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2008-10-31 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

New law allows salutes in civvies during anthem

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Posted by Anonymoose 2008-10-31 20:48|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Merchant Marine count for this? I got a medal from the U.S.G. for taking stuff over to Iraq.

Posted by Jolutch Mussolini7800 2008-10-31 21:10|| 2008-10-31 21:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Excellent.

Posted by DarthVader 2008-10-31 21:38|| 2008-10-31 21:38|| Front Page Top

#3 Since it is for all veterans, they need to make sure they promulgate it widely. Or else we will look like doofuses.

Posted by Penguin 2008-10-31 22:24|| 2008-10-31 22:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Now if only we could somehow get a lot of the uncaring / unthinking idiots that insist on talking / walking/ grab assing while the NA is being played.... polite reminders are usually met with a phuque off or more of a disturbance than the original offense created. it just pisses me off......

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-10-31 23:23|| 2008-10-31 23:23|| Front Page Top

#5 Jolutch,
My Dad was Merchant Marine. And USN Reserve. But not a 'veteran' nor eligible for veteran's benefits until a few years after he died, despite driving Liberty ships across the North Atlantic 1943-45.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-10-31 23:26|| 2008-10-31 23:26|| Front Page Top

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