Wierd in retrospect

[White95DodgeRam]

So earlier this morning i woke up, threw on my class a's ( army dress uniform) for the first time in a long while, this morning my mission was to give a speech to my old high school as part of their veterans day ceremony. Now im still pretty fresh out of high school ( graduated 04) and it was wierd for me to get up and speak considering there were vietnam era vets as long with a ww2 vet. Im not sure why i was chosen, maybe its because some of the kids still in school were freshman my senior year and they can relate, maybe its because i was part of the only war most of our generation has known ( spare the gulf war which we were to young to know what was going on). But all in all it still is wierd for me to call myself a veteran, im not sure why its just you generally associate veteran with some older man with his VFW garrison cap filled to the brim with pins and so forth.



Just figured id share a bit



mike

 

[ryandamartini]

thats cool man

I respect you all so much. I sadly cannot join due to a head injury I suffered as a todler And to be called a veteran is your right. THe thing that makes our army so great is the underlying respect of the US population. When you put on that uniform, it shows you know what this country is about and are willing to defend it with your own life. Everytime I see a soldier, and they shake my hand, its a big deal to me.

Keep up the good work, and thank you.

 

[Surfer]

This reminds me of Christopher Titus lol, "wanna know how crazy our world is, I got stopped by a homeless guy yesterday, a 24 year old Vietnam Vet...." .

Thanks for your service, did anybody say anything after your speach, i.e. the older Vets etc?

 

[White95DodgeRam]

sorry i havnt replied yet been pretty busy....


anywho most of them came up to me and wanted to know what it was like, just like i was curious what vietnam was like....and it was pretty interesting my grandfather (who was there and a vietnam vet as well) never tells me any stories just as i generally dont talk to him about iraq...i learned that alot of the same struggles i went through were similar to that of vietnam considering they had the vietcong intergrated with the vietnamese people as the insurgents of today are mixed in with the iraqi population...


once again strange feeling considering, it takes a lot for a young kid like me to get respect with the "older generations" but with them i felt as if i was an equal.

 

[alban61]

sorry i havnt replied yet been pretty busy....


anywho most of them came up to me and wanted to know what it was like, just like i was curious what vietnam was like....and it was pretty interesting my grandfather (who was there and a vietnam vet as well) never tells me any stories just as i generally dont talk to him about iraq...i learned that alot of the same struggles i went through were similar to that of vietnam considering they had the vietcong intergrated with the vietnamese people as the insurgents of today are mixed in with the iraqi population...


once again strange feeling considering, it takes a lot for a young kid like me to get respect with the "older generations" but with them i felt as if i was an equal.

Well, you have my respect!! Thank you for all you do!!