U.S. Army 250th birthday.

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I feel sorry for the poor schmucks that got stuck with having to march in that Parade. I only had to do that once. That was in basic. Had to do the old "eyes left and salute some two star in the stands as we marched by. I'd take KP over parade duty any time. Even if it was pots and pans.
 
IKE said:
Happy birthday to the U.S. Army and thank you to all that have served.
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The first foreign battle the united States fought was with the Muslims of Tripoli who were attacking American merchant ships and stealing their cargo and enslaving or ransoming their crews. The Marines were formed to defeat them which they did and this was immortalized in the first line of the Marines Hymm - From the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli. And, the United States has spent trillions of dollars fighting Muslims ever since over their ideology to conquer the world and bring it under Islamic law.. I wonder how veterans feel about the slow Muslim infiltration and take over of the U.S?

https://www.marineband.marines.mil/Audio-Resources/The-Marines-Hymn/
 
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TabbyAnn said:
The first foreign battle the united States fought was with the Muslims of Tripoli who were attacking American merchant ships and stealing their cargo and enslaving or ransoming their crews. The Marines were formed to defeat them which they did and this was immortalized in the first line of the Marines Hymm - From the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli. And, the United States has spent trillions of dollars fighting Muslims ever since over their ideology to conquer the world and bring it under Islamic law.. I wonder how veterans feel about their slow infiltration and take over of the U.S?

https://www.marineband.marines.mil/Audio-Resources/The-Marines-Hymn/
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Religious wars are never going to end cause it's not really religion.
It's an ideology carried about by selfish - evil people. Basically everything
loose stolen and carried away. Holes in walls, windows broken out.


One can sometimes tell where Moslems are by screens torn off windows in
apartment buildings. There is a belief in a mosaic style of window shade thing.

My experience is well educated are glad to be here and work hard to stay.
Many still have to go home and reapply, I think.
 
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Llynn said:
US Navy salute to our comrades in arms. You're buying your own beer though :LOL:
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When I was in Vietnam aboard an Army LCU that was carrying PX goods to a base in Can Tho, we would stop in Nha Be and visit a Navy maintenance ship(I forget the designated). We would barter some of the beer we were hauling for stuff like fuel filters and diesel injectors.
 
Nathan said:
When I was in Vietnam aboard an Army LCU that was carrying PX goods to a base in Can Tho, we would stop in Nha Be and visit a Navy maintenance ship(I forget the designated). We would barter some of the beer we were hauling for stuff like fuel filters and diesel injectors.
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Yep, good old Cumshaw, keeping the US military operating smoothly since (well before) 1776. It was amazing how much five gallons of ice cream could get you on the trading market in a hot country.
 
A few years ago a friend asked me if I had to eat canned rations while I was in Vietnam. Of course this lead to a conversation among all of us, maybe five or six vets. I was lucky that I got hots served out of reefers every week or so, but in the field we ate dehydrated food in packets because it was lighter in our rucksack. Some of those meals were pretty good, especially when we had some sterno or in a pinch a small chunk of c-4 to heat it up in a canteen cup. The Navy guy who started the conversation said they had it rough, even ran out of Canadian bacon once for two days. Go figure.
 
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A few years ago a friend asked me if I had to eat canned rations while I was in Vietnam. Of course this lead to a conversation among all of us, maybe five or six vets. I was lucky that I got hots served out of reefers every week or so, but in the field we ate dehydrated food in packets because it was lighter in our rucksack. Some of those meals were pretty good, especially when we had some sterno or in a pinch a small chunk of c-4 to heat it up in a canteen cup. The Navy guy who started the conversation said they had it rough, even ran out of Canadian bacon once for two days. Go figure.
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Yeah... those LRRP dehydrated meals were pretty good. Much better than carrying around a bunch of C's in their cans. I preferred the spaghetti & meatballs. The chili however was a whole different thing. Never could get those beans to soften up, šŸ˜€ (always rock hard).
On a separate note, I knew I'd been over there too long when I was able to eat the chicken & rice while setting not far from some bloated bodies crawling with maggots, and not looking to see if my rice was moving.
 

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