The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition

America has fought many wars, and many hundreds of thousands of our fellow Americans have fallen in countless battles across the centuries and across the world. But Veterans Day honors all who served, and it is an unalloyed good thing. We often focus on the men who saw combat, and their stories are an amazing glimpse into the iron core of America. Yet far more served honorably without being sent into harm's way.

It sounds trite, yet those men who saw combat could not have done what they did without the men who supplied them with ammunition and food and medical care and boots and kept the oceans of paperwork that controlled it all flowing smoothly or repaired their weapons or tanks or trucks or planes.

The honor is in the service. Millions of of citizens decided for many reasons that they would do their duty. Many were drafted, many enlisted. But they put their lives on hold and invested their time and energy and yes, sometimes blood for the good of the country.

I am less interested in their motivation (GI Bill, vocational training, boredom...who cares!) than the fact that they served in defense of the greatest country on earth. And for that they deserve recognition and a simple and honest: thank you.

Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

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1 Armistice Day

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, the hero Gotham deserves at November 11, 2021 11:00 AM (LvTSG)

2 Ooh Rah to my fellow vets!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 11, 2021 11:01 AM (kTF2Z)

3 Lovely post CBD, thank you.

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 11, 2021 11:02 AM (Ez6QX)

4 Well said.

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at November 11, 2021 11:02 AM (P7Iz+)

5 Veterans Day, Celebrating the end of the War to end all Wars.... 260 Wars ago (looked it up, that is the actual number of wars since WW1 ended... scary).

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 11, 2021 11:02 AM (oHd/0)

6 Thanks CBD!

Posted by: Boswell at November 11, 2021 11:02 AM (5iUNf)

7 November 11th! 11/11/18, at 11:00 am. (I presume that was 11 Eastern Standard Time? Or was it according to GMT?)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 11:03 AM (txdEq)

8 Lovely post CBD, thank you.
Posted by: Jordan61 at November 11, 2021 11:02 AM (Ez6QX)

Yes, thank you. Even the coasties.

Posted by: flounder at November 11, 2021 11:03 AM (SH2Zi)

9 Top q
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Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 11, 2021 11:03 AM (QZKjU)

10 My father was a WWII vet and my brother is a Vietnam vet and my husband is a Desert Storm vet. I hope we never have to go to war again but if we do I hope our soldiers are as brave as their predecessors and make them proud.

Posted by: Megthered at November 11, 2021 11:04 AM (sfWd9)

11 A veteran - whether active duty, retired or honorably discharged - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America" for an amount of "up to and including THEIR LIFE."
Author: Unknown Author

Posted by: oldgeezer at November 11, 2021 11:04 AM (5shr5)

12 Thanks to all the Vets...here and elsewhere.

Posted by: BignJames at November 11, 2021 11:04 AM (AwYPR)

13 While the gheys have had their "pride" and Halloween public events uninterrupted, no Memorial Day or Veterans day parades allowed again.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko gender fluid at November 11, 2021 11:04 AM (IHOHo)

14 As I do every year, I hold a silent toast at 1800 Pacific Time (6:00PM for you Marines) to all my fellow Veterans and the families that have supported them over the years. Gob Bless all of you.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 11, 2021 11:04 AM (axyOa)

15 Yes, thank you. Even the coasties.
Posted by: flounder at November 11, 2021 11:03 AM (SH2Zi)

LOL

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 11, 2021 11:05 AM (Ez6QX)

16 Listen for the birds at the end...

https://youtu.be/dTA10n1Ztqo

Posted by: It's important at November 11, 2021 11:05 AM (jYQlA)

17 "I am less interested in their motivation than the fact that they served "

This is a very good point. We've gotten so far down in the weeds on psychological belly button diving that we have lost the script. Motives should not be the the first qualifier on whether a good is an objective good. Objective good is good by definition and I think if we pushed back against motives (and I'm just as guilty as anyone on this, it's endemic to our society) and just thanked people for doing good, it would likely help heal the divide.

Posted by: squid_hunt at November 11, 2021 11:05 AM (B0mGw)

18 Wanna thank THIS Vet?

Go punch a Liberal.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 11, 2021 11:05 AM (oHd/0)

19 I would take the educational guess we past the exact time as it would have been Zulu time.

Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 11, 2021 11:05 AM (QZKjU)

20 My deployed son says
You're welcome.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 11, 2021 11:05 AM (W2Pud)

21 Dad was getting ready to ship out with his group to Korea. The XO lined them up and asked if anybody knew how to type. My dad was the only one who raised his hand. Everyone else shipped off. He stayed in San Diego for the remainder of his Navy service.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at November 11, 2021 11:05 AM (bNf8H)

22 I'm glad we have this Holiday even though I'm working it to get the day after Thanksgiving off.

Thank you for your service - all the veteran's in the Horde!

Also, I'm a little slow to the obvious, but finally occurred to me the Art Thread (Gethsemane) has the same theme of sacrifice - Jesus for our sins, Veterans for our country. Very nice.

Posted by: Iris at November 11, 2021 11:05 AM (DibdT)

23 To my brothers and sisters, all known and unknown, standing on watch from past to today.

It was an honor to serve with you. We collectively made the world a better place.

And to any Leftist: I can argue counterexamples from Communist nations on any subject that you bring up to defame the putatively self -governed republic of America.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 11, 2021 11:05 AM (u82oZ)

24 My eternal gratitude goes to all who are serving or have served honorably in ANY capacity.

I'm so very proud to have been in your company.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 11, 2021 11:05 AM (KATBx)

25 Thanks CBD.
We wrote a check with the amount left blank, some gave all, all gave some.
Glad the active duty are being treated with respect now, it wasn't that way when I was in and wasn't when I got out.

Happy Veteran's Day to all who served and all that are serving.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 11, 2021 11:06 AM (huCvK)

26 A Blessed Veteran's Day to all who served!

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 11, 2021 11:06 AM (R/m4+)

27 Zing! right over most heads

Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 11, 2021 11:06 AM (QZKjU)

28 Wanna thank THIS Vet?

Go punch a Liberal.
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 11, 2021 11:05 AM (oHd/0)

Yep. I endorse tire irons as well.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 11, 2021 11:07 AM (ekXJa)

29 You can be tired all you want, but not on this thread. [CBD]

Posted by: Tired of this Shit at November 11, 2021 11:07 AM (EKqnJ)

30 1800 Pacific Time (6:00PM for you Marines) to all my fellow Veterans

Uh, Diogenes, for my brothers, that would be "the big hand is on the 12 and the little hand is on the 6".

Posted by: Tonypete at November 11, 2021 11:07 AM (mD/uy)

31 I am indebted. Thank you.

Posted by: grammie winger at November 11, 2021 11:07 AM (45fpk)

32 Happy Veteran's Day.

Thanks to everyone who wore a uniform and stood a watch.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at November 11, 2021 11:07 AM (eeRB6)

33 Thank you, Veterans one and all!

Posted by: Just Lily at November 11, 2021 11:07 AM (aOVzq)

34 Ask a Coast Guard vet: The US Coast Guard is the hard core that the US Navy wraps around in time of war.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 11, 2021 11:08 AM (u82oZ)

35 Indeed. Nice sentiment, CBD. "Thank you" to our veterans.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2021 11:08 AM (DU+/6)

36 Posted by: Tired of this Shit at November 11, 2021 11:07 AM (EKqnJ)
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Bless your ignorant heart.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 11, 2021 11:08 AM (kwfA1)

37 The XO lined them up and asked if anybody knew how to type. My dad was the only one who raised his hand.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at November 11, 2021 11:05 AM (bNf8H)

My BiL's father was on a Coast Guard cutter in the North Atlantic. his exec asked if anybody knew how to type, and he raised his (he had no idea how to type). He figured it would get him off ice-chipping duty in February in the North Atlantic, and he was right!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2021 11:08 AM (Q9lwr)

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Posted by: CAPT Constitution at November 11, 2021 11:08 AM (Lk3xU)

39 30 1800 Pacific Time (6:00PM for you Marines) to all my fellow Veterans

Uh, Diogenes, for my brothers, that would be "the big hand is on the 12 and the little hand is on the 6".

Posted by: Tonypete at November 11, 2021 11:07 AM (mD/uy)

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Do they then look at their hands to try to figure out which one is the "big hand"?

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 11, 2021 11:08 AM (CAJOC)

40 So, no, if you fight without a declaration of war, without the objective of winning, you're a fool and deserve no respect.

Posted by: Tired of this Shit at November 11, 2021 11:07 AM (EKqnJ)

I will be sure not to pass on your sentiments to my son. Have a great day.

Posted by: grammie winger at November 11, 2021 11:09 AM (45fpk)

41 Thanks CBD.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at November 11, 2021 11:09 AM (4oclu)

42 Posted by: Tired of this Shit at November 11, 2021 11:07 AM (EKqnJ)

You seem nice.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 11, 2021 11:09 AM (W2Pud)

43 Yes, thank you to our Vets!

Posted by: Lizzy at November 11, 2021 11:09 AM (bDqIh)

44 Thank you dear veterans! Appreciate all you have done to serve our country, we are blessed because of your sacrifices.

Posted by: LizLem at November 11, 2021 11:09 AM (+mkOR)

45 I saw a thing about Audie Murphy the other day. He suffered from PTSD his entire life.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 11, 2021 11:09 AM (FVME7)

46 Here: Veterans Day.
Here before WWII: Armistice Day.
In Canada: Remembrance Day.

Or, as a Canadian colleague put it on a call yesterday, in a statement of flippant, trivializing ignorance so great it borders on contempt, "Novemberance Day."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2021 11:09 AM (DU+/6)

47 My father was only about 8 when we entered WWI, and 32 at the time of Pearl Harbor. He never served, though I have no idea why; perhaps he was a bookkeeper in some essential war industry? There are big gaps in what I know about my father. My mother was an RN, and while she always admired the Navy, she never considered enlisting. (She'd become a US citizen not long before the war, I think.) I'm sure that both of them (they didn't meet until after 1945) did their parts as patriotic citizens.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 11:09 AM (txdEq)

48 I don't miss laying in the cold mud, but still miss the Cavalry, and it has been 28 years or so.

Posted by: Saxinis Kion at November 11, 2021 11:10 AM (dbdgv)

49 Well said CBD. Thanks to all who served, no matter the role.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 11, 2021 11:10 AM (wAnMi)

50 Tonypete

Ask a Marine: The Marines are a department of the US Navy.

The MENS department.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 11, 2021 11:10 AM (u82oZ)

51 Thank you to all vets who served.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 11, 2021 11:10 AM (ZLI7S)

52 Posted by: Tired of this Shit at November 11, 2021 11:07 AM (EKqnJ)

I find your ideas fascinating and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

Posted by: Trigglypuff at November 11, 2021 11:10 AM (jYQlA)

53 Not anymore. They're a mercenary force sent to die on behalf of the internationalist wealthy.

We've been doing this since Korea, and it's time to stop. So, no, if you fight without a declaration of war, without the objective of winning, you're a fool and deserve no respect.

Posted by: Tired of this Shit at November 11, 2021 11:07 AM (EKqnJ)

You're entitled to your opinion...I'm entitled to mine...eat a bag o' dicks.

Posted by: BignJames at November 11, 2021 11:11 AM (AwYPR)

54 Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

This Veterans Day post was very well-timed.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 11, 2021 11:11 AM (mMrkq)

55 11/11 at 11:11 now.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2021 11:11 AM (DU+/6)

56 "Ask a Coast Guard vet: The US Coast Guard is the hard core that the US Navy wraps around in time of war."

All I hear is a Coastie fantasizing about being in the middle of a Navy dogpile.

Posted by: squid_hunt at November 11, 2021 11:11 AM (B0mGw)

57 Silly. Who pissed in the troll's Froot Loops?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Scary Leprechaun with a cudgel at November 11, 2021 11:12 AM (xPJvm)

58 Some should pay for lessons - Air Rittenhouse:

https://tinyurl.com/5f4h6n2m

Posted by: Boswell at November 11, 2021 11:12 AM (5iUNf)

59 So, no, if you fight without a declaration of war, without the objective of winning, you're a fool and deserve no respect.

Posted by: Tired of this Shit at November 11, 2021 11:07 AM (EKqnJ)

^^Sorry but that criticism belongs to the Political Class that created those conditions, not the soldiers.

I support the Tire Iron correction for the reprehensible "elites" who have abused our military while playing upon our patriotism.

Posted by: Iris at November 11, 2021 11:12 AM (DibdT)

60 The story of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=119372

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 11, 2021 11:12 AM (kwfA1)

61 The XO lined them up and asked if anybody knew how to type. My dad was the only one who raised his hand.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at November 11, 2021 11:05 AM (bNf8H)

My BiL's father was on a Coast Guard cutter in the North Atlantic. his exec asked if anybody knew how to type, and he raised his (he had no idea how to type). He figured it would get him off ice-chipping duty in February in the North Atlantic, and he was right!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2021 11:08 AM

When I got to the 3rd ID repo depot in Germany in 75 they pulled me aside and said they looked at my record and saw that I took typing in HS. Sent me to a clerk school in Bremerhaven and got assigned to an Artillery Battery as a clerk. They later consolidated all of us into Battalion HQ S1.

I still had to keep up all of my Infantry quals because that was my MOS so I would catch a lift to Stuggart once a quarter and do the required stuff.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at November 11, 2021 11:12 AM (bVYXr)

62 Thank you dear veterans! Appreciate all you have done to serve our country, we are blessed because of your sacrifices.
Posted by: LizLem at November 11, 2021 11:09 AM (+mkOR)

True fact: Air Force are veterans, too.

Posted by: flounder at November 11, 2021 11:13 AM (SH2Zi)

63
Ask a Marine: The Marines are a department of the US Navy.

The MENS department.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

You ought to see a Marine cringe when a they have to take a shot (medication!) USN HM5.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 11, 2021 11:13 AM (huCvK)

64 Maybe a little less of your typical anger and a bit more simple civility. [CBD]

Posted by: Uncle Rick at November 11, 2021 11:13 AM (48/MM)

65 Uh, Diogenes, for my brothers, that would be "the big hand is on the 12 and the little hand is on the 6".

Posted by: Tonypete at November 11, 2021 11:07 AM (mD/uy)
***

I figure modern day Marines have seen a digital clock.
Analog is for after re-enlistment.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 11, 2021 11:13 AM (axyOa)

66 Everybody complains about crime but nobody does anything about it. Then came the NY Post . . .

New York Post
@nypost
How to survive being pushed on the NYC subway

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 11, 2021 11:14 AM (FVME7)

67 November 11th! 11/11/18, at 11:00 am. (I presume that was 11 Eastern Standard Time? Or was it according to GMT?)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 11:03 AM

Paris Time (UTC+1:00), although I can't find if DST was in effect/

Posted by: Chuck C at November 11, 2021 11:14 AM (EughT)

68 I still had to keep up all of my Infantry quals because that was my MOS so I would catch a lift to Stuggart once a quarter and do the required stuff.
Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at November 11, 2021 11:12 AM (bVYXr)

*waves hi in 1975*

Posted by: flounder at November 11, 2021 11:14 AM (SH2Zi)

69 You ought to see a Marine cringe when a they have to take a shot (medication!) USN HM5.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 11, 2021 11:13 AM (huCvK)

Nothing sadder than seeing Marines onboard the LPD that I was first on...their faces matched their uniforms!

Posted by: Boswell at November 11, 2021 11:14 AM (5iUNf)

70 {{{ SMH while awaiting His return}}}

Thank you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 11, 2021 11:15 AM (u82oZ)

71 For Canadian [and Commonwealth] readers: Holy shit. Justin only arrived at the Cenotaph at about three minutes to 11:00 and they were walking around and the like during the two minutes silence. The Governor-General is only arriving now. WTF? Did they not change the fucking clocks in fucking Ottawa last weekend? The Peace Tower clock showed 11:00 so it's not that.

I wonder if that asshole was in Toronto or the like and had to fly in; was fucking late; and they fucked up the Service timing because of that.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 11, 2021 11:15 AM (UHVv4)

72 And I will tell you this -- I wouldn't do it again. Not for this Country. Not for these people.

My father, a life long vet, has said the same.

He joined up to protect the America he knew, and retired to see it now as Province One of Clown World.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 11, 2021 11:15 AM (ESjRY)

73 >>I still had to keep up all of my Infantry quals because that was my MOS so I would catch a lift to Stuggart once a quarter and do the required stuff.

I was born in Stuttgart while my dad was stationed there.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 11, 2021 11:15 AM (ZLI7S)

74 13 While the gheys have had their "pride" and Halloween public events uninterrupted, no Memorial Day or Veterans day parades allowed again.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko gender fluid at November 11, 2021 11:04 AM (IHOHo)

At the rate the current Joint Chief of Staffs are going, there will be a floor show at some point in the future.

Posted by: Bete at November 11, 2021 11:15 AM (Ojki1)

75 Salty,

Thank you.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 11, 2021 11:15 AM (kwfA1)

76 I don't miss laying in the cold mud, but still miss the Cavalry, and it has been 28 years or so.
Posted by: Saxinis Kion

My Pop always wanted a berth and NO sleeping in the dirt so he enlisted in the Navy. After completing A school in Great Lakes as a Corpsman, was assigned to 1MARDIV aboard Camp Pendelton and was then trained as a FMF Corpsman.

He spent his entire enlistment with them, sleeping in Korean dirt.

"Needs of the Navy" is a thing.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 11, 2021 11:16 AM (mD/uy)

77 64

I would say a significant minority hate the military. But overall I think veterans are appreciate in this country. Remember, Twitter is not the real world.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Lessko Brandon at November 11, 2021 11:16 AM (joRsu)

78 Twenty years, ten months, 29 days. The check I receive each month and TRICARE is all the thanks I need. Happy Armistice Day to all Veterans!

Posted by: dc at November 11, 2021 11:16 AM (u0crE)

79 Ajax update: He's fine. One tooth fell out while they were looking at him and he had three others removed. Bloodwork came back great. Heart is stronk like bull!

I am damn thankful. He is such a good boy.

I am also kicking myself for not getting him to the vet sooner.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 11, 2021 11:16 AM (csEWM)

80 All the generations of my family I know of served, in Sweden and America. I'm the failure in the bunch. I salute my forebears, and thank them.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 11, 2021 11:16 AM (NBppC)

81 This past weekend, my doorbell rang. The person who rang the bell was a member of the local high school J-ROTC, fundraising for a group that spruces up veteran grave sites in the nearby military cemetery for Christmas. He was a nice kid. For the first time, I felt sympathy for someone setting his eyes on a military career and aspiring to attend a military academy.

That is now. Before, the warmaking plans and rationales of an elite class notwithstanding, there was honor. Depending on what those elites and their purged, corrupt and complicit military do in the future, Veterans Day may become complicated. Today, however, I do not think it is.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2021 11:17 AM (DU+/6)

82 I had a high draft number when I became eligible in 1971, and so missed that little party in Vietnam. Good thing, as I was probably chowder-headed enough that I'd have gotten killed in the jungle or caused some other soldiers to get killed. If it had looked like I would be drafted, I figured I'd sign up for the Navy. My idea was that they'd give me an IQ test, say, "Here's officer material!," and send me to OCS. My dream would have been to get into submarines, the closest thing we have today to starships.

Since I knew no one who'd been in the service or was at that point, I had no one to ask about the feasibility of my notions. Rumors abounded that the Air Force had the easiest boot camp, for instance. I have no idea if that was true then.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 11:17 AM (txdEq)

83 My grandfather served. Didnt go overseas though so I guess not a veteran technically? Not sure what the rules are.

Anyway happy Veterans and Remembrance Day to all who did.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Lessko Brandon at November 11, 2021 11:18 AM (joRsu)

84 All the generations of my family I know of served, in Sweden and America. I'm the failure in the bunch. I salute my forebears, and thank them.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 11, 2021 11:16 AM (NBppC)

My son is the only member of the family who served, not counting my late father-in-law who served in the Swedish navy. I believe his main job was to point the bad guys to Norway.

Posted by: grammie winger at November 11, 2021 11:19 AM (45fpk)

85 For Canadian [and Commonwealth] readers: Holy shit. Justin only arrived at the Cenotaph at about three minutes to 11:00 and they were walking around and the like during the two minutes silence. The Governor-General is only arriving now. WTF? Did they not change the fucking clocks in fucking Ottawa last weekend? The Peace Tower clock showed 11:00 so it's not that. ...
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 11, 2021 11:15 AM (UHVv4)
++++
It's contempt. Contempt is the defining characteristic of the ruling class throughout the West.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2021 11:19 AM (DU+/6)

86 Got a chance to watch what JJ posted in the sidebar ("Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger gives in telling his story about growing up as the son of a Nazi ), in its entirety. It is a must see.

Posted by: runner at November 11, 2021 11:19 AM (V13WU)

87 Posted by: Uncle Rick
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I understand your sentiment only too well.
For the longest time, I had similar sentiments, and to this day and especially this day, I have to battle against feelings of anger and bitterness in light of what this country has devolved into.

God bless you and I pray that you find some peace.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 11, 2021 11:19 AM (kwfA1)

88 flounder

That is true. My godfather's brother MOH citation: /wiki/Richard_Etchberger

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 11, 2021 11:19 AM (u82oZ)

89 67 November 11th! 11/11/18, at 11:00 am. (I presume that was 11 Eastern Standard Time? Or was it according to GMT?)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 11:03 AM

Paris Time (UTC+1:00), although I can't find if DST was in effect/
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I saw a documentary awhile ago that researched the last deaths of WW1. It was heartbreaking... some officers were ordering charges on enemy lines until the last minutes. In one account the germans were waving the allies back... trying to get them to stop.

Posted by: Haywood at November 11, 2021 11:20 AM (BQght)

90 My Grandfather was on the battlefield on Nov. 11, 1918.

Some men say that they heard the Voice of God that day, in the silence, when the shooting stopped.

He died well before I was born, a man I never knew.
So many, many brave men gave their last full measure for this country.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative.....nic at night at November 11, 2021 11:20 AM (vcOmj)

91 Well said.
Thanks to all the fellow vets, even you wingwipers and swabbies. And yes, it's not just the gun dogs. Even the company clerk is as vulnerable as the rest to incoming rounds.

Posted by: Bruce Fauth at November 11, 2021 11:20 AM (nPr19)

92 How do we feel about the google doodle for Veterans Day today? I think I get the concept they were attempting, but is horribly executed. Is like they heard the complaints that they never do pro America or patriotic doodles, and decided to poke the people making those complaints in the eyeballs.

You want a patriotic doodle, you say? Fine, we will do the ugliest doodle possible! Joke is on you!

You deserve better, vets. But is google, so.

Posted by: LizLem at November 11, 2021 11:21 AM (+mkOR)

93 November 11th! 11/11/18, at 11:00 am. (I presume that was 11 Eastern Standard Time? Or was it according to GMT?)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 11:03 AM

Paris Time (UTC+1:00), although I can't find if DST was in effect/
Posted by: Chuck C at November 11, 2021

***
So 5 am on the East Coast, 2 am in CA. There was no broadcast radio yet, so people in America would have had to read about it in their newspapers.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 11:21 AM (txdEq)

94 Our family has a history of service to the country that dates back to the Revolutionary War.

We span the branches and the service ranges from one and done to a career.

It's been an honor to have contributed my tiny part.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 11, 2021 11:21 AM (KATBx)

95 grammie winger

Thank you son, please.
⚓ Hand Salute. ⚓

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 11, 2021 11:21 AM (u82oZ)

96 Happy Veterans Day, Dad, We miss you.

Posted by: Joe Mama at November 11, 2021 11:22 AM (WmGrA)

97 Third generation and last of my family to serve.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 11, 2021 11:22 AM (u82oZ)

98 My grandfather served. Didnt go overseas though so I guess not a veteran technically? Not sure what the rules are.
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If he wore the uniform of the US Armed forces, he was a veteran, regardless of combat or deployment.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 11, 2021 11:22 AM (kwfA1)

99 Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 11, 2021 11:21 AM (u82oZ)

I shall do that, ND. Thank you

Posted by: grammie winger at November 11, 2021 11:23 AM (45fpk)

100 " How do we feel about the google doodle for Veterans Day today? I think I get the concept they were attempting, but is horribly executed."

The concept they were going for is that 15% of the population should have an advantage in every area because the color of their skin is the only thing that matters. From that perspective, they nailed it.

Posted by: squid_hunt at November 11, 2021 11:23 AM (B0mGw)

101 Also a thank you for the military spouses who supported the troops, had babies alone because their spouse was deployed, tried their best to be both mon and dad while parenting alone, moved every 3 years or so, etc. We never enlisted but we did serve.

Posted by: MammaB at November 11, 2021 11:23 AM (T46n5)

102 There was no broadcast radio yet, so people in America would have had to read about it in their newspapers.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021

***
I meant no regular commercial radio broadcasts of the kind that began in the Twenties.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 11:23 AM (txdEq)

103 We never enlisted but we did serve.

Posted by: MammaB at November 11, 2021 11:23 AM (T46n5)

Amen.

Posted by: grammie winger at November 11, 2021 11:24 AM (45fpk)

104 You want a patriotic doodle, you say? Fine, we will do the ugliest doodle possible! Joke is on you!

You deserve better, vets. But is google, so.

Posted by: LizLem at November 11, 2021 11:21 AM

Compare google to bing, night and day.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at November 11, 2021 11:24 AM (bVYXr)

105 >
Yes, thank you. Even the coasties.

Posted by: flounder at November 11, 2021 11:03 AM (SH2Zi)

LOL

Posted by: Muad'dib at November 11, 2021 11:25 AM (sjdRT)

106 My godfather's brother MOH citation: /wiki/Richard_Etchberger
Posted by: NaCly Dog

A hell of a Man Salty. Thank you for pointing him out.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 11, 2021 11:25 AM (mD/uy)

107 My fathers father was in the 3rd ID (Rock of the Marne) as a machine gunner in WWI.

He had issues ever after, or so I heard, I never met him.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 11, 2021 11:25 AM (u82oZ)

108 A few years ago the Google Doodle was all non white people dressed in military gear. Same thing, hey you racist Deplorables, you patriotic shit fine, we will give it to you but on our terms. Seeethe bitches seethe.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Lessko Brandon at November 11, 2021 11:25 AM (joRsu)

109 Why would you ever use Google to search for anything?

Posted by: Duck Duck Go at November 11, 2021 11:25 AM (jYQlA)

110 My father enlisted at age 17, during the Korean War. He had orders for Korea, but they were changed unexpectedly, and he spent the next three years in Germany.

Thank you for your service, Dad.

Posted by: Half Dozen at November 11, 2021 11:25 AM (dJs6r)

111 flounder

That is true. My godfather's brother MOH citation: /wiki/Richard_Etchberger
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 11, 2021 11:19 AM (u82oZ)

Just teasing the chair force. That is one hell of a man. RIP.

Posted by: flounder at November 11, 2021 11:26 AM (SH2Zi)

112 I still had to keep up all of my Infantry quals because that was my MOS so I would catch a lift to Stuggart once a quarter and do the required stuff.
Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at November 11, 2021 11:12 AM (bVYXr)

*waves hi in 1975*
Posted by: flounder at November 11, 2021 11:14 AM (SH2Zi)

Waves Hi from Herzo Base. I used to go to Stuttgart every month for the NRAS change-over. It even got me out of Graf for a couple of days.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 11, 2021 11:26 AM (axyOa)

113 Thank you to all veterans. I guess I should do something for dear old Dad today.

Posted by: PaleRider, cheerful clinger at November 11, 2021 11:27 AM (3cGpq)

114 Thank you CBD. Good rant as always.

Posted by: MikeM at November 11, 2021 11:27 AM (Dwe7n)

115 I've already thanked my meat space friends and family who are veterans.

Now I want to thank all you morons who served. I am so deeply indebted to you that I can never repay it.

Posted by: Muad'dib at November 11, 2021 11:27 AM (sjdRT)

116 Also a thank you for the military spouses who supported the troops, had babies alone because their spouse was deployed, tried their best to be both mon and dad while parenting alone, moved every 3 years or so, etc. We never enlisted but we did serve.

Posted by: MammaB at November 11, 2021 11:23 AM

My wife not only raised our son and did everything in the house all of the times I was deployed, she also managed to serve 20 years active duty and make Senior Chief in the Navy. That took guts and grit.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at November 11, 2021 11:27 AM (bVYXr)

117 My son had his golf clubs shipped to Iraq. I never said he was smart.

Posted by: grammie winger at November 11, 2021 11:27 AM (45fpk)

118 My uncle was on Guadalcanal, and he was troubled for the rest of his life.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2021 11:27 AM (Q9lwr)

119 Also a thank you for the military spouses who supported the troops, had babies alone because their spouse was deployed, tried their best to be both mon and dad while parenting alone, moved every 3 years or so, etc. We never enlisted but we did serve.
Posted by: MammaB at November 11, 2021 11:23 AM (T46n5)

Amen!

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 11, 2021 11:27 AM (Ez6QX)

120 Bing has an acceptable page today - "For Veterans Day today, we're featuring a moment captured back in 2016 of US sailors on the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima. It was Veterans Week in New York City, and the ship was sailing across the Hudson River on its way to participate in the events. Every year on November 11 we celebrate Veterans Day and honor all service members living or dead, including these sailors. There are currently around 19 million living veterans and 1.3 million active service members in the US."

Posted by: runner at November 11, 2021 11:28 AM (V13WU)

121 God bless our veterans. my Dad is a combat veteran of WW2, my Grandfather and his brothers fought in WW1. I have ancestors that fought in the Civil War and Revolutionary war. And because they fought, I didn't have to; because they fought, I have whatever freedoms we still have left. And it means I'll fight if I have to, even though I'm old and broken.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 11, 2021 11:28 AM (ynpvh)

122 To my Dad, and the other heroes of the Great Battle of Independence Ave (as my Mom called it) as they valiantly fought in the internecine Pentagon Wars in the post-Korea era.

Graduated Virginia Tech EE and ROTC, commissioned as an Army 2nd LT, finished up his Reserves time as a Captain. Army Signal Corps to NSA.

Some days he'd wear a civvy suit to work, other days (on duty) his uniform. Same job, same location, same boss. Army War College graduate. Received a Presidential Citation from The Great Communicator himself.

He often said he learned his best management stuff from watching Star Trek TOS. "Find me some new options!"

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at November 11, 2021 11:29 AM (4I/2K)

123 Also a thank you for the military spouses who supported the troops, had babies alone because their spouse was deployed, tried their best to be both mon and dad while parenting alone, moved every 3 years or so, etc. We never enlisted but we did serve.
Posted by: MammaB at November 11, 2021 11:23 AM (T46n5)

Amen.

Posted by: flounder at November 11, 2021 11:29 AM (SH2Zi)

124 >>> You want a patriotic doodle, you say? Fine, we will do the ugliest doodle possible! Joke is on you!

You deserve better, vets. But is google, so.
Posted by: LizLem at November 11, 2021 11:21 AM (+mkOR)

Bing is always better. They are exactly equivalent to google in being leftist wackjobs. But unlike google, they can manage to effect semblances of human emotion when required.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 11, 2021 11:29 AM (l4HL2)

125 My dad came this close (holds fingers a quarter inch apart) to buying it from a Japanese suicide boat while at anchor aboard his minesweeper at Okinawa.
The only WWII story he ever told any of us.

Posted by: Thankful son at November 11, 2021 11:29 AM (jYQlA)

126 Why would you ever use Google to search for anything?
Posted by: Duck Duck Go at November 11, 2021

***
Yep. There's DDG and Ixquick, and even Webcrawler and Dogpile are still around. What was the name of that early search engine with a fetching dog as its logo?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 11:29 AM (txdEq)

127 MammaB

True words. Even in peacetime.

My second 6 month Med deployment, 5 of 6 wives of the top officers in the ship were greater than 4 months pregnant when we cast off all lines and headed East.

The other wife got her husband's tubes tied on my first deployment, while off the coast of Lebanon. I was on the bridge, and told to be very careful to minimize ship's motion.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 11, 2021 11:29 AM (u82oZ)

128 Thank you for your service, Dad.

Posted by: Half Dozen at November 11, 2021 11:25 AM (dJs6r)

My father as well. He had orders out of basic training for Korea when the war ended, so they sent him to Germany...and then Paris instead.

Yeah...he was the first to admit that he was lucky and had a great time in the army!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2021 11:29 AM (Q9lwr)

129 124 >>> You want a patriotic doodle, you say? Fine, we will do the ugliest doodle possible! Joke is on you!

You deserve better, vets. But is google, so.
Posted by: LizLem at November 11, 2021 11:21 AM (+mkOR)

Bing is always better. They are exactly equivalent to google in being leftist wackjobs. But unlike google, they can manage to effect semblances of human emotion when required.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 11, 2021 11:29 AM (l4HL2)

Given Google's leftist proclivities, I'm surprised they didn't have a cartoon of veterinarians

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 11, 2021 11:31 AM (ynpvh)

130 Paris in the early 50s would have been a fun time for sure.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Lessko Brandon at November 11, 2021 11:31 AM (joRsu)

131 ADA Binger is now taking question suggestions directly from Jonah Goldberg.

https://tinyurl.com/27u28x6f

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 11, 2021 11:31 AM (NBppC)

132 How do we feel about the google doodle for Veterans Day today? I think I get the concept they were attempting, but is horribly executed. Is like they heard the complaints that they never do pro America or patriotic doodles, and decided to poke the people making those complaints in the eyeballs.

You want a patriotic doodle, you say? Fine, we will do the ugliest doodle possible! Joke is on you!

You deserve better, vets. But is google, so.
Posted by: LizLem at November 11, 2021 11:21 AM (+mkOR)

Is...is the Marine guy wearing a DRESS on his civilian half?

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 11, 2021 11:31 AM (Ez6QX)

133 Iran-backed militia just took over our Embassy in Yemen. Also took hostages. Joe Biden is not the third term of Obama, he's the second term of Jimmy Carter.

Posted by: Sharkman at November 11, 2021 11:31 AM (yntJj)

134 7 Silly. Who pissed in the troll's Froot Loops?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Scary Leprechaun with a cudgel at November 11, 2021 11:12 AM (xPJvm)

Maybe it's someone that lost a lot of friends in a war that the politicians had no intention of winning.

I know the bitterness.

Posted by: My name is Jose Jimanez at November 11, 2021 11:32 AM (Fs5vw)

135 Combat troops are but %10 or somewhere near that number of the total of the US Military.

Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 11, 2021 11:32 AM (QZKjU)

136 Google can certainly compete with Soviet's Ministry of Culture. And win.

Posted by: runner at November 11, 2021 11:32 AM (V13WU)

137 Who cares what Google posts, especially if you don't even use it?

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 11, 2021 11:32 AM (kwfA1)

138

Thank you my brothers and sisters; and to all, you are welcome. Although sometimes it didn't seem so right at the moment, it was a privilege to serve.

Both my grandfather's and my step-grandfather and all of my uncles served. My father, piss be on his name the piece of shit, did not. One of the kids I adopted attended the US Air Force academy and is serving honorably. I would love to have one of my step kids serve, both of his parents are veterans too, but I'm hard pressed to encourage enlistment into the current political leadership and military insanity. We've got a few years to see.

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at November 11, 2021 11:32 AM (HFAZx)

139 My wife not only raised our son and did everything in the house all of the times I was deployed, she also managed to serve 20 years active duty and make Senior Chief in the Navy. That took guts and grit.
Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at November 11, 2021 11:27 AM (bVYXr)

Damn, good for her! What was her rate, if you don't mind my asking?

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 11, 2021 11:33 AM (Ez6QX)

140 130 Paris in the early 50s would have been a fun time for sure.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Lessko Brandon at November 11, 2021 11:31 AM (joRsu)

Was that when they still liked Americans?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 11, 2021 11:33 AM (ynpvh)

141 Korea does seem to be the forgotten war. Never quite understood why. You have a gazillion books, movies, tv shows about Ww2 and Vietnam. Korea? An afterthought. Was it because it was so close to ww2 that people were tired of war and wanted to not pay attention?

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Lessko Brandon at November 11, 2021 11:33 AM (joRsu)

142 Y'all who served are the best of us. Thank you!

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at November 11, 2021 11:33 AM (4I/2K)

143 Maybe it's someone that lost a lot of friends in a war that the politicians had no intention of winning.

I know the bitterness.
Posted by: My name is Jose Jimanez
___

Yep.

And it doesn't go away.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 11, 2021 11:33 AM (kwfA1)

144 My godfather's brother MOH citation: /wiki/Richard_Etchberger
Posted by: NaCly Dog

A hell of a Man Salty. Thank you for pointing him out.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 11, 2021 11:25 AM (mD/uy)
***
Indeed. Thanks for sharing.
Hell of a guy.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 11, 2021 11:33 AM (axyOa)

145 Hey Founder - USCG vet here.

Posted by: Cheri at November 11, 2021 11:33 AM (FGQ5G)

146 Widespread Pepe

In my truck

Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 11, 2021 11:34 AM (QZKjU)

147 What was the name of that early search engine with a fetching dog as its logo?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Ask Jeeves?

Posted by: Tonypete at November 11, 2021 11:34 AM (mD/uy)

148 Greetings:

I'm still serving my deportation to the San Francisco Bay Area and, out this way, the local Progressive (n�e Public) Broadcasting System stations don't seem to be interested in much related programming.

Best wishes to America's veterans.

Posted by: 11B40 at November 11, 2021 11:34 AM (uuklp)

149 Korea does seem to be the forgotten war. Never quite understood why. You have a gazillion books, movies, tv shows about Ww2 and Vietnam. Korea? An afterthought. Was it because it was so close to ww2 that people were tired of war and wanted to not pay attention?

Well, there's M.A.S.H.

Posted by: Alan Awful Alda at November 11, 2021 11:34 AM (jYQlA)

150 The real question is where are y'all Vets eating today?
My dad is eating at the Waffle House.
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at November 11, 2021 11:32 AM (fCU0N)

Not sure. My boss (1st Cav) is taking another guy (82nd AB) and me (72nd FA Brigade) to lunch. We have a ton of restaurants nearby.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Scary Leprechaun with a cudgel at November 11, 2021 11:34 AM (xPJvm)

151 Paris in the early 50s would have been a fun time for sure.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Lessko Brandon at November 11, 2021

***
A lot of places would have been fun in 1951 -- in the Western world, that is. New York, Detroit, Santa Fe, Denver. Britain had shortages still from the war, but I'm told it was less expensive to live in than the U.S. Maybe even Australia and NZ.

Not the Deep South. No widespread air conditioning yet.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 11:34 AM (txdEq)

152 148 What was the name of that early search engine with a fetching dog as its logo?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Ask Jeeves?

Posted by: Tonypete at November 11, 2021 11:34 AM (mD/uy)

Nancy Pelosi's a bitch. Oh, you were talking about search engines...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 11, 2021 11:35 AM (ynpvh)

153 The real question is where are y'all Vets eating today?
___

At home.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 11, 2021 11:35 AM (kwfA1)

154 141
They still do. I lived there for a while and the stereotypes about American hatred are waaaay blown out of proportion. They hate tourists, but all tourists not just Americans.

I got a lot of drinks bought for me on July 4th and Thanksgiving. And funny enough Black Friday is a big deal there, same stupid sales as here. They love us man!!

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Lessko Brandon at November 11, 2021 11:35 AM (joRsu)

155 Test

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 11, 2021 11:35 AM (ekXJa)

156 What was the name of that early search engine with a fetching dog as its logo?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Ask Jeeves?
Posted by: Tonypete at November 11, 2021

***
I remember that one, but no, this one had a big black retriever dog as its mascot/logo.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 11:36 AM (txdEq)

157 My father still is the man I admire over all other men.

His USN service stations are known, but he was so deep in Spookland his actions are still classified.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 11, 2021 11:36 AM (u82oZ)

158 So, no, if you fight without a declaration of war, without the objective of winning, you're a fool and deserve no respect.

Posted by: Tired of this Shit at November 11, 2021 11:07 AM (EKqnJ)

Are we talking Vietnam? Because I would have loved a declaration of war, in order to hang traitors like Jane Fonda. And the objective was to win, until it was clear that Nixon wanted to end the war, at which time the filthy Democrat party wholeheartedly sucked off Ho Chih Minh and spit on our soldiers.

Fuck you.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 11, 2021 11:36 AM (2JVJo)

159 Korea does seem to be the forgotten war. Never quite understood why. You have a gazillion books, movies, tv shows about Ww2 and Vietnam. Korea? An afterthought. Was it because it was so close to ww2 that people were tired of war and wanted to not pay attention?
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Lessko Brandon at November 11, 2021 11:33 AM (joRsu)
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I think it is four-fold:
1. It was close to WWII but nowhere near as big.
2. It was a relatively short war, as compared to Vietnam or Iraq/Afghanistan
3. It's duration and scale and timing means that most people don't have a relative who served in Korea, and it is not always in mind unlike a total mobilization like WWII or a long-running conflict like Vietnam
4. We were fighting communists but we didn't completely lose, which is an unacceptable thing to acknowledge in Hollywood, much less commemorate (though MASH was indeed set in Korea).

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2021 11:36 AM (DU+/6)

160 ADA Binger is now taking question suggestions directly from Jonah Goldberg.

https://tinyurl.com/27u28x6f
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 11, 2021 11:31 AM (NBppC)

Funny

Posted by: Boswell at November 11, 2021 11:36 AM (5iUNf)

161 I remember that one, but no, this one had a big black retriever dog as its mascot/logo.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 11:36 AM (txdEq)
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Lycos, I think.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2021 11:36 AM (DU+/6)

162 I remember that one, but no, this one had a big black retriever dog as its mascot/logo.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 11:36 AM (txdEq)

Lycos?

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 11, 2021 11:37 AM (Ez6QX)

163 The real question is where are y'all Vets eating today?
___

At home.
Posted by: SMH

SMH, should you and Ex-Ex ever find your way down here, stop in please. R and I would love to host you folks.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 11, 2021 11:37 AM (mD/uy)

164 Beautiful Veterans Day post, SMH, thank you for the story of the tomb of the unknown soldier. To all who are serving now or have served in the past I thank you from the bottom of my heart. To those families who have a gaping hole due to the sacrifice of one of your sons or daughters I hope you know that they will always be honored and never forgotten.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 11, 2021 11:37 AM (a4EWo)

165 Was it because it was so close to ww2 that people were tired of war and wanted to not pay attention?
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Lessko Brandon at November 11, 2021 11:33 AM (joRsu)

It was a war against communism, so it had to diminished as a dirty, bad thing by the lefties in the media/press/hollyweird/government.

See Vietnam a decade later.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 11, 2021 11:37 AM (R/m4+)

166 The real question is where are y'all Vets eating today?
My dad is eating at the Waffle House.
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at November 11, 2021 11:32 AM (fCU0N)

At home...Mrs D made stroganoff last night. Yummy leftovers. But...whiskey for dessert!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 11, 2021 11:37 AM (axyOa)

167 What was the name of that early search engine with a fetching dog as its logo?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

***
I had to look it up. Lycos! The Greek for "wolf," I think. There was also Alta Vista and Excite.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 11:38 AM (txdEq)

168 ADA Binger is now taking question suggestions directly from Jonah Goldberg.

https://tinyurl.com/27u28x6f
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 11, 2021 11:31 AM (NBppC)
++++
That's insane. This guy is a lawyer and has enough of a reputation inside the prosecutor's office to be given the case of the decade and *that* is the best he can come up with?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2021 11:38 AM (DU+/6)

169 I thought the thing with MASH was it is set in Korea but it was really about Vietnam.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Lessko Brandon at November 11, 2021 11:38 AM (joRsu)

170 In a just world, Hanoi Jane would have been tied to a post and shot with that anti-aircraft gun.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 11, 2021 11:38 AM (ekXJa)

171 https://www.lycos.com/

Posted by: Hey, I'm right here at November 11, 2021 11:38 AM (jYQlA)

172 SMH, should you and Ex-Ex ever find your way down here, stop in, please. R and I would love to host you folks.
Posted by: Tonypete
___

Thank you for the kind offer.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 11, 2021 11:38 AM (kwfA1)

173 Have a great day, everyone.

I will be wearing one of my service ballcaps, from my first ship.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 11, 2021 11:39 AM (u82oZ)

174 Happy Veteran's Day, y'all! My humble thanks to all those who served.

Off to blow leaves around in the yard.

Posted by: Weasel at November 11, 2021 11:39 AM (0IeYL)

175 What was the name of that early search engine with a fetching dog as its logo?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

***
I had to look it up. Lycos! The Greek for "wolf," I think. There was also Alta Vista and Excite.

Don't forget the original search engine, Gopher.

Posted by: johnd01 at November 11, 2021 11:39 AM (uVQvU)

176 I had to look it up. Lycos! The Greek for "wolf," I think. There was also Alta Vista and Excite.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 11:38 AM (txdEq)
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AltaVista was owned by Digital Equipment Corporation, and I never quit using the original URL of "altavista.digital.com" and eventually someone told me that I could drop the ".digital" from it. I never knew.

Excite was stand-alone, I think. Eventually most of them got eaten by Yahoo, until Google came along with its wildly better results and rapidly dominated the market. Now, of course, you can't use Google to get good results.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2021 11:40 AM (DU+/6)

177 Mr. Ritenhouse is a hot dog a sandwich?

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Lessko Brandon at November 11, 2021 11:40 AM (joRsu)

178 Great news, everybody!

"The spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 variant A.30 is heavily mutated and evades vaccine-induced antibodies with high efficiency"

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/
PMC8543421/

Quick, make it mutate more by giving kids non-sterilizing "vaccines" during a hot pandemic! That's bound to work!

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Pfizer added a heart attack stabilizer to the kids injection, p14 at November 11, 2021 11:40 AM (CM8Oa)

179 There were also apparently "Archie," "Veronica," and "Jughead" search engines in the early early days of the Web, around 1993.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 11:40 AM (txdEq)

180 Happy Veteran's Day, y'all! My humble thanks to all those who served.

Off to blow leaves around in the yard.
Posted by: Weasel at November 11, 2021 11:39 AM (0IeYL)

Shakes angry fist!

Posted by: Weasel's neighbor at November 11, 2021 11:40 AM (axyOa)

181 Dogpile dot com ?

Posted by: Wpiccinini at November 11, 2021 11:40 AM (Yey97)

182 Bing is always better. They are exactly equivalent to google in being leftist wackjobs. But unlike google, they can manage to effect semblances of human emotion when required.
Posted by: banana Dream

Bing today at least honors vets.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2021 11:40 AM (YQdCi)

183 What would the Internet look like today if Ask Jeeves has won the search engine wars?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, the hero Gotham deserves at November 11, 2021 11:41 AM (LvTSG)

184 Hey Founder - USCG vet here.
Posted by: Cheri at November 11, 2021 11:33 AM (FGQ5G)

Thank you for your service and sacrifices.

Posted by: flounder at November 11, 2021 11:41 AM (SH2Zi)

185 My Grandfather was on the battlefield on Nov. 11, 1918.

This may have been linked on an ONT once - the sound of the last guns firing on November 11. Stick to the end to hear the first sound coming out of the silence:

https://tinyurl.com/pau59hb9

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 11, 2021 11:41 AM (2JVJo)

186 The real question is where are y'all Vets eating today?
My dad is eating at the Waffle House.

**

This is a good running thread idea btw.

I know Zaxbys is giving free sandwiches to vets.
Applebees has a promotion too IIRC.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Pfizer added a heart attack stabilizer to the kids injection, p14 at November 11, 2021 11:41 AM (CM8Oa)

187 "The spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 variant A.30 is heavily mutated and evades vaccine-induced antibodies with high efficiency"

Then what's the use of the vaccine?

Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2021 11:41 AM (YQdCi)

188 183

Porn and spam would still constitute 98.2% of all things online.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Lessko Brandon at November 11, 2021 11:41 AM (joRsu)

189 Don't forget the original search engine, Gopher.
Posted by: johnd01 at November 11, 2021 11:39 AM (uVQvU)
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Sort of. Gopher is its own protocol designed for document storage, identification and retrieval. It had built-in search and was often quite effective. Gopher, although it ran on the IP protocol and used the internet, was not the World Wide Web. The Web displaced it, and its search went away with it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2021 11:42 AM (DU+/6)

190
Shakes angry fist!
Posted by: Weasel's neighbor at November 11, 2021 11:40 AM (axyOa)
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If it were up to me, I'd leave the leaves on the ground in order to save the planet.

Posted by: Weasel at November 11, 2021 11:42 AM (0IeYL)

191 Don't forget the original search engine, Gopher.
Posted by: johnd01 at November 11, 2021

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I think I used it once to search out a mailing list on a topic that interested me. Ca. 1993, I think. Veronica and Jughead searched Gopher listings.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 11:42 AM (txdEq)

192 Then what's the use of the vaccine?

*

To indicate who can be trusted.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Pfizer added a heart attack stabilizer to the kids injection, p14 at November 11, 2021 11:42 AM (CM8Oa)

193 188 183

Porn and spam would still constitute 98.2% of all things online.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Lessko Brandon at November 11, 2021 11:41 AM (joRsu)

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So, no difference.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, the hero Gotham deserves at November 11, 2021 11:42 AM (LvTSG)

194 I signed up out of boredom, and some historical fascination with the Army. I enjoyed most of my 12 years (all reserve) service, esp my time in the MA NG while in law school.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 11, 2021 11:42 AM (KAi1n)

195 Video of shithead in Ottawa.

https://twitter.com/AlexpiersonAMP/status/
1458832894961541121

https://tinyurl.com/zuf4wmn9

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 11, 2021 11:42 AM (UHVv4)

196 Paris I think should be on Greenwich Mean tome

Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 11, 2021 11:43 AM (QZKjU)

197 Not too concerned with googles picture.
A bit annoyed by the fat cook. All my cooks in my career were not fat. And a couple were damned fine, award winning chefs. And three had Bronze Stars with V devices.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 11, 2021 11:43 AM (axyOa)

198 I meant no regular commercial radio broadcasts of the kind that began in the Twenties.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 11:23 AM (txdEq)

And other than a few hobbyists, no radio receivers.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 11, 2021 11:43 AM (P3gRi)

199 This is a good running thread idea btw.

I know Zaxbys is giving free sandwiches to vets.
Applebees has a promotion too IIRC.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Pfizer added a heart attack stabilizer to the kids injection, p14 at November 11, 2021 11:41 AM (CM8Oa)

Texas Roadhouse is handing out dinner vouchers from 11:00am-2:00pm, which you can then bring back and use when they open for dinner. Which I thought was weird.

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 11, 2021 11:44 AM (Ez6QX)

200 >>>The real question is where are y'all Vets eating today?

I'll shuffle down down to the galley and pick out the least inedible thing and wolf it down before work, as is tradition.

Posted by: flounder at November 11, 2021 11:45 AM (SH2Zi)

201 How wonderful. Twitter has #KyleRittenhouseIsGuilty trending now. And of course they're going after the judge now too.

Tom Elliott at_tomselliott

Elie Mystal (at_ElieNYC) predicts Rittenhouse will walk in part because the "biased, racist judge," who has a "Trump rally cellphone" ring.

"What I know is the law, and I what I know is what white people are willing to do to defend white supremacy."

Activist at_BreeNewsome: Rittenhouse judge follows "a history of judges who are sympathtic to white supremacists"

11:37 AM - Nov 11, 2021 - https://bit.ly/3ohM3i9

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 11, 2021 11:45 AM (Do5/p)

202 I will not knock the Coasties.
One of our DEs was down when we deployed out of Alameda. A Coast Guard 'ship' took it's place escorting us to Hawaii. You could hear those turbines day and night for 4 days (a really loud whine).
They were refueled/resupplied while we were enroute.
I looked up at them and down at them from the flight deck.
So my dixie cup comes off for them Coasties!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 11, 2021 11:45 AM (huCvK)

203 If JJ's around, my review of The End of America is up at Amazon.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 11, 2021 11:46 AM (2JVJo)

204 Wanna thank this veteran?
Enlist.
Too old?
Get a young relative.

Don't "thank you for your service" me
if you dodged the draft

Posted by: Oh look. Squirrel at November 11, 2021 11:46 AM (64PZ4)

205 Everyone busts on the Coasties, but they see more real world action, as in "not a drill", than most of the other services.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2021 11:46 AM (UuD2k)

206 My best friend, best man at my wedding, is giving a eulogy today for a man we will call Sid.

Sid passed away a few weeks ago but they delayed his service until today because of his profound military service.

Sid was a small Jewish guy who volunteered in world war II after Pearl Harbor. Through merit he worked his way up to a mid-level NCO in a frontline infantry unit that was used for hard jobs. He did Italy, he did D-Day, he went all the way to a concentration camp liberation, he was offered a commission and post-war career slot. He went home and married his high school sweetheart instead, and became an extraordinarily successful businessman. He excelled his entire life and was healthy and competent until he quietly and peacefully passed away.

His eulogy is given today by his stepson, to whom Sid was a lifelong inspiration. His stepson was Ranger Battalion (first wave Panama jump) crossed over to SOF and then mavericked into an officer position and retired out as a Major with 32 years in.

I had the privilege of editing Sid's eulogy for my friend. If you lift a glass today think about the Sids that have protected our country and raised our parents, our siblings, us...

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at November 11, 2021 11:46 AM (HFAZx)

207 Video of shithead in Ottawa. ...
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 11, 2021 11:42 AM (UHVv4)
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What an embarrassment. It's not like Canada doesn't have a long history of heroic and effective combat. Just because it has often been a subordinate power (to Britain or to the US) doesn't mean they don't fight like motherfuckers when they've needed to.

Hell, they even had one of the better WWII mascots for the home front. We had Rosie the Riveter, but you had the far superior Ronnie the Bren-Gun Girl:
https://is.gd/7eZpdP

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2021 11:48 AM (DU+/6)

208 I had the privilege of editing Sid's eulogy for my friend. If you lift a glass today think about the Sids that have protected our country and raised our parents, our siblings, us...
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at November 11, 2021 11:46 AM (HFAZx)

What an amazing, inspirational life. G-d bless him.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 11, 2021 11:49 AM (mMrkq)

209 I feel for newer servicemen and women like I feel for new police recruits. Both have become horrible professions, run more by work "leaders" than people who know what they are doing.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 11, 2021 11:49 AM (XSRBF)

210 As i was reading i thought .....tater was gonna actually fight the shark, not an eating contest, .....mortal combat style.

Posted by: O ' bama s FAILED 3rd term at November 11, 2021 11:49 AM (BEocA)

211 "Twitter has #KyleRittenhouseIsGuilty trending now. And of course they're going after the judge now too."
They're trying to get the rights started again to distract from Fuck Joe Biden.

Posted by: squid_hunt at November 11, 2021 11:49 AM (B0mGw)

212 Since enough can not be said:

Thank you.

Posted by: mikeski at November 11, 2021 11:49 AM (d45SM)

213 *woke, not work. Sorry.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 11, 2021 11:49 AM (XSRBF)

214 I had the privilege of editing Sid's eulogy for my friend. If you lift a glass today think about the Sids that have protected our country and raised our parents, our siblings, us...
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at November 11, 2021 11:46 AM (HFAZx)
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Good on you.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2021 11:49 AM (DU+/6)

215 The Air Force rejected me, but I tried. They said it was because I had no managerial experience.

Posted by: Emmie at November 11, 2021 11:50 AM (6RgRK)

216 Getting dusty in here.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at November 11, 2021 11:50 AM (4I/2K)

217 "The Air Force rejected me, but I tried. They said it was because I had no managerial experience."

Suck at golf, huh?

Posted by: squid_hunt at November 11, 2021 11:50 AM (B0mGw)

218 Not sure how many but some landing craft and off shore ships on D-day and other invasion were Coast Guard personal. And convoy protection were as well.

Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 11, 2021 11:50 AM (QZKjU)

219 Also, as I say every year this time: it doesn't matter how you served. I mean what job or location. That supply jockey back home making sure stuff gets to the pointy end of the spear, or the one doing the paperwork, all of you are part of the team. Everyone.

And so are their families. Without that support and love and the sacrifices they made, none of this works.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021 11:50 AM (KZzsI)

220 Thanks CBD and all, on behalf of a bunch of guys.

Posted by: Javems at November 11, 2021 11:51 AM (RuNXU)

221 Everyone busts on the Coasties, but they see more real world action, as in "not a drill", than most of the other services.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2021 11:46 AM (UuD2k)

It is good natured.

Posted by: flounder at November 11, 2021 11:51 AM (SH2Zi)

222 64 Maybe a little less of your typical anger and a bit more simple civility. [CBD]

Thank You For Your Service, Dildo.

Ace, you need to lose this guy.

Soon.

What a cheap-shot bitch

Posted by: Uncle Rick at November 11, 2021 11:52 AM (48/MM)

223 I have my maternal grandfather's enlistment (1943) and discharge papers (1944). He was a jewish immigrant in the 20's. By '44 the Army didn't need a short (5'3") 30-something with flat feet, a wife, and a kid. That's being proud of your adopted country.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 11, 2021 11:52 AM (KAi1n)

224 Suck at golf, huh?
Posted by: squid_hunt at November 11, 2021 11:50 AM (B0mGw

Heh.

My dad was Army and encouraged my brother to serve in the Air Force. My brother took his advice.

Posted by: Emmie at November 11, 2021 11:52 AM (6RgRK)

225 That supply jockey back home making sure stuff gets to the pointy end of the spear, or the one doing the paperwork, all of you are part of the team. Everyone.

I'd thank them, but apparently I'm too stupid to understand how supply chains work.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 11, 2021 11:52 AM (2JVJo)

226 Not sure how many but some landing craft and off shore ships on D-day and other invasion were Coast Guard personal. And convoy protection were as well.

Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 11, 2021 11:50 AM (QZKjU)

USCG Douglas Munro MOH winner WW2 Cle Elum, WA.

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at November 11, 2021 11:53 AM (CjHGv)

227 I signed up out of boredom, and some historical fascination with the Army.

I needed a place to crash out of high school - and the GI Bill money at the time was just enough to pair with an academic scholarship I had to a less than stellar college to pay the bills. So I threw away the acceptance letters to Purdue and UofL - and the invitations to apply to places like Carnegie Mellon and MIT - and went split option. You could do shit like that, back in the day.

Never went to war. Went to a few damn good fist fights though. Won a couple. I pass on all the vet discounts and promos and such. I got what I needed out of the deal already.

Posted by: Not a Dime to Spare at November 11, 2021 11:53 AM (touVE)

228 -
The Air Force rejected me, but I tried. They said it was because I had no managerial experience.

Posted by: Emmie at November 11, 2021 11:50 AM -
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Same here, they said my hearing sucked. They weren't wrong.

Posted by: irright at November 11, 2021 11:53 AM (8rX4S)

229 My dad was Army and encouraged my brother to serve in the Air Force. My brother took his advice.
Posted by: Emmie at November 11, 2021 11:52 AM (6RgRK)

Kadena AFB in Okinawa had the 2nd best O'Club I was ever in...first being the Cubi Point O'Club, of course.

Those Airdales knew how to build a club...

Posted by: Boswell at November 11, 2021 11:55 AM (5iUNf)

230 The Air Force rejected me, but I tried. They said it was because I had no managerial experience.

Posted by: Emmie at November 11, 2021 11:50 AM -
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Same here, they said my hearing sucked. They weren't wrong.

Posted by: irright at November 11, 2021 11:53 AM (8rX4S)

My good friend who got me into the Marines, ended up washing out at MEPS because of a fractured vertabrae.

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at November 11, 2021 11:55 AM (CjHGv)

231 I spent two years in the Army heroically typing status reports. People slept safely because I was behind that typewriter.

Where's my medal?

Posted by: jwest at November 11, 2021 11:55 AM (/BlEx)

232 My dad was Air Force, he worked as a medic. The story he told of a dog that ran off with a body part after a nasty plane crash in Denver was both funny and tragic and awful at the same time, just what boys need to and love to hear.

He signed up just about the time of the end of the Korean war, so he didn't see any combat action, but wading through shin-deep avation fuel and slush from the snow to pick up body parts is none too cushy.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021 11:55 AM (KZzsI)

233 I'd thank them, but apparently I'm too stupid to understand how supply chains work.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 11, 2021 11:52 AM (2JVJo)

We can explain it to ya. C'mere!

Posted by: Sgts Crapgame and Bilko at November 11, 2021 11:55 AM (4I/2K)

234 I'm currently listening to Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors. Seems appropriate for today.

Posted by: junior at November 11, 2021 11:56 AM (d1+Dj)

235 >>>USCG Douglas Munro MOH winner WW2 Cle Elum, WA.

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death

Just read about his MOH. Wow, a true American hero.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 11, 2021 11:56 AM (XSRBF)

236 Great-great-grandfather Poppins served on the Union side during the Recent Unpleasantness. I'm not much of a geneaologist, so don't know what company or what battles he saw. I've been to Gettysburg a few times (hoping to get back this coming summer); it would be nice to know he was there and to walk in his footsteps.

Great-grandfather Poppins was in the Navy during the Spanish-American war. I have his "service book" somewhere. I also have a picture of him when he was on leave in China; a big burly sailor with a handlebar mustache dressed up as a mandarin, wearing a skullcap with a long coolie pigtail attached to it.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 11, 2021 11:56 AM (2JVJo)

237 I never do the free meals. Crowds are too big, not worth the hassle.

I've seen people wait in line 45 min for a free coffee.

Uh ok.

Posted by: I mean at November 11, 2021 11:56 AM (KgzRF)

238 NaCly Dog, Thank you for sharing the story of your godfather and your Dad, and thank you for your service. It was such a pleasure to meet you in Texas.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 11, 2021 11:56 AM (a4EWo)

239 I think the ratio (at least during the Vietnam War) was about 4 guys in the rear to support 1 guy on the line.

This included the Air Force who's bases were in Thailand mostly.

I know we performed SAR (Sea, Air Rescue) for the flights into N. Vietnam. Our ship had 300 guys supporting about 50 - 150 planes. And there were more than one ship acting as SAR.

Then there were the Medevac Helos which were a combination of rear support and front line.

Plus a lot of guys who couldn't manage combat were put into places where a warm body was needed while another went into combat. Many women serving supplied personnel for supply and clerical in all wars. They too deserve our gratitude, prayers and honor.

Posted by: jakee308 at November 11, 2021 11:56 AM (aH4R4)

240 Bing is always better. They are exactly equivalent to google in being leftist wackjobs.

I find its a push, they both provide good results in different areas, but I prefer to use neither if I can avoid it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021 11:57 AM (KZzsI)

241 >>>I'm currently listening to Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors. Seems appropriate for today.

Posted by: junior

One of my favorite books. Military Channel has a documentary about it with those who lived it.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 11, 2021 11:57 AM (XSRBF)

242 My dad was in the Army Air Force during WWII, as I understand it he served as an undercover informant in a munitions plant looking for possible sabotage. He never talked much about it to any of us. He was called back to service during Korea. He was the back seat radar operator in an F94. He was under orders to Korea, when President Truman released from duty any one with 3 dependents.

My uncle Joe was in a tank in Pattons division during WWII. His brother was pinned down at Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. My uncle volunteered to be in the first of the tanks into the battle, and he was in that first tank. The Sherman tanks he was in were nicknamed "Ronsons" after a popular brand of cigarette lighter who's motto was "Lights at the first strike", since the tanks usually caught fire the first time they were hit by enemy shells.

I spent two tours in Vietnam, it was probably the easiest assignment in the war, as I spent most of it living in Saigon. I had an air conditioned Hotel room downtown. I had exactly one combat patrol during that time, but there was no action. Other than guard duty, that was it. Mostly I counted boxes. (Army).

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at November 11, 2021 11:58 AM (+yMcb)

243 Somehow my grandfather missed service in WWI, he'd have been around the right age, but we have no record of him being drafted or serving either in Denmark or the USA. I wish I had asked more questions when he was alive. Even in his 90s his accent was pretty thick and it was hard to always understand him.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021 11:59 AM (KZzsI)

244 Where's my medal?
Posted by: jwest at November 11, 2021 11:55 AM (/BlEx)

If it were up your azz you'd know.

Posted by: jakee308 at November 11, 2021 11:59 AM (aH4R4)

245 Why is the defense screwing around with the "use of force" expert when they already have this sucker won? Sometimes you have to know when to stop and accept victory.

Posted by: jwest at November 11, 2021 11:59 AM (/BlEx)

246
a nasty plane crash in Denver

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The John Graham bombing?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 11, 2021 11:59 AM (/KPLX)

247 239 I think the ratio (at least during the Vietnam War) was about 4 guys in the rear to support 1 guy on the line.Posted by: jakee308 at November 11, 2021 11:56 AM (aH4R4)

Little known fact, 65% of those who served in Vietnam were volunteers, 35% were draftees.

Posted by: Javems at November 11, 2021 12:00 PM (RuNXU)

248 And now it's time for work. Ugh. I'm not going to visit any of the Rittenhouse threads. That poor kid is doomed no matter what.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 11, 2021 12:00 PM (2JVJo)

249 Sometimes you have to know when to stop and accept victory.

Probably worried that some of the Prosecution's table-pounding sunk in with some of the duller jurors and wants to make sure. But yeah, longer trials annoy jurors and they may harbor a grudge against the guy who was last up making it longer.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021 12:01 PM (KZzsI)

250 Today gets ignored at work, but HR will give us a day for "juneteenth" and free PTO to anyone who wants to go participate in lefty riots.

Posted by: somedood - skull mountain sherpa at November 11, 2021 12:02 PM (P2+0L)

251 Why is the defense screwing around with the "use of force" expert when they already have this sucker won? Sometimes you have to know when to stop and accept victory.
Posted by: jwest at November 11, 2021 11:59 AM (/BlEx)

The lawyer panel is blasting them for being boring and not presenting a narrative. I have to agree. Richards needs to have the expert present the whole sequence of events as one continuous video. It would take about 3 1/2 minutes. Run through that fast. Talk about how quick everything happens. Then do quick breakdowns of key evens and how things happened in sub-second time frames.

Posted by: WiNO at November 11, 2021 12:03 PM (EpDzw)

252 248 And now it's time for work. Ugh. I'm not going to visit any of the Rittenhouse threads. That poor kid is doomed no matter what.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 11, 2021 12:00 PM (2JVJo)

When Trump is back in office, he'll give Rittenhouse the Presidential Medal of Freedom for being an example of how concerned citizens should act when society breaks down into lawlessness. Liberal heads will explode.

Posted by: jwest at November 11, 2021 12:04 PM (/BlEx)

253 Today gets ignored at work, but HR will give us a day for "juneteenth" and free PTO to anyone who wants to go participate in lefty riots.

Take their money - go drink at your favorite bar - and buy a cheap ass BLM tee somewhere to cover your ass with HR when you show up the next day hung over.

#Winning

Posted by: Not a Dime to Spare at November 11, 2021 12:04 PM (touVE)

254 Per freebeacon: Yemeni militants entered the US embassy compound and made off with materials. This follows the taking of hostages several days ago when they seized Yemenis who worked with US personnel.

Posted by: PabloD at November 11, 2021 12:04 PM (YzElk)

255 Antiques Road Show, vet brings in his Rolex watch he saved up to buy for $345 to go diving with.

The appraiser claims its worth $700,000 now.

https://youtu.be/b9Y4bmbh1KY

For that matter, the blank warantee of the watch he says is worth up to 2k to bad guys who want to forge watch provenance.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021 12:05 PM (KZzsI)

256 Combat troops are but %10 or somewhere near that number of the total of the US Military.
Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 11, 2021 11:32 AM (QZKjU)

Yeah, the usaf typical tac base, presumably sac as well, had about 25 or 30 support for every pilot. My estimate based on personal recollection. And there are several commands that support the strategic and tactical air commands, so ring up another big number of support personnel. The names of commands have changed but not the mission. Call it fifty airmen behind the point of every sword. But those can be some hellacious swords. And some crazy fks flying them. Look up the wild weasel mission.

Posted by: Oh look. Squirrel at November 11, 2021 12:05 PM (64PZ4)

257 I had an uncle who volunteered for the Army during the Vietnam era and he ended up in Germany at a missile base. He told me something a long time ago once before he passed that always stuck with me because you don't think about the rest of the world at the time, but apparently he was right on the border and there were constant "show of force" exercises and no one was ever really sure if WWIII was about to start or if it was just fun and games to make the Americans get worked up.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Pfizer added a heart attack stabilizer to the kids injection, p14 at November 11, 2021 12:06 PM (CM8Oa)

258 "Take their money - go drink at your favorite bar - and buy a cheap ass BLM tee somewhere to cover your ass with HR when you show up the next day hung over.

#Winning
Posted by: Not a Dime to Spare at November 11, 2021 12:04 PM (touVE)"

They would shit themselves if they knew what we spent their money on. My kids will not be unarmed peasants.

Posted by: somedood - skull mountain sherpa at November 11, 2021 12:08 PM (P2+0L)

259 My dad was in the army and stationed in Germany when JFK was shot. They were put on alert, so he grabbed his crew and hauled ass in a mechanized gun down to a spot near the (Czech?) border. After a few days of staring through binoculars, the alert was canceled and they went back to base.

Posted by: PabloD at November 11, 2021 12:11 PM (YzElk)

260 Also, as I say every year this time: it doesn't matter how you served. I mean what job or location. That supply jockey back home making sure stuff gets to the pointy end of the spear, or the one doing the paperwork, all of you are part of the team. Everyone.

And so are their families. Without that support and love and the sacrifices they made, none of this works.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021 11:50 AM (KZzsI)
***

SCUDs fall on everyone.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 11, 2021 12:11 PM (axyOa)

261 257 I had an uncle who volunteered for the Army during the Vietnam era and he ended up in Germany at a missile base. He told me something a long time ago once before he passed that always stuck with me because you don't think about the rest of the world at the time, but apparently he was right on the border and there were constant "show of force" exercises and no one was ever really sure if WWIII was about to start or if it was just fun and games to make the Americans get worked up.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Pfizer added a heart attack stabilizer to the kids injection, p14 at November 11, 2021 12:06 PM (CM8Oa)

I served being involved with both. And both had some intense moments.

(But it was fun fucking with the East German border patrols)

Posted by: My name is Jose Jimanez at November 11, 2021 12:14 PM (Fs5vw)

262 "257 I had an uncle who volunteered for the Army during the Vietnam era and he ended up in Germany at a missile base. He told me something a long time ago once before he passed that always stuck with me because you don't think about the rest of the world at the time, but apparently he was right on the border and there were constant "show of force" exercises and no one was ever really sure if WWIII was about to start or if it was just fun and games to make the Americans get worked up.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Pfizer added a heart attack stabilizer to the kids injection, p14 at November 11, 2021 12:06 PM (CM8Oa)"

I'm just old enough to feel the backstab there along with the more recent ones. All my SNCO's and more than a few O5's and up got their start sitting across the border from the Warsaw Pact; my time as a new guy was spent in the Clinton years rattling around in the hollow former shell of that military. Those guys put up with so much, and worked hard for so long - and now look where we are.

Posted by: somedood - skull mountain sherpa at November 11, 2021 12:15 PM (P2+0L)

263 255 Antiques Road Show, vet brings in his Rolex watch he saved up to buy for $345 to go diving with.

The appraiser claims its worth $700,000 now.

https://youtu.be/b9Y4bmbh1KY

For that matter, the blank warantee of the watch he says is worth up to 2k to bad guys who want to forge watch provenance.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021 12:05 PM (KZzsI)

I absolutely love this clip from Antiques Roadshow. That watch is gorgeous, and what a wonderful way to set this veteran up for his later years. Great story.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 11, 2021 12:16 PM (mMrkq)

264 I'm just old enough to feel the backstab there along with the more recent ones. All my SNCO's and more than a few O5's and up got their start sitting across the border from the Warsaw Pact; my time as a new guy was spent in the Clinton years rattling around in the hollow former shell of that military. Those guys put up with so much, and worked hard for so long - and now look where we are.

Posted by: somedood - skull mountain sherpa at November 11, 2021 12:15 PM (P2+0L)

Same 91-97, Meals on Wheels years.

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at November 11, 2021 12:17 PM (CjHGv)

265 Daughter of Diogenes (recently moved to Texas from California) just told me that Granddaughter of Diogenes #2 had an assembly at her high school for Veterans. (Daughter is a Vet) When they were in CA, they had an assembly for Pronouns.
Daugher of Diogenes loves Texas!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 11, 2021 12:18 PM (axyOa)

266 Daughter of Diogenes (recently moved to Texas from California) just told me that Granddaughter of Diogenes #2 had an assembly at her high school for Veterans. (Daughter is a Vet) When they were in CA, they had an assembly for Pronouns.
Daugher of Diogenes loves Texas!
Posted by: Diogenes

Would love to have Diogenes in Texas.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2021 12:19 PM (YQdCi)

267 Hey, if China invaded tomorrow, killed Biden and all the Democrats - wouldn't that be a hoot? Now imagine that they set up their own government for us.

WOLVERINES!!

Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2021 12:21 PM (YQdCi)

268 Heh.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Scary Leprechaun with a cudgel at November 11, 2021 12:21 PM (xPJvm)

269 Would love to have Diogenes in Texas.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2021 12:19 PM (YQdCi)

Working very hard on Mrs D about that very thing. She is not wanting to leave.
Sigh...
Any extra C-4 laying around...maybe blast her out of here???

Posted by: Diogenes at November 11, 2021 12:23 PM (axyOa)

270 Oh good. A Remembrance Day troll. They're the best!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 11, 2021 12:25 PM (UHVv4)

271 Antiques Road Show, vet brings in his Rolex watch he saved up to buy for $345 to go diving with.
The appraiser claims its worth $700,000 now.

https://youtu.be/b9Y4bmbh1KY

For that matter, the blank warantee of the watch he says is worth up to 2k to bad guys who want to forge watch provenance.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021
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My '78 Rolex Sub has, if you believe the watch sales sites, tripled in value from the $1500 I paid in 1998. Though mine is in great shape, it's not pristine or unworn, and didn't come with all the docs and the box. The Sub probably cost about $500 during Carter's term -- so it might have gone up 9-10x in value.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 12:27 PM (txdEq)

272 I have an Omega Speedmaster which pretty much makes me an astronaut.

Posted by: Weasel at November 11, 2021 12:38 PM (0IeYL)

273 Yup. Drafted I was. I went, did my duty and received an Honorable Discharge.

Posted by: CMU VET at November 11, 2021 12:39 PM (mMV7W)

274 Heh. A glowie talking tough. Who has ever seen such a thing?

Posted by: irright at November 11, 2021 12:40 PM (8rX4S)

275 insurgens ad opus at November 11, 2021 12:19 PM (cC5to)

Fuck you very much.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at November 11, 2021 12:46 PM (+yMcb)

276 Yep, fixed commo systems in wheeled and tracked vehicles back in the late 80s. Feel kinda silly about the whole veterans day thing for no other reason than it was mostly a job that included pursuing German girls on the side. Not much to brag about.

Posted by: Gomjabber at November 11, 2021 12:56 PM (gx8aE)

277 "Anyone who challenges my thinking is a glowie."

Also,

"Language stronger than pulling my pants down and sticking my ass in the air is tough talk."

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at November 11, 2021 01:08 PM (O/gWh)

278 An Observation sez China Joe not my president at November 11, 2021 12:46 PM (+yMcb)
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Any time.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at November 11, 2021 01:10 PM (O/gWh)

279 Nobody kicks ass without tanker gas!

Posted by: GWB at November 11, 2021 01:17 PM (Gcsm/)

280 Let me rephrase that. Eat shit and die.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at November 11, 2021 01:20 PM (+yMcb)

281 " This is an unpopular opinion, but I'm sick to death of the un-American BS.
Service doesn't come with a government check. Stop conflating our Founders and Revolutionary War soldiers with the soldiers of today.
Founders - Fought to defend his property on his own soil against a foreign enemy.
Today's Military - Fights against a foreign enemy who's trying to defend his own property on his own soil.
We fought a bloody revolution against our own countrymen. The Founders all considered themselves to be "loyal British subjects" right up to the point where we started shooting each other. They fought against the most powerful standing army in the world.
The Founders feared and loathed standing armies and that's what our military is today. They are the ones who will follow orders when the time comes. And when they drag you naked from your bed at 3 am, I hope to God your children thank them for their service."
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Insurgus Ad Opus - your words are spot on..

Posted by: Hold My Montrachet at November 11, 2021 01:20 PM (juH8z)

282 Sorry I missed this thread !

Happy Veterans Day to all my fellow Vets !

Posted by: JT at November 11, 2021 01:21 PM (arJlL)

283 -
"Anyone who challenges my thinking is a glowie."
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Um. No. Anyone who flogs their keyboard on the internet as you have is a glowie, or a monumental idiot.

Posted by: irright at November 11, 2021 01:21 PM (SchQD)

284 280 Let me rephrase that. Eat shit and die.
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at November 11, 2021 01:20 PM (+yMcb)
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You first. He's right.

Posted by: Hold My Montrachet at November 11, 2021 01:21 PM (juH8z)

285 Looks like we've finally been infested by Spencer fanboy "blood and soil" nutbars. Honestly surprised we've gone this long without having to endure their JOOZ screeds.

Posted by: Saber Alter at November 11, 2021 02:12 PM (Agvlu)

286 285 Looks like we've finally been infested by Spencer fanboy "blood and soil" nutbars. Honestly surprised we've gone this long without having to endure their JOOZ screeds.
Posted by: Saber Alter at November 11, 2021 02:12 PM (Agvlu)
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You incorrectly assume fealty of people other than yourself.

Posted by: Hold My Montrachet at November 11, 2021 02:57 PM (juH8z)

287 Honor veterans and patriots-burn Jane Fonda and her ilk.

Posted by: Harry at November 11, 2021 09:25 PM (EcD5Y)

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