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Military appreciation with a P228 Karma ---> *** WINNER = Yellow Jacket ***

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October 11, 2019, 06:09 PM
Wolfpacker
Military appreciation with a P228 Karma ---> *** WINNER = Yellow Jacket ***
Thank you for the marvelous opportunity on this Sig. My father was in WWII, Battle of the Bulge. I was the later in life son after multiple daughters.

Thanks to all who serve or served.
October 11, 2019, 06:11 PM
ridgerat
Please count me in for a chance. My father served in the Air Force during the Korean War., and now my son has joined the Air Force, and is currently in tech school at Fort Leonard Wood. In November, he will move to Ellsworth AFB.

I really miss my shooting buddy.

Thank you for this, 12131!



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October 11, 2019, 06:45 PM
10X-Shooter
My grandfather in WWII The Bulge and after.





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October 11, 2019, 06:55 PM
kimber1911
Will need to find some photos, not much story, as I served during the Cold War. Kaduna AB Okinawa, RAF Mildenhall UK, and Grand Forks ND.

Dad and Uncle served in the Navy during the Korean War transporting equipment to Tule AB Greenland.



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October 11, 2019, 07:44 PM
Kyjondeere
Thanks for your generosity. Please enter me as my son is currently serving in the USMC.
October 11, 2019, 07:57 PM
Super Shooter
I am in, USAF 2001-2006, thanks for the chance good luck everyone!
October 11, 2019, 08:01 PM
low8option
Please add me. Retired in 92 after serving 26 years in US Army. Had blood relatives serve in almost every war since the Revolutionary war but alas the tradition ended with me.



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October 11, 2019, 08:05 PM
MikeinNC
USCG 88-11
My dad was also inthe CG from 66-70

I’ve got some good sea stories but they all start with, “I was really drunk at the time” hahaha

Thanks for the chance!



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October 11, 2019, 08:07 PM
Kuglespritz
Awesome karma, thank for the opportunity.

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October 11, 2019, 08:15 PM
Phantom229
Don’t count me because I have not served, I just wanted to thank all those who have and say this is an awesome karma!



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October 11, 2019, 08:30 PM
james_1234
Please count me in.

USAF 86 - 90
October 11, 2019, 09:22 PM
ARMT Guy
A tremendously generous karma - thank you!

Retired Army, June 1990 to September 2013.




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October 11, 2019, 09:49 PM
Pal
Thanks you again for all you do. one of my regrets in life is that I did not serve. I came of age at the end of the Vietnam era. Many of my family members haved served in the past, and a nephew died in a training drill while serving in the Marines. thanks again,

Jim
October 11, 2019, 09:54 PM
Revolution37
Maternal grandfather served in the Korean War. Thank you for the chance as always!


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October 11, 2019, 10:06 PM
djinco
Wow, That is most gracious of you.
Please add my entry.

Retired Navy 1977-2001


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October 11, 2019, 11:07 PM
Excam_Man
Please put me down for a birthday entry.

Thanks for the chance.




October 12, 2019, 12:10 AM
skeptic
Please sign me up for this very generous karma!
4 years of Army here,with most male members of my family with Army service as well.
October 12, 2019, 12:13 AM
coloradohunter44
In please sir. USAF, 1977-1981 MAC, Det 29 at Buckley ANG Base for most of it. Now it's a full time AFB.



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October 12, 2019, 12:24 AM
fizteach
USMC vet here. Thanks for the chance!!!



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October 12, 2019, 12:41 AM
LS1 GTO
I'll toss my hat in the ring for this.

grandfather on my dad's side: he was a retired E9 in the army. Enlisted sometime at or just before WWII. Never really spoke about his time and when asked, talked about the great skills military teaches our youth.

grandfather in my mom's : he was a 90-day wonder boy during WWII. This was when drafted, they found out he had a degree and 90 days later was commissioned in the US Navy (Tom Hanks character eludes to also being this in Saving Private Ryan). I know he served in the South Pacific and i have the a silver box which his LtJg bars were presented along with the ribbons (on a bar) which he earned. As a sailor, I cherish these items.

He also repeated that if I ever wanted to know what real war was like, I was to ask my other grandpa.

M dad was set to be drafted into Vietnam. Because my mom was pregnant with me, and my dad was the eldest male in the family, his draft notice was nullified.

Me; I spent 23 years enlisted in the Navy as an Aircraft Electrician. Did seven cruises (almost 11 years sea time) and visited almost 30 different countries. I was in VF-2 for Desert Storm and aboard the USS Tarawa when the Cole was attacked/ bombed (ie, we were there). Three of my four children were born when I was away and the one I was home for (my second daughter), was born on the same day as I.

None of my three daughters joined the military though two of them married into the military. The youngest, my son, joined the Army as a battle field medic and is now finishing his degree. If all goes as planned, and my wonderful daughter-in-law keeps him in line, the kid will be commissioned in the Navy 2021.






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