My wife sent me this link at lunch today and just thought I'd share it. Didn't see it posted yet.

My my day a little better after reading it.

I'm going to donate to the Gary Sinise Foundation.

https://abc11.com/society/airp...llen-troops/4884372/

Awesome! There are still lots of good people in this world, in fact i would say most. Just need to tune out the bullshit and see more stories like this. I am very proud of my two daughters as they will routinely approach military members and thank them for their service. Some people just plain get it! Thanks for posting.

Really good stuff there!

How many here thank LEOs and service members for their service?

I make a point of doing it when I can identify individuals. LEOs are easy as they are in uniform (mostly).

I read that story the other day and thought it was very cool. Gary Sinese seems like a very good guy who really cares about our vets.

Very cool! A little more faith restored in humanity.

America, the way it’s supposed to be and not politically correct dribble Hollywood would want you to believe in..

I met Mr. Sinese on one of my flights some years ago. He was so meek, humble, and unpretentious that I wouldn't have even known he was on the flight had it not been for him standing in the jetway waiting for a friend with which he was traveling. I was deplaning to go do another flight and saw him standing there. He is the antithesis of most of today's actors that are all about me, me, me. Just a class gentleman that has done so much for our men and women in harm's way.

Before I retired, I made trips very often to Nashville and wold stop to grab lunch at a truck stop near Ft. Campbell. There were almost always service members there eating. Every time I asked the waitress to let me pick up the tab for the soldiers. Most responses were that I was the 3rd, 4th or whatever person that wanted to do that but that someone beat me to it.

I did get to do it a few times, but I think the acts of others speaks volumes to Tennessee and Kentucky having some really good folks.
Bless all of our protectors...
PS I am in Indiana

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My oldest grandson came back to the states by way of Walter Reed, twice. We spent a lot of time there with him and talked to a lot of the other guys coming home via the medevac route.

Some were his team members, others who had been wounded doing their jobs. Humbling experience all around.

One of his team members accompanied him back to Walter Reed, delivered him to the ward and promptly headed back for Andrews to get back to the team. Shortly thereafter the team was ambushed by an insider attack. The guy who had accompanied Nate to the states ended up losing his right leg about halfway up the thigh. He did the rehab and rejoined the team with an artificial leg. He is now doing another job in the army. Nate (grandson) is on a training assignment, training other SF troops.

BTW, Nick lost his leg when he threw himself on top of a PFC to protect him during that insider attack.

Respecting and thanking service members for what they do is the least of what we can do for them.

Respect and admiration for all of them.