To all my Brothers in arms....

[Jamisjockey]

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother


Thank you all for your service.  Happy Veteran's day.

[Lennyjoe]

Amen brother! God bless all the men and women who have served and are serving today.

[roo_ster]

Ditto.

[RevDisk]

Blah.  Went to a vet's day thing at a school this morning.  Smiled and whatnot for the kids, but I'd normally rather chew glass than attend such things.  But when you make a promise...  Now to the company vet's day thing, and dinner tonight.  I do get the appreciation thing and appreciate the appreciation thing.  But I personally am not very comfy with it.  Sorta like when people paid for my meal back when I was active.  Now if people were handing me ammo, that'd be a different story...

[HeroHog]

Thank you for your service to your country. As a disabled veteran, I can truly appreciate what you are doing and have done. As a citizen, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for what you and your fellow servicemen do for us all. Your sacrifices are deeply appreciated here at home by many more than you know.
You are truly the very best of us.

Vets and military members
Eat Free at Applebee's
Military veterans and active-duty Service Members will be able to eat free at any Applebee's across the U.S. on Veteran’s Day, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010. There will be six entrées available from the menu. Guests will be asked to show one or more of the following as proof of service: a U.S. Uniform Services Identification Card, U.S. Uniform Services Retired Identification Card, Current Leave and Earnings Statement, Veterans Organization Card, a photograph in uniform, or wearing a uniform in person. For more information about Veterans Day at Applebee's, visit the Applebee's website http://www.applebees.com/vetsDay/default.aspx

Military Eat Free at Golden Corral
Golden Corral's 9th annual Military Appreciation Monday dinner will be held on Monday, November 15, 2010, from 5 to 9 pm in all Golden Corral restaurants nationwide. The free dinner meal is a special "thank you tribute" to any person who has ever served in the United States Military. If you are a veteran, retired, currently serving, or in the National Guard/Reserves, you are invited to join us for Golden Corral's Military Appreciation Monday dinner. To date, Golden Corral restaurants have provided over 2.2 million free meals and contributed over $3.3 million to the Disabled American Veterans organization. Website for more information: http://www.goldencorral.com/military/

Show your DD-214 or VA Disability card or go to the linked sites to see what else is accepted as proper ID.

[Jamisjockey]

The downside to either of those free offers, is that they are applebees and golden corral
 

http://www.hootersveteransday.com/media/HootersVeteransDay/locations.html

[Phantom Warrior]

And that EVERY veteran in town is going to be there.  Not much good in a military town like Colorado Springs.

[seeker_two]

Thank you, veterans, for your service and sacrifice......now, it's time for the rest of us to make it worth it.....

[zahc]

I drove all the way to the post office on my lunch break today only to discover that it was Veteran's day.

[TechMan]

Thank you, veterans, for your service and sacrifice......now, it's time for the rest of us to make it worth it.....

Ditto

[xavier fremboe]

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother


Thank you all for your service.  Happy Veteran's day.

More appropriate today than St. Crispin's.  Thanks for your service.

[grampster]

A day late, but grandest felicitations to all who have served.

[Devonai]

I got a free six inch sub at Subway!  Yum.

[T.O.M.]

Blah.  Went to a vet's day thing at a school this morning.  Smiled and whatnot for the kids, but I'd normally rather chew glass than attend such things.  But when you make a promise...  Now to the company vet's day thing, and dinner tonight.  I do get the appreciation thing and appreciate the appreciation thing.  But I personally am not very comfy with it.  Sorta like when people paid for my meal back when I was active.  Now if people were handing me ammo, that'd be a different story...

Rev, I know what you mean.  My service was Cold War era, so we did a lot of training, guarding, and being ready for the day that,, fortunately, never came...  I almost don't feel worthy of the thanks and such.  My scarifice was nothing compared to the men and women who have truly made sacrifices on the battelfields.

[Jamisjockey]

Clinton era myself.  I'm more inclined to stay seated when there are tributes to vets (like at Sea World right before the Shamu show. It was .mil appreciation day, and they had this huge todo, and asked vets to stand up.  Or at the wife's church around Veterans day and Memorial day.)
I personally don't see what I did to be all that special.  But Marines I know and trained are now serving as leaders in theater.  That makes me proud.

[RocketMan]

I'm kind of with Jamis on this.  I served during the era of the Peanut Farmer President*, and never heard a shot fired in anger.  As time passes I find myself thinking the real vets are those that have "seen the elephant."  
Being a peace time Marine, I was more of an also-ran, not deserving of the same accolades.


*Edited to correct:  I actually enlisted just few months before Nixon resigned, and served while Ford was President.  (I actually got to shake his hand at Hickam AFB one afternoon.)  The Peanut Farmer was President during the last year of my enlistment and during my time in the reserves.

[HeroHog]

I volunteered RIGHT after the draft was ended and as we were JUST pulling out of Nam. and mustered out with an Honorable Medical discharge after 3 years of active duty and 6 months active reserve.

I got my free Appleby's 7oz steak and had the rest and of my meal (Virgin Pina Coloda and a sweet tea) and my wife's meal paid for by a dear friend we haven't seen in years who wanted to take me out and because mine was free he paid for the drinks and my wife's food instead.