 I chose to serve because in the town where I live there weren't very many females joining the military. It was common, females were joining but I didn't know any females that were joining the military so I thought it would be different, different and interesting. Something that would make me feel a sense of accomplishment. Veterans Day to me means that it's a chance for current and former service members to be recognized for what they've done or what they accomplished. It doesn't matter if you weren't, if you weren't able to retire but any, at least one day of service or one year of service is just proof enough to me that you know you took the initiative and you wanted to serve and a lot of people can't serve a long duration for various reasons but to take the initiative to want to serve your country it says a lot to me. It touches near and dear to my heart because it shows that our work hasn't been in vain. It shows that we're being recognized for what we're doing for what we have done. It takes a special person to wear this uniform or to make this significant commitment. There's no greater, there's no greater position that we can be in other than what we are currently doing and I wouldn't change anything that I'm doing. I would, I would do it again if I had the energy to go another 10 years I would do it. To honor a vet on Veterans Day, sure the veterans we appreciate the the meals, we appreciate the discounts, we appreciate the all the deals that we can get at stores all that is great but in my opinion if we simply receive the handshake, pat on the back, hug, that's that's enough to motivate me to say you know what these these civilians are our community they realize what we what we do and they appreciate us for our efforts and it's not going unnoticed so we don't need a whole lot of that though we appreciate it very much and we'd love for it to continue. Just you know a simple thank you is good just you know to let us know that we're in your prayers that's more than enough I think for us.