Lets not forget the significance of today!!! Let's put our hobby aside for a moment today and reach out to a veteran and say thanks.
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Thanks to all veterans and there families for there sacrifices! It’s our people in uniform that stand up to the BULLY’S of the world to insure our freedoms.
First, a HUGE THANK YOU to all of our fellow veterans for their service! Mine was US Army (1962-65).
Lets keep the politics off this thread!!!! Our service men and women have served with honor for ALL of our Presidents!
Semper Fidelis for All Veterans.
November 10, 1775. On that day the Marines were established. 
Happy Birthday guys and gals!!!
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My uncle "NoNo" (Onofrio Zicari) was on the 3rd wave at Normandy and still lives (94) in Las Vegas.
Still has a driver's license and a girlfriend. Holy cow.
Army, 1965-1968 Nike Base
Don
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A BIG SALUTE to Onofrio, D-Day veteran, and still going strong at 94!
USMC Hue city '68/69 semper Fi. Welcome home grunts! 2 of the 2.... Rob
LAND OF THE FREE.... BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE...
Thanks for serving.
Jim US Army 2/2 ACR
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Happy 242 Birthday to the US Marines and THANK YOU to ALL who have served in the various theaters.
Thank you to jim. Nam was a joke! We won every battle. Kicked some serious butt, but lost the (war)? Take the same hill over n over. Now I gotta battle with "agent orange". No regrets!! All political. Love that pic Jim. Rob
Same same old timer, Hue 67 68 . 2/5 Echo.
To all my fellow Vietnam Vets I would like to say” welcome home”.
Brad
Lionel has been putting out WWII commemorative boxcars lately, and I put the ones I have behind my VL Niagara. My grandfather served in WWII liberating Italy. Thank you to all who have served.
Matt, great photos and set up. Nice job my friend. Don
Navy, 1961-1966 USS Shangri La CVA-38.
Semper Fi! To all!
U.S. Marines 83-88
Army-64-67 Started with 82nd 505, then 173rd, Co. C, 2nd B, 503rd. Then back to 82nd.
I THANK ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED AND PROTECTED THIS COUNTRY, YOU ALL ARE THE TRUE HERO'S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Alex
Words cannot express what those who have served managed to get through in their time of their service. At the food store I go to, I see someone who I would call my friend even though a good amount of years separate our ages. He served in WWII as a replacement and managed to get through the war alive. Much like his generation, he is very humble, and whenever I have a hat on, I always will tip mine when the two of us engage in conversation. Interestingly enough, he tips his back to me and says, "Always tip my hat to a gentlemen".
He is always saying, do the best I could, just a humble man who got lucky. That man will bring a smile to anyone's face for sure.
Thank you to all that have served no matter what the situation, peacetime, or wartime.
US Army, but trained with the Marines out of Pendleton for amphibious assault training in conjunction with the Navy on two different occasions. Those Marines had much better chow than the Army and they were nice chaps to us infantry guys!
Art
The Marines had better chow!
You poor guy , they must have been starving you guys in your outfit!
Larry
Onboard both the US Navy AKA transport and the LSD (landing ship dock), the chow was also better than the average Army food - more choice and better bread and desserts! The Army cooks were hard working guys and they did the best they could with what they were given! ☺
The food at the NCO Academy at Fort Carson, which I attended, was also better and had larger servings than my infantry battalion.
A thoughtful read for Vetern's Day is "Starship Trooper" by Robert Heinlein.
(But please don't confuse the book with the garbage shoot-um-up movie with the same title.)
Scotie posted:A thoughtful read for Vetern's Day is "Starship Trooper" by Robert Heinlein.
(But please don't confuse the book with the garbage shoot-um-up movie with the same title.)
Right on both counts!
8MM film taken by a buddy who sent this to me decades ago. He's gone now.
But this was our Basic Training at Ft Knox. I'm standing outside our Barracks with my M14. The rest are shots of my Platoon coming out of the barrack, we were 2nd Platoon, The Devils. Company D-12-3.First shot is outside Mess Hall, then church we attended, Gold Vault Boulevard, follow it all the way out to the famous Ft Knox Depository. The rest are shots of company ground and end of day training being dismissed.
Boy were we young back then.
josef posted:8MM film taken by a buddy who sent this to me decades ago. He's gone now.
But this was our Basic Training at Ft Knox. I'm standing outside our Barracks with my M14. The rest are shots of my Platoon coming out of the barrack, we were 2nd Platoon, The Devils. Company D-12-3.First shot is outside Mess Hall, then church we attended, Gold Vault Boulevard, follow it all the way out to the famous Ft Knox Depository. The rest are shots of company ground and end of day training being dismissed.
Boy were we young back then.
Cool. What year was that?
Thanks to my fellow veterans. USAF 1967-71 security police K-9. At 70 still helping my fellow brothers, volunteer driver for the DAV van from Oxford to Birmingham Al VA hospital every Thursday.
ME, Korean Vet. Flew missions over the Yalu river North Korea in B-29's B-50's. out of Yokota AFB
Hot Water posted:josef posted:8MM film taken by a buddy who sent this to me decades ago. He's gone now.
But this was our Basic Training at Ft Knox. I'm standing outside our Barracks with my M14. The rest are shots of my Platoon coming out of the barrack, we were 2nd Platoon, The Devils. Company D-12-3.First shot is outside Mess Hall, then church we attended, Gold Vault Boulevard, follow it all the way out to the famous Ft Knox Depository. The rest are shots of company ground and end of day training being dismissed.
Boy were we young back then.
Cool. What year was that?
Sept. 1964
josef posted:Hot Water posted:josef posted:8MM film taken by a buddy who sent this to me decades ago. He's gone now.
But this was our Basic Training at Ft Knox. I'm standing outside our Barracks with my M14. The rest are shots of my Platoon coming out of the barrack, we were 2nd Platoon, The Devils. Company D-12-3.First shot is outside Mess Hall, then church we attended, Gold Vault Boulevard, follow it all the way out to the famous Ft Knox Depository. The rest are shots of company ground and end of day training being dismissed.
Boy were we young back then.
Cool. What year was that?
Sept. 1964
Thanks. I was drafted in November 1964. Sure wish I had that M14 now, but they have gotten pretty expensive.
Why do you want an M14?
I can't speak for Hot Water but I'd love to have one for an obvious reason: to shoot it. 
