Show your gratitude, Thank a soldier.

[Xxshortybaby4u15]

damm this got me in tears lol

[armenianply]

this is a hell of a lot better than that gratitude campaign bullshit. we as americans shouldnt hide behind a hand jesture meant for the deaf/hearing impared. if you have a voice use it. thank a soldier. lets use our freedom of speech a freedom men and women died for so we could keep that freedom. thank a soldier with words not with a hand jesture meant for people who cannot speak.

[Marty933]

Is there ever a wrong way to say thank you when you believe someone has done a service for you? You may or may not agree with the method chosen, but it's still a thank you for a job well done. The very fact you can chose what you want to do is due to the actions of some soldier sometime previously.

[armenianply]

this is a hell of a lot better than that stupid gratitude campaign they want us to use a hand jesture meant for the hearing impared-deaf. i say if you have a voice then be a man or woman and go up to them and thank them and not hide behind a hand jesture meant for people who cant speak. its a shame people are afraid and ashamed to thank a soldier in public when they put their life on the line to have the freedoms we enjoy. in short dont be a pussy say thanks.

[houndzark]

Wonderful, and a great thing to wake people up to! You who thought the gratitude campaign was so terrible - you have an anger problem. You who agreed - no mind of your own to consider how out of place it was. Peopel will do both...ot other ways of showing they care. It's up to the individual. Sometimes a Vet simply is not comfortable being approached directly. I know this from working with them! Usually it's fine. Whatever people do to say "you matter, thanks" from the heart is of value.

[srob1022]

My ex-husband, a combat veteran US Marine, was greeted in the airport on his trip home by protesters who called him a baby-killer and spit on him...that was SUCH a sad time in the US (Vietnam era).

Because of that, I will go out of my way to thank EVERY service member I encounter.

[bonmcook]

@srob1022 I am sorry they did that to you'r husband and our other troops. I was a kid when we were fighting in Vietnam. But my brother was there too and in my home all our slodiers were heros. I like to say thank you to you'r husband and to you.

[esme82]

This always gets me teary eyed...

[jo2fast6]

the reason y im joining isnt for money... it because i want to make a diffrence. i want to make myself a man . i want to be all i can be .

[Firebushld]

Pvt Caldwell A Co 305th MI fixin to go to afghanistan in 10 months happy to do it for everyone

[MLMLW]

I have 2 family members that are currently active duty and have both been to Iraq twice. However, I also know two people that have recently joined the military as reservists simply for their benefits and not particularly for what it means to serve our country and that pisses me off. I am very thankful for our active duty soldiers, however, and I do realize that reservists can be called to go active. I'm just not willing to applaude somebody that joined simply for the money to go to school!

[sayhi2jon]

Good point. All servicemen and women who join branches of uniformed armed services, whether active, reserve, guard are fully aware that defending the country, being called to arms and sacrifice is a great possibility. Everybody that signs up knows this. Also, there are added incentives to joining the military; financially being one of them. The bottom line is that no one will join the service purely for financial motives. The military has to stay competitive with the civilian sector.

[TastelessDarkside]

Many people join for many reasons. It is ignorance not to respect all of them. Whether someone fights for patriotism or because they had no other means of surviving, they still put their lives on the line for you.

[TheMagicfever]

Most excellent!

Ask some older person if they are a Viet Nam Vet.

If they are, stand back and say Thank You and Welcome Home. Then offer them your hand.

But you have to mean it from the bottom of your heart.

They got spit on when they came home.

Just say Welcome Home. It will mean a lot to them. Just ask me. I know.

Make their day by saying so few words, that mean so much.

V.V.F.F.V.V.

Viet Nam Vets Forever Forever Viet Nam Vets.

A proud Vet.

[BigOldScout]

Magicfever, Are you a Viet Nam Vet? Then here is a Gulf War Vet saying, "Welcome Home." And "I" truly mean it.

[ajstudygal]

I wish more people would actually do this. I know that I choke with tears when I see soldiers and feel Proud and very thankful for their service to our country. God bless them all!

[NHcrafter8]

This hit me really hard and I only have friends of family in any war zone. This should happen at any soldier's arrive at home. Don't you all agree.

Bless all of you, male and female for your time you have given up for us.

NHcrafter

[armenianply]

thanks 706.

[armenianply]

this is a hell of a lot better welcome home than that stupid gratitude campaign. that so called gratitude campaign is a joke. that hand jesture they use is for deaf people or democrats and republicans who are to afraid to say it in words and are afraid of what people might. think. i say shame on people who hide behind a hand jesture meant for deaf people. i say even if your across the way. take the time to walk up to them and shake their hand or say a simple thank you.

[706d]

I agree with you too!

I guess this is good for those shy people.

[tomsbaby420]

love to all you guys!!