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Originally Posted by Tigerbait929
That's very kind of you to say. As a vet I think I speak for most of when us when I say we greatly appreciate any and all support. When I came home on leave from my deployment in 07/08 when I landed in Dallas there must have been a 100 people clapping and telling me thank you. And to see these take the time and tell me thank you it meant the world. Of course I told them thank and I that I was just doing my job but it really meant a lot to see people I have never met come up to me and tell me thank you. One older lady even give me a hug and told me she would keep me in her prayer. So thank you for all of your support
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When I came back in 09 on leave from Iraq, we had the same deal and the Boy Scouts came out and thanked us. It's awesome that as a vet and still serving that people are really appreciative of what we do. Although they see and hear what they can, most still know that it goes so much further. I tell people that thank me that "it's Americans like you that give me the motivation to do what I do." I love my country and will always till death do us part. Thanks for the gratitude here and just know that now, especially now, we are volunteers to be representitives of the can of whoop ass that we deliver! Thank you everyone here for being as passionate as us, it's what keeps us going, from the care packages from friends, families, and complete strangers, there's no better feeling than knowing someone else cares about what we do.
When I was in Iraq I had a pin board and whenever I got letters from churches and kids I took pictures of pinning it on the board and wrote them a letter back thanking them for being an amazing individual or group for taking the time to set up care packages and letters. Of course when I had the time.