Tell your husband thank you for his service!  Being on the 2nd ship out is
amazing.  I suck at history and since marrying my husband 12 yrs ago (at
18), I've slowly started getting into military history since he's a military
history nut.  The courage these men had/have (and women now) is totally
amazing and terrifying at the same time.
Don't forget yourself either.  Being a military wife is the toughest job in
the world.

My husband has 13-14 yrs Army and wants to finish up w/the navy (he's 34 and
just isn't up to be all tough and hooah anymore- he was an airborne ranger,
sniper, then regular infantry so anything less.... whatever, I say)
He doesn't want to be on a ship tho.... he's thinking land based.

We're considering finishing on active duty long enough to draw the pension
right away.  He has a state job right  now which will allow him to take a
leave in absence and return... so who knows.
Our kids are 11 and 9 and he got out because of them.

Hope you're having a pain free day
Nicole

what gwen said.  and to:
my son who served in army in kuwait.
my eldest son and his wife who both served in the air force in the gulf war.
my three first cousins who served in the navy in viet nam.
my uncle who served in the army in korea.
my father who served on air craft carriers in the north atlantic in ww2.
his older brother who served in the sea bees at iwo.
his younger brother who earned a bronze star, at age 17, when they hit the
beaches at normandy.
my grandfather who served in the cavalry in the argon forest, france ww1
my 2 ggg-grand uncles, sgts in the civil war infantry, both brothers at
antietam.
my ggg-grand uncle, a lt. in the civil war cavalry.
my ggg-grand uncle, a capt. in the civil war infantry.
my ggg-grand uncle, a lt.col. in the cavalry and among the last to die at
antietam; who lost his life when he raced to catch the union flag before it
hit the ground when his flag bearer went down and he kept the farmhouse
charge going.  (he's listed on the battlefield monument there.)
my ggggg-grandfather who served in the war of 1812 and the french and indian
wars.
my 6th great grand uncle, a capt. who served with the army of the potamic
during the revolutionary war.

and to the many and rest of my family's service members, whom i have omitted
because the list would be too long, and to all the service members who
helped sustain this nation from its beginnings to the present.  with deep
gratitude, thank you all.

kate

Many, many thanks to all men and women who do or who have served in our
military services.  All of us owe you our appreciation for leaving your
homes and families to serve and protect the United States, and many other
countries.  I know my husband was proud of his time in the Navy first and
then in the Army.  He was particularly proud of being on the 2nd ship away
from the surrender signing of the Japanese in Tokyo Bay.
Gwen

bless your dear grayson for his service.

i think it is also appropriate that we remember our own donna holt and her
dedicated service, for her multiple tours of duty as an RN, in viet nam.
and donnah, (somehow, i just know you're lurking<smile>) here's to your
courage and devotion and to your dear friends who were also nurses in
service to our troops.  thank you.

kate

Many, many thanks to all men and women who do or who have served in our
military services.  All of us owe you our appreciation for leaving your
homes and families to serve and protect the United States, and many other
countries.  I know my husband was proud of his time in the Navy first and
then in the Army.  He was particularly proud of being on the 2nd ship away
from the surrender signing of the Japanese in Tokyo Bay.
Gwen

Gwen,

What a wonderful rememberance to our men and women who serve to protect
our freedom.

debbie m.