Military Appreciation Thread

[mooby]

I did a search to see if there was something similar to this, but since I can't find anything I'm going to go ahead and post this. This thread is just to thank all service members, past and present, home or overseas, for everything they do to keep our country safe from harm. I know people that think being a soldier means all you have to do is walk around with a rifle and shoot bad guys, but now that my brother is a little more than halfway through bootcamp at Parris Island to become a Marine I have a much greater sense of appreciation for all the hard work and time they put in to be able to call themselves a soldier. It truly is a lot of hard work and there isn't a single step that is easy along the journey, it's 13 straight weeks of grueling training but I do believe in the end it'll be worth it.

Basically like I said the entire reason for this thread is so I can freely express my true appreciation for everything these guys do for us, and that which we take for granted. As far as I can recollect, I know Angry is a past service member so I hope he reads this as well, and feel free to pass it on to any family or friends that have served as well. It's not much, but I feel like it's the least I can do. I just wanted to get this off my chest in a public forum.

Thank you.