What has Patriotfiles done for you.

[DMZ-LT]

Vets a Vet . Thank you for your service . Peace

[Drywall]

I stumbled onto the history channel site a couple years ago and was intrigued by the stories. What was your favorite C-rat, do you still keep a P-38 on your keyring and all the other stories as well. It was something I could relate to. I did 29 months in Germany and, as I told Curtis a while back, compared to you folks it was a cakewalk. I never really considered myself a vet. Anyway I came over here way back, member no. 16. I don't have much to contribute but I still enjoy seeing the cameradiere and genuine friendships that have evolved. I like the whole pysco-vet thing because, in all honestly, I think the folks on this site are some of the most well balanced and sucessfull on the planet. I am proud of you all and feel fortunate just to be able to hang around the edges. It has been said many times on this site, you guys and gals are the best of my generation.

[catman]

Drywall...never leave yourself out of the statement you made, damn glad to call you friend and fellow vet.

Trav

As a wise man(and truly fine feller)once said:
Vets a vet.
Jump on in Drywall.Water's FINE

Don't think that details of personal history are all that important.Had about decided that folks who understood such out of style concepts as "Duty","Honor","Sacrifice"and even "Comradship"must all be dead and gone.Seemed like everybody was perfectly happy to forget those who had loved and given them the most;at the highest cost to themselves.Then I ran into y'all and found out that there WERE still some folks around who understood and remembered.I am pleased,proud,and honored that y'all are willin to put up with me.

[HawkCW4]

Disagreeing with a CW4 is a fair deal, they can be and have been as wrong as any other man in uniform. The CW4 thing just means they were around awhile and someone liked their work.

As for the Intel Officer CW4 jumping, I could suggest he wasn't too smart, but I won't I actually belonged to a jump club in Fairbanks, Alaska. Did 4 jumps and when the condemned chutes kept ripping pannels out when opening, I quit. We got em from a guy some may have heard of. Sinclair was his name and he is the guy that jumped out of a plane, loaded the film in a camera and took some pictures for Kodak. Big commercial.

Thanks for the welcome.

[Keith_Hixson]

I was drafted in 1967. Expected infantry and Vietnam but because I could type and had a previous security clearance I was assigned a clerk's job at Ft. Devens, MASS., at that time an Army Security Agency Base. Spent 22 months at Ft. Devens. As a draftee I had very little or no say as to my MOS or place of service. I have always felt I served when my nation called. I would have gone where ever they sent me. I feel like a veteran even though I can't always relate to their experiences in Nam. However, I was mocked and ridiculed in an Airport once. For the most part, my duty was pretty easy compared to those who served in combat in Nam. We who were called and served are Veterans.

Keith

[Bill Farnie]

I've been pondering the question asked in this thread ever since it was posted and the PF's , to me , has been a source of constant education and a feeling of belonging. I came here after a big blowout I had with someone on VN Vet site. I won't get into the reason for the blowout here but I did tell Frisco the details in a PM when I first came here and he assured me that nothing like that would ever happen on the PF's and although I've seen some heated discussions on the Political Forum, when all is said and done everyone remains brothers and that's what I came here to find and I'm glad to say that I have found it. The same kind of camaraderie I felt when I served is truly found on this site. Although I was a draftee, did my two years active and four inactive reserve and got out of the service, those here who have spent much more time in the military treat me with nothing but respect.

Hawk,
I've also seen here that no matter what you did or where you served in the military the members here treat everyone the same. You served and that's all that matters.
The only times I've seen any incoming is when someone shows no respect for a person, for although we can all agree to disagree, personal attacks will not be tolerated for very long.
There are many who come here who have never served in the military and the members show nothing but friendship and respect to them also.

To sum up, I find this site just as therapeutic as my group at the Vet Center and sometimes even more so at times.

I can't thank you David and Bern enough for this place.

[Arrow]

Patriotfiles has kept me in contact with brothers and sisters that love me and care for me. I know that at any time of the day or night "Broken Arrow" willdivert allTacticalair support to my LZ...

To David and Bernadette and all those that lay down covering fire any time of the day or night a salute from my heart to yours. I love you.

Arrow>>>>>>

[sn-e3]

Hi ya Sis welcome back from the bunker.

[colmurph]

Keith....when I first enlisted , I spent 7 months at Ft. Devens.....the first 4 months on KP so the students could study and the next 3 months in Crypto School. I didn't know you were ASA! I spent a year at Field Station Bad Aibling before volunteering for Jump School and a crypto slot with the 10th SFG at Bad Tolz. (That $55.00 a month jump pay was a big lure back in the days when we got all of $78.00 a month pay) Spent my extra money going to Salzburg on the weekends, dabbling in the "Black Market" with gasoline to augment my weekend spending money, and making a few bucks for the hotel by playing the right slots in the Casino. Those were the days.

BTW, I HATED Ft. Devens.....nothing there but the WigWam Room in Ayre. 25 miles to Lowell or Leominster by "Thumb". 50 Miles to Boston by train. Absolutely nothing to do on post as an E-2 because you couldn't get into any of the clubs in 1958.

You know? It's just occured to me that these kids today don't even KNOW what KP is. Probably don't even know what a "Grease Trap" is.