Straw Poll
Jul 17, 2022 14:17:37 #
[quote=Gmchief]
One time on the ship? Does gm stand for gunner's mate? I'm retired Navy. ET.
Randyhartford wrote:
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One time on the ship? Does gm stand for gunner's mate? I'm retired Navy. ET.
Jul 17, 2022 14:32:00 #
Spiritof27 wrote:
One time on the ship? Does gm stand for gunner's mate? I'm retired Navy. ET.
YES
Jul 17, 2022 16:29:05 #
Gmchief
Loc: New Hampshire coast
Kerry Hansen wrote:
YES
Kerry, You took the words right out of my mouth😊. I grew up in Puyallup. Perhaps we can meet up next time I’m put that way.
Spirit, yes, 20 years USCG. Retired Gunner’s Mate Chief.
Jul 17, 2022 16:31:48 #
Gmchief
Loc: New Hampshire coast
Spiritof27 wrote:
One time on the ship? Does gm stand for gunner's mate? I'm retired Navy. ET.
My brother was a 20 year Coastie also. He retired as an ETC, then did another 20 with the State Department.
Jul 17, 2022 17:00:58 #
Well, thank you all for your service. That always kinda gives me a chuckle. I don't know about you, but I remember, all too well, when we weren't welcomed back at all. Still got a bit of a sore spot.
Jul 17, 2022 17:16:45 #
ghaynes1
Loc: Strawberry Plains, TN
Spiritof27 wrote:
Well, thank you all for your service. That always kinda gives me a chuckle. I don't know about you, but I remember, all too well, when we weren't welcomed back at all. Still got a bit of a sore spot.
Happened to a lot guys, including my brother. Shouldn't have happened. The anger about that war was totally misdirected. I guess "the better late than never" thank you applies here. The sore spot is understandable.
Jul 17, 2022 18:15:46 #
Gmchief
Loc: New Hampshire coast
Spiritof27 wrote:
Well, thank you all for your service. That always kinda gives me a chuckle. I don't know about you, but I remember, all too well, when we weren't welcomed back at all. Still got a bit of a sore spot.
Thanks for the acknowledgment. We joined post combat era and also had the advantage of the Coast Guard always being the good guys. Although we weren’t particularly appreciated because we were the enforcement arm of National Marine Fisheries Service during the salmon wars in the PNW in the 70’s. Buy the fishermen were still glad to see us when they got into trouble.
Thank you for your service also. I can’t imagine what the grunts went through.
Jul 17, 2022 18:33:24 #
Just imagine turning on your TV and all the bad guys on all the programs are crazed Desert Storm vets. That's how we were treated.
Jul 17, 2022 18:49:32 #
Spiritof27 wrote:
Just imagine turning on your TV and all the bad guys on all the programs are crazed Desert Storm vets. That's how we were treated.
And I remember how the Viet Nam vets were treated. I remember the picketers outside the ship yard main gates and what their signs said. Used to really pizz me off, I HATED IT!
Jul 17, 2022 20:18:13 #
After the way San Francisco treated military people during the Vietnam era, it puzzles me that the Navy treats that city to Fleet Week.
Jul 17, 2022 20:24:06 #
Barnacles wrote:
After the way San Francisco treated military people during the Vietnam era, it puzzles me that the Navy treats that city to Fleet Week.
Maybe it has something to do with who is running the city?
Jul 17, 2022 20:27:24 #
I know I can’t undue the evil others have done our vets. But this is one non veteran that loves all you vets for my freedom, and the hell you faced over there and at home! You are my heroes!!!
Jul 17, 2022 20:44:07 #
HosChap wrote:
I know I can’t undue the evil others have done our vets. But this is one non veteran that loves all you vets for my freedom, and the hell you faced over there and at home! You are my heroes!!!
I'm not a Veteran either, and I'll second that opinion Hos, you all are my heros as well! Thank you all for protecting my freedom.
Jul 17, 2022 20:44:23 #
HosChap wrote:
I know I can’t undue the evil others have done our vets. But this is one non veteran that loves all you vets for my freedom, and the hell you faced over there and at home! You are my heroes!!!
And you are all appreciated!
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