I remember the adults there, and the kids from the local High School, it was a great Welcome Home.

I still have pictures of that from over one of the hangars.

In 1988 I joined the USMC.
In 1989 I washed out of boot camp because of a physical problem…I’ve always regreted not being able to serve my country.

annoyinglittletwerp

No regrets. You did serve, just not as long as you would have liked. In my opinion, anyone who stands and takes the Oath with the intention of fulfilling it has served, even if they are struck dead the next instant.

Thank you troops for all that you do.
Very inspiring vid Thanks guys we need the good news once in a while :)

ABC Wow! We do need to give props where they are due! They need to know we like to see good news once and a while.

Reward Charles and them with a good comment here.

http://abc.go.com/site/contactus.html?cat=World%20News%20Tonight

P.S. Also congratulate Charles on whipping the tar out NBC while yer at it. ;)

-Wasteland Man.

WastelandMan on February 16, 2007 at 10:31 AM

Thanks for the link WastelandMan. This is why Charlie Gibson has moved to number 1.

Thanks for posting Bryan.

God bless Bert Brady and all the other proud Americans giving this gift to our American Heroes.

……and H U G S !!!!!

Real Americans.

Every soldier got an applause, at least one handshake, and a teddy bear.

Really cool.

And, yes, this post affected my “allergies” too.

So I really care about this sort of thing!

So. The president of the CSF club on campus goes to the blog that supports the town and posts a thread about the effort and soliciting donations. Most people have been warmly supportive of what the kids are doing (and I have even had things get dropped off in my classroom), but one yahoo had to make some snarky comment about how instead of supporting the troops by sending them tangible love we should be writing to congress and complaining that they shouldn’t be over there in the first place and that obviously GWB doesn’t care about the troops or we wouldn’t need to send packages of goodies.

I am happy to say that that person was roundly and soundly taken down and had his/her face rubbed into the much. Basically the sentiment was “if you don’t like the war, fine, but don’t criticize our troops, and you should be PROUD that high school students care enough to do this!”

Not all young people are idiots.

Brought tears to my eyes.

Shear joy.

I love my country.

Take care all.

You don’t have to go to the airport to make a soldier’s day. Just a simple “thanks for your service” whenever you see a member of the US armed forces.

March 25th, 2005 Bangor Maine Airport. Our flight back home is greeted at a very early hour by three dozen people offering us congratulations, thanks – and jamming cell phones into our hands and telling us to call home. I had to go stand in a corner and compose myself for a minute or two. Once I got myself together I went out and talked with the people for a bit. More than one mentioned that they were determined to give the greeting that they had never received.

Did remind me when I got home from Bosnia in late 1997, I met my wife, alone, at the airport and simply got in the car and went home. Was back at work 5 days later and very few people ever said much. Different times.

As an aside, Limerick, I plan on being at the Memorial March 17. My husband is a Vietnam vet and has never been to The Wall. We can’t think of a better reason to be there.

God Bless the Troops!

Our troops are simply bigger than the rest of us!