Veterans Day

Thank you to all of those whom have served or currently serve! 

A a 2 tour combat veteran I've never had Veteran's  day off work.   I'm sitting here waiting for my Para to show up do I can get started.   

Yes, thank you for your service!

Thank you, vets, for your service!

Also never had Veteran's Day off.

Should negotiate that.

Thanks to all who served.  You are loved and appreciated.

Thanks from all you did and continue to do.

Here is a quick pic of my step father (gone now) in the process for going from "normal" navy to naval aviation (sometime in the 40's).  Heck he may have even crossed paths with Frenchy at some point (he was on a number of carriers) although probably a bit older than Frenchy.

As we honor the veterans today I want to thank you for serving and protecting our country.  
 

Now - the Boy Scouts take a donation and put a flag in your yard for the holidays.   Mr. Scrap Guy stopped by mine then backed up to my neighbors- not all in the 'hood participate.  Was he going to steal it for the piece of conduit?  He saw me, waved and left.   SMH

In reply to aircooled :

Good chance of him crossing paths with my uncle (passed away in 86)

Louis Peterson, navy noncom pilot, survivor of Pearl. Full honors funeral at Arlington. 
Very cool history. 

I work for the state now, so it's my second Veteran's Day off. 

Even though it was a while ago, being a Veteran still has bennies.  Where I worked, if there was a layoff a Veteran on his first day would stay and the non-vet gets the gate.  Non-vet I worked with doing prototype stuff got laid off, they found him another job working as a machinist at the Smithsonian Museum!  Man. don't even pay me, just let me loose in the warehouse for a while.

Getting Dolphins 1972.

aircooled said:

Thanks from all you did and continue to do.

Here is a quick pic of my step father (gone now) in the process for going from "normal" navy to naval aviation (sometime in the 40's).  Heck he may have even crossed paths with Frenchy at some point (he was on a number of carriers) although probably a bit older than Frenchy.

Since I flew off the Ticonderoga and Bennington which were both Essex class carriers it's very possible we flew from the same carriers.  But few WW2 Navy pilots  flew in Vietnam.  By the time Vietnam ended it was nearly 30 years after WW2  it would be astonishing to pass a Navy Flight physical in your late 40's early 50's.  
 It took a lot to be a non-com pilot  like your step father.  ( and me)  real discrimination. Especially  from Annapolis types.    
  He was a real hero to make it through that hazing and get his wings.  

He was commissioned.  Left as a Commander.   I think he was only in for some of Vietnam and at that point I think he was a flight director (?) on a carrier, so no flying.  I think his last stint in a squadron was in F11 Tigers (so maybe 1960 or so).  Those carriers don't sound familiar, so maybe not.  I know the Oriskany was one of them.  He did have a very short time on the Hornet after an emergency landing when the oil drain plug blew out on his Corsair (Hornet was directly below him in recovery operations by dumb luck)!

I should probably try to look up his service record at some point.

In reply to frenchyd :

That's was my uncle that was the non com. 
I've seen his name on the wall at Pensacola. He once borrowed a Grumman Goose from Pensacola, to fly the living coral reef up to DC for the Smithsonian ('70s) 

He Spent 'Nam in DC area, so i imaging y'all never crossed paths. 
Colorful history, and I'm proud to be related!

Other uncle (on that side) was Army Air Corp. 

'Nother colorful service record. 

My Dad was Air Guard (activated for end of Korea)

And I was a civilian contractor. 

Thank you Veterans.  Thanks to you, the UAW got the first day of hunting season off and had it called Veterans Day.  Thankfully, I'm betting some Union vets fixed that.  But the fact that we could all do what we do is thanks to you.

A few Veteran Day's ago I was working and a Sup rolled up at 2pm to give me a Chick-Fla lunch to recognize my service.  I told him that I'd already had lunch but didn't want to waste the food so I ate it anyway.  I called our HR the next Monday and told them about what had happened.  I said that I'd feel more honored if they had provided food for our homeless veterans.  So if you guys see a homeless Vet thank them for their service and give them a bottle of water or offer to buy them some food.

In reply to Stampie :

I am so proud to know you. 

JULY 1992 Barbers point Hawaii. Getting my Air Warfare pin.

Late to this one, been taking care of sick wife/kids. 
Fallujah, Iraq 2005 (second trip of three)