I was active, Reserve or Guard 1976-2018.
I tell anyone who says thank you “you were worth it.”
I was in an orphanage as a boy, with my brother and two sisters, run by the Catholic Church in Pittsburgh, PA. Holy Family Institute.
I really did it for the nuns. So they could keep doing nun stuff and raising homeless kids into adults with a sense of purpose. Every moment in the suck was worth it.
I tell anyone who says thank you “you were worth it.”
I was in an orphanage as a boy, with my brother and two sisters, run by the Catholic Church in Pittsburgh, PA. Holy Family Institute.
I really did it for the nuns. So they could keep doing nun stuff and raising homeless kids into adults with a sense of purpose. Every moment in the suck was worth it.
I’m a Viet Nam vet and I don’t like being told thank you for your service.
I usually say thanks , but often I say , it was a job for 4 years.
The Navy paid my way to obtain a college degree via the GI Bill , and helped get me into my first real home.
Got to see countries I never thought I’d see , grew as a person in lots of ways.
That’s enough for me !
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