OT Who's a Veteran?

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    kjironman1 Well-Known Member

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    kjironman1, Nov 11, 2018
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    Kind of figured you might be!
     
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    Taken in 1971 in San Francisco 2 days before I shipped out to Danang
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    riverman, Nov 11, 2018
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    Not a veteran myself, but my family has a long line of service men/women. Proud son of an Army Ranger!

    Thank you all for your service!
     
    Shaboid, Nov 11, 2018
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    Dad behind the pilot...WWII Scotland...RIP
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    OK, I don't know if you guys get the same feed I do, but I've been bothered by the "Salute to Service" awardee for today. Commander Beach Pace, of the US Army and EOD. At first I thought "She's not Navy, if she went to West Point, and she's not a commander, if she's Army, so maybe the Blazers messed up" (and I was going to give @HCP a bit of good-natured gruff about messing up a rank on Veteran's Day). But it turns out that her own bios state that.

    https://www.electbeachpace.com/meet-beach-pace/

    I want to give benefit of the doubt, so Army guys, please let me know...would a 1st LT or Captain say that their rank was "Commander" if they were the XO (and acting company commander) of an EOD unit?
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Looking pretty young there River, did you lie about your age?

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    barfo, Nov 11, 2018
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    yeah...I was actually 43
     
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    damn, they must've had glamour shots in y'all's day, because my Boot Camp grad photo makes me look like an extra from Full Metal Jacket. and not in a good way.
     
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    This was after graduating Radioman A school at NTC in San Diego..parked me in SF until I flew out to Viet Nam..one of those cheap portrait shops near fisherman's wharf...I didn't even remember this picture until my mother passed away and I inherited a bunch of her photos
     
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    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    THE HCP, Nov 12, 2018
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    Never Forget

    I never served, but my father, and his father, etc served. My father was a helicopter mechanic in Vietnam. Though I don't always agree with why we go to war, I have great respect for those who have risked/given their lives, so that we may stay free.
     
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    I didn't know Schonely was a Marine.
     
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    Is this HCP and his hunting buddies out LARPing in the cascades????

    Seriously thanks to all of you guys who served to protect our families and friends from the dangers of this crazy world.
     
    TorturedBlazerFan, Nov 12, 2018
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Chris Craig, Nov 12, 2018
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    THAT'S the way to put some "Spec" on someone's name. HCP earned his.

    Thank you for your service, sir.
     
    PtldPlatypus, Nov 12, 2018
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    wow...my son told me this am that the army is going back to ww2 uni's, it's i recognition of the Greatest Generation!
     
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