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Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43602) • Denver, Colorado 19 May

For a guy with no job or responsibilities, I’ve been quite busy the last few years. No, really. Productive, even. I’ve been busy, well, listening to records and following hockey, but my main focus has been Project...

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Happy Belated Veteran's Day

Jim Bauer @porwest (112876) • United States 12 Nov

Of course, I normally would have honored and celebrated our vets on November 11th, the official Veteran's Day, but what would be the fun in that, having my post crowded by all the other Veteran's Day posts that would surely...

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Military veterans find playing video games a form of stress relief

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122170) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 15 May 25

Officials with the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) report that former service members who served in the United States Military have found a source to cure stress by engaging into playing video games. The good news is...

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The Old Soldiers Home

celticeagle @celticeagle (189874) • Boise, Idaho 25 Nov 24

I was thinking about trying to do something nice for the military during the holidays and it made me remember when I was a young girl of about 5 or 6 I think. My mother and I were living with my grandparents at that time so I was...

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Suit maker in Texas gives suits to war veterans free of charge

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122170) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 4 Aug 23

Bob Baumann of Edward Baumann Clothiers which is located in Addison Texas is one businessman who shows care for the former soldiers who have served in the military by having a chat with a war veteran on finding work after they...

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This is so Sad

celticeagle @celticeagle (189874) • Boise, Idaho 11 Nov 22

It is Veteran's Day today. I hate to hear of the unclaimed soldier's remains around the country. (Probably around the world)Soldiers that are estranged from their families or ones that have outlived their families. There are...

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When will veterans wake up and realize the Republicans

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 29 Jul 22

don't care about them one bit. Out of sheer spite, Mitch McConnell told the Senate GOP Caucus to vote against the PACT Act that would have provided funding for additional services to veterans suffering the truly horrific effects...

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And Now, a Word for Our Veterans

Four Walls @FourWalls (86713) • United States 9 Nov 21

Thursday, November 11 is Veterans Day in the U.S. Other nations still celebrate it as “Remembrance Day,” commemorating the end of World War I on November 11, 1918. Way back when, the U.S. buffet chain Golden Corral teamed up...

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Fake Military Vets and People Who Out Them

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 7 Nov 21

I had no idea that there are so many people (almost all men) who fake being in the military, being Green Beret soldiers, fake combat stories (like being there when Bin Laden was found), say they won medals like Purple Hearts...

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A female marathon runner story from Ohio

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122170) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 3 Oct 21

Dawn Blue is one female that is doing her part to raise money for wounded veterans of war in Wadsworth Ohio by running five miles every four hours for three days to raise money from donations from well wishers that will go the...

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Swag!!!!

Four Walls @FourWalls (86713) • United States 18 Sep 21

For the last decade or so our local Veterans Hospital has been holding a women veterans’ day open house on the third Saturday in September. This is the second year it’s been relegated to a drive-thru BOC (that’s “because of...

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So, So True!

Four Walls @FourWalls (86713) • United States 17 Sep 21

This afternoon I had a little time between dental appointments (a cleaning and the bridgework) at the VA hospital, so I used the time to take a little walk around the building for exercise. Along the walk I was able to stop and...

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A Preemptive Strike

Four Walls @FourWalls (86713) • United States 19 Aug 21

Most of you are thinking about the horrible plight of the people left in Afghanistan to suffer. There’s another plight that’s shaping up, and many people haven’t even thought of it. Have you ever considered what the men and...

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Back to the VA

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169477) • United States 21 Jul 21

The Urology Nurse yesterday told us that rather than go to the Emergency Room, if it was business hours Monday through Friday we could just go see him as a walk in. Bob's Trial and Void worked yesterday but during the night he...

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A Michigan boy mows lawns for free in his neighborhood

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122170) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 9 Jul 21

I am really impressed with the way eight year old boy JR Achteroff is finding something to do this summer in his hometown of Muskegon Michigan. JR is mowing lawns for his neighbors who are either veterans of the armed forces and...

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A Fresno teen who is working on a project with the Eagle Scouts

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122170) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 25 May 21

I admire the work of 17 year old teenage Christian Juvet who is one person who has studied American history in relation to the painting of an American flag that is painted on a cement floor at Roeding Park in Fresno California...

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Song of the Day: Stop When You See A Uniform

Michelle Renee Kidwell @Michellekidwell (29953) • Sonora, California 11 Nov 20

Today is about the Veterans, it’s about those who served and sacrificed for our country, for our freedoms. They served in times of war or in times of peace, but everyone who served, served with the knowledge they might be called...

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Wednesday, 11 Nov 20 - Happy Veterans Day

Bensen32 @Bensen32 (28658) • United States 11 Nov 20

Today is Veteran’s Day, so thank you to all the Veterans out there. I had to work but I had a nice thing happen that I was not expecting today. The team I work with got me a card that said thank you and they all signed it. A small...

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Song of the Day: I’m Already There

Michelle Renee Kidwell @Michellekidwell (29953) • Sonora, California 10 Nov 20

Our Soldiers sacrifice so much, tomorrow is Veterans Day, but those who fought for the freedoms we Cherish deserved to be honored all day. They aren’t thinking of who you voted for, or your political views, they don’t care who...

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Florida teenager carves U S flags for charity

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122170) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 8 Aug 20

I am really impressed with the work that Lakewood Ranch teenager Lorenzo Liberti is doing to assist homeless veterans and children with special needs through a charity called Turning Points in Bradenton Florida. Lorenzo has been...

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