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On this Veterans Day, I want to thank all veterans for their service to our country.  Your commitment and sacrifice for all citizens of the United States of America is greatly appreciated.
Here is a Tribute I read this morning that I want to share with all Veterans.

When America had an urgent need,
These brave ones raised a hand;
No hesitation held them back;
They were proud to take a stand.

They left their friends and family;
They gave up normal life;
To serve their country and their God,
They plowed into the strife.

They fought for freedom and for peace
On strange and foreign shores;
Some lost new friends; some lost their lives
In long and brutal wars.

Other veterans answered a call
To support the ones who fought;
Their country had requirements for
The essential skills they brought.

We salute every one of them,
The noble and the brave,
The ones still with us here today,
And those who rest in a grave.

So here's to our country's heroes;
They're a cut above the rest;
Let's give the honor that is due
To our country's very best.

Thank you for posting this. Just goes to show that there's always more I can do with this website. Glad some of you cover some of the things I forget to cover.

Thanks for posting.  If you want to thank a vet in person attend the Tips for Troops event at Kent lake next summer.  You take a vet fishing for a few hours.  One of the best days I spent on the water this summer.

Quote from: dartag on November 21, 2013, 08:07:45 PM
Thanks for posting.  If you want to thank a vet in person attend the Tips for Troops event at Kent lake next summer.  You take a vet fishing for a few hours.  One of the best days I spent on the water this summer.

I agree 100%.  This year was my first summer with a bass boat, and my first opprotunity to participate in Tips up for Troops.  This is a great event that provides many veterans with the chance to get out and fish for a day. The veteran I had in my boat this year was a great guy with some incredible stories to tell. Major Rick Briggs (USAF Retired) is the Veterans Coordinator for the Brain Injury Association of Michigan and does an outstanding job coordinating this event as well as many others opprotunities for veterans.  Please consider supporting/participating in this event in 2014.