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| I served in the Army |
   
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24 | 46.15% |
| I served in the Navy |
  
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5 | 9.62% |
| I served in the Air Force |
  
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7 | 13.46% |
| I served in the Coast Guard |
  
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1 | 1.92% |
| I'm a United States Marine |
  
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5 | 9.62% |
| I served in the Army Nat'l Guard |
  
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2 | 3.85% |
| I served in the Air National Guard |
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1 | 1.92% |
| I served in a Reserve Component (please specify) |
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3 | 5.77% |
| I served in the Armed Forces of another country |
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4 | 7.69% |
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11-10-2010, 09:52 AM
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Just popping in to say thank you to all who have served
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11-10-2010, 10:38 AM
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I am the daughter of a career Navy man...
I am the grand daughter of a Navy Bomber... I was married to into the Navy... I wanted to be a Marine... They wouldn't take me because I REFUSED to sign over my daughter to my family... Today I hold a American Flag for those who have fought and died and for those who continue to fight and die for our Country... I am the daughter of a Patriot Guard Rider and I have been embraced by these fine men and women... They have pulled me into their fold... There isn't a thing they wouldn't do for me and I for them... They don't give a damn about who I love, they only care that I do love and that I give it my all... Just as they have done for their Country... Thank You Veteran's! Things I have from days gone by... A bracelet from Vietnam that has the name of a MIA/KIA soldier Pictures from Greece during WWII The original copy of my grand fathers bombing missions and flight hours logged A picture of a young man who was KIA, it has his address and everything on the back of it Rubbings from the Wall that came through Colorado in 1987 I Love our Veteran's! |
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11-10-2010, 12:26 PM
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Happy Birthday Marines, ooorah! Semper Fi.
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11-10-2010, 03:01 PM
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I want to express my appreciation to all our Veterans, troops on active duty and their families for the extraordinary jobs done and the extreme sacrifices made for us each and every day!!!
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11-10-2010, 05:16 PM
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Happy Birthday Marines!!!!! 235 years of honor integrity and valor. The world's finest fighting force.
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11-10-2010, 06:16 PM
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A question..
Under the DADT discharge from the military, are people stripped of things like being able to utilize education grants/loans, home loan programs, VA health benefits, military service pensions?
There are things on top of a person being forced out of the military via DADT having to give up a career that I am wondering about. Are there differences in "honrable" discharges for our members that have served and leaving under DADT that are just not publicized to the general public? Also wondering about how targets of DADT get treated when utilizing things on military bases they are entitled to, if the paperwork in DADT discharges is on the up and up. Just can't help thinking that so much of this ends up with our folks getting a double whammy. This is so damn hard when someone believes deeply in the US Bill of Rights and rights to privacy. |
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11-10-2010, 06:24 PM
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Can't tell you personally, I was in and out before DADT.
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11-10-2010, 06:36 PM
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DADT was never a solution, it simply "sounded better at the time", and I suppose it was slightly better than the witch hunts and people vanishing in the night that happened before that....when I served....I was extremely disappointed in Clinton...it was a cowards way out, and I don't see that Pres. Obama will make it any different...it is an interesting question about the discharges under DADT...In my day they were either dishonorable, or general discharges...which was pretty much the same thing....I knew I couldn't have a family under the situation, so I got out after 6 years, but they lost a good soldier in the process...I am saddened that things have not changed for our glbt soldiers that continiue to offer their lives for this country, where they are still second class citizens in everyway....sorry about the soap box, I served honorably and with pride!
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11-10-2010, 06:59 PM
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Veteran's benefits, including education and home loans are dependent on a person's discharge. If they are discharged honorably or under honorable conditions, then they are eligible for those benefits. If someone is dishonorably discharged, then they do not receive any benefits. Under DADT, it is possible to be discharged either way. Most of the folks I know, were honorably discharged. An honorable discharge is just that, an honorable discharge. The reason for the discharge will appear on your official discharge papers. I can't speak for the other services, but the Army states the reason for discharge. It cites the chapter number under which one is discharged, when applicable, but doesn't necessarily state "homosexuality." Once discharged from the Army, you can only get back on base if you retired or are rated as 100% disabled. Your ID card does not state the nature of your discharge. Hope that helped. |
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11-11-2010, 09:32 AM
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..Happy Veterans Day....
thank you all for those whom served to protect our Country.  this was a good kinda funny but all so serious at the same time.
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To all who served, past and present. To those who carry the scars and to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice.
Thank you As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. ~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty." John Fitzgerald Kennedy - Inaugural Address January 20, 1961 |
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