My thanks to all you Veterans out there for your service to our Country.

Thank you!

"JimH" wrote in message
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My thanks to all you Veterans out there for your service to our Country.

Thank you!



Both past & present...

Hear! Hear!

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 08:57:28 -0500, "JimH" wrote:

My thanks to all you Veterans out there for your service to our Country.

Thank you!


You're quite welcome! I appreciate the thought. Today at school I
received a card signed by a bunch of students. The thought meant a
lot.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"JohnH" wrote in message
news


You're quite welcome! I appreciate the thought. Today at school I
received a card signed by a bunch of students. The thought meant a
lot.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

Your schools are open on Remembrance Day? Here it's a holiday. Even
Walmart and Costco are closed.

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 23:18:11 GMT, "Don White"
wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message
news


You're quite welcome! I appreciate the thought. Today at school I
received a card signed by a bunch of students. The thought meant a
lot.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

Your schools are open on Remembrance Day? Here it's a holiday. Even
Walmart and Costco are closed.


Yup, Fairfax County, VA, has school on Veterans' Day. We used to wear
our uniforms on that day. The kids liked it. Now most of us can't get
into our uniforms. Saw one retired Marine wearing his. Marines just
don't gain weight, I guess!

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:55:15 -0500, JohnH
wrote:

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 23:18:11 GMT, "Don White"
wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message
news


You're quite welcome! I appreciate the thought. Today at school I
received a card signed by a bunch of students. The thought meant a
lot.

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

Your schools are open on Remembrance Day? Here it's a holiday. Even
Walmart and Costco are closed.

Yup, Fairfax County, VA, has school on Veterans' Day. We used to wear
our uniforms on that day. The kids liked it. Now most of us can't get
into our uniforms. Saw one retired Marine wearing his. Marines just
don't gain weight, I guess!

You would guess wrong. :)

Later,

Tom

On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:00:34 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:55:15 -0500, JohnH
wrote:

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 23:18:11 GMT, "Don White"
wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message
news

You're quite welcome! I appreciate the thought. Today at school I
received a card signed by a bunch of students. The thought meant a
lot.

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

Your schools are open on Remembrance Day? Here it's a holiday. Even
Walmart and Costco are closed.

Yup, Fairfax County, VA, has school on Veterans' Day. We used to wear
our uniforms on that day. The kids liked it. Now most of us can't get
into our uniforms. Saw one retired Marine wearing his. Marines just
don't gain weight, I guess!

You would guess wrong. :)

Later,

Tom

That was a big lift to my self-esteem. Thanks!

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

JimH wrote:
My thanks to all you Veterans out there for your service to our Country.

Thank you!

You're welcome. And I add my salute to all those Amricans of every
generation who made a sacrifice for our country, especially the men &
women currently serving overseas and far from their families.

Douglas King, ex-BT1(SW)

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 21:28:40 -0500, DSK wrote:

BT1(SW)

I know that is Navy speak, Doug, but what is a BT1(SW)?

Later,

Tom

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
I know that is Navy speak, Doug, but what is a BT1(SW)?

It's a rate (in other words the job or work area, what the Army calls
MOS I believe) and rank. I was a boiler tender, in other words a ship
propulsion engineer, Petty Officer First Class (E-5), and a surface
warfare specialist.

Rather meaningless gobbledygook except to others who once lived in the
same neighborhood

One of the exercise anybody can do is to learn to read military
insignia, especially ribbons. You can read someone's career at a glance
if you learn a few dozen, and easily seperate the desktop warriors from
the guys who are the real deal. Plus it's kind of interesting IMHO.

DSK