Military Appreciation Karma

Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, CG, Space Force, National Guard, Reserves - If you, or your family members, serve/served, you are eligible but must have registered before April 30, 2025. And, if you don't mind, tell us just a little of your story and/or your family members' stories. Thanks.

PRIZE: Unfired (except factory tested) PSA complete Sabre AR-15. Specs as noted below. The only things I did was adding the Magpul MBUS Pro, rail covers, plus swapping out the black stock and grip for the ODG ones. Please make sure this is legal to own in your territory. If legal, but capacity restricted, then it will ship without the mag.

Interesting note: As far as I know, the ODG handguard on this model is the only one that was actually anodized green, not Cerakote paint job. PSA folks no longer offer it.

Good luck!

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I would like to be considered for this very generous karma!

USAF 1982-1993
Thank you!

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For my son who is defending us in places many of us have never heard of..
Thank you for the Karma

Sorry I can’t get a photo to post…

Father served in the navy, he was on a ship (don’t know the name) at the Bikini Atoll test, used to have the menu of that day’s meals served. Grandfather served in the army, he didn’t cross the border, however he was with Pershing’s Punitive Expedition. He was on the train heading to New York for embarkation when the armistice was signed. I still have his visor hat (he made lieutenant) and some of his collar devices. I had a cousin who survived the Bataan Death March, when and the other survivors were returned to America they were not released from service but kept at Walter Reed Hospital for a time to regain their strength and put on weight. I don’t know who wore them (grandpa was in the infantry), but I also have a collar device for Cavalry.

Very generous karma. Please include me. US Army from 1983-1992 (Active/Reserve). My wife was also in the US Army reserve and my father a US Army Combat Veteran during the Korean War.

Q, thanks for another great karma and your continued support for all who serve!
Please add me in for a chance. Even though I'm retired Navy, this would go to my active duty son who just made Chief Petty Officer last year. He started out as a nuclear electrician on subs, got medically disqualified a few years ago, and went to a aircraft carrier in Japan. Now he is back stateside on shore duty.

Thank you for the chance at this incredibly generous karma!

My Grandfather was in the Army and at Dutch Harbor when it was attacked. He was also a DI at Camp Robinson preparing US troops for combat, helped train the French 1st Infantry, and fought with them as they retook their country back from the Germans.

My Dad enlisted as a medic in Vietnam, and served over 30 years with deployments to South and Central America, Kosovo, and Afghanistan.

Multiple uncles and an aunt that served in the Army and Navy during the Cold War.

One cousin that was an Army Engineer during the Clinton years.

I served in the Army - National Guard Engineer and Active Duty Ordinance. Stationed in Germany and deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.


Thank you for asking us year to talk about our (and family members’) service a little. It is nice to read about other veterans’ experiences as they are willing to share them.

Please add me in. USAF (EOD) 1990-1994

Please add my name to your karma.
My Dad and his 5 brothers all served in WWII. One did not come home.

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Very generous, please consider me.

I was active Army from 83-88. I made drugs. My MOS was medical lab specialist (i.e., hospital lab tech), but I was assigned to a research lab at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. One of the drugs I helped develop is still used against malaria today.

I graduated “RDC C School” on December 10th.

11.5 years at this point. 8.5 more to go.

Please count me in, Q.

Sure, why not! We haven't had a meetup in a few years anyway!

Thanks
US Navy 9/71 to 9/75 Got out fifty yrs ago. Hard to believe time went so fast.
Boot camp in Great Lakes Company 338. Boiler Tech A school in Great Lakes. C school for 1200PSI Boilers in Philadelphia.
First ship was DLG- 8 in Charleston SC. We decommissioned her after a Med Cruise April 1973 in Philly. Came home on a 4 day weekend, married my High school sweety and out honeymoon was driving back to SC to board USS William H Standley DLG-32
I got to E5 BT2 and was the Head Oil King for my last year or so

Very generous Q. I served in the CG like my dad. Please don’t include me, just wanted to say how awesome this is.

Please include me


US Army 88-98 eight years active and two inactive reserve. I liked it until I didn't and then slick Willie offered me money to get out. BYE

Please include me, Q. Thank you for all of your generous karma offerings.

My sister served and was deployed to Iraq. Here’s a couple pics of my sister. She’s the one in the far left in the helicopter picture.






My wife and I were sending some stuff to her unit in Iraq. The company I used to work for, Harbor Wholesale, matched everything I was sending. It ended up being a huge box of really great stuff, bug spray, jerkey, candy, soaps and lotions, just a bunch of awesome stuff, and a whole lot of it. For sending it, my wife and I were awarded a photo of them at the helicopter, a US Flag that was flown over Iraq on Mission 0621 Delta 1 on June 21, 2010, and a certificate of where the flag was flown and a photo of the flag being flown in the Blackhawk. Probably one of the coolest things I own. I’m very appreciative and proud that I have that, and I am very proud of my sister for her service.



On a different note, my father in law, who passed away before I ever had a chance to meet him (before I met my wife) served in the ROKA (Republic of Korea Army) now known as the South Korean Military. Here’s was involved in more than one battle in the Korean War, as I am told. After the Armistice or “end” of the Korean Conflict, he worked the rest of his career for the South Korean Government. He was a counter terrorism and counter intelligence person. From what I have gathered from my wife and her brothers, he interrogated suspected North Korean Spies. He was a very well respected person in his community, and it sounds like he was quite the badass.
Every Korean seems to be a Nationalist and quite proud of their country, and that was no different in his household. My wife is quite proud that she is Korean, and proud of what her people have accomplished.
On that note, she is even more proud that she is an American and even at her age she would not hesitate to take up arms and fight for this country.

Please put me on the list for your extremely generous karma. I enlisted in the Navy way back in 1990-94. My two best friends and I enlisted at the same time, hoping to become Navy Seals. Well, that didn’t work out as planned, so after boot camp we were sent out on different assignments. Funny thing is that the only time I ever set foot on a ship was for a birthday party.

Please add me- served 1984-2009 started as a private E-1, retired as a Major. 2004/5 Iraq, 2008 Afghanistan plus some domestic missions starting on 9/11

Thank you for your generous Karma. Please include me.

Grandfather was Army WWII and was wounded twice at the Battle of the Bulge.

Dad was denied service in Vietnam due to cataracts.

I went my own way and served in Iraq and Afghanistan as an Infantry NCO for the Marine Corps.

Thank you for the opportunity.

USMC 1986-1994