The Children Of Soldiers
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Soldiers Surprising their kids
This was heart touching segment I just wanted to share.
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The Children Of Soldiers
Sort by The Daily Dish (Free subscription) - 11/06/2009
The video we posted yesterday of the girl weeping at her father's return from war is not the only one. Here's another of a son and his dad - a surprise reunion in class. A Montage of several after the...
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The Late Movies: Dogs Welcoming Home Soldiers
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I can’t begin to imagine how hard it would be to leave my family for months at a time, especially if my destination were Iraq or Afghanistan. And I don’t know how I could deal with my wife being deployed overseas. These reunion videos—for me, at least—shed a tiny beam of light on how [...]
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Homecomings
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Why many of us prefer dogs to Bulls and chickens. Via Uncle Jimbo at AOS Dogs Welcoming Home Soldiers Let loose the hounds. At the bottom a reminder of why our soldiers fight.
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Go ahead and cry ..
Sort by CDR Salamander (Free subscription) - 11/12/2009
It's OK. There's more from MentalFloss . But, if that didn't do it - this will; I hope. Hat tip Jonah .
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To All Veterans Past And Present, Thank You
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I was very happy to see that even a small seemingly out of the way and forgotten memorial received the proper treatment on this Veterans' Day. To often, people get caught up in the big gestures and forget about the little ones. I am glad that did not happen here. Pictures embedded below. Here is The Warrior Song if you want to get a little 'pumped'. If you are in the mood for something a little more...
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Emotional kids when daddy comes home
Sort by And, yes, I DO take it personally (Free subscription) - 11/12/2009
despite being a vietnam veteran, despite having worked in the war zone of afghanistan off and on for the past 18 months, and despite typing this as i'm working here in post-war kosovo, i am very far from a flag-waving, mindless supporter of our "troops"... i think our militarized society has gone way overboard in practically canonizing those who do our country's dirty work, work done at the behest...
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More soldier homecomings
Sort by Lorem Ipsum (Free subscription) - 11/07/2009
Another news video segment showing soldiers returning home to their kids, this one from Christmas 2007. The narration is kinda...
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lawful: irishmexi: afghanibanani: k-troll:c-newt:jesseboy And...
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lawful : irishmexi : afghanibanani : k-troll : c-newt : jesseboy And now I’m crying at work. OMG Jesse…now I’m crying. One of my earliest memories is meeting my dad on the tarmac when his Army unit returned from a deployment. No surprises, but lots of happy tears. Goddammit, now I’m crying!!! (shakes fist) JESSEBOY!!! Oh Jesus H Tapdancing, you guys…. first the puppies , now this..I’ve just got something...
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"thank you" isn't enough...
Sort by A Bouquet of Blessings (Free subscription) - 11/12/2009
but it's the least we can do when we see a member of our military. (Please scroll to the bottom to turn off background music.)
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Veterans Day...NSFW
Sort by Mr Furious (Free subscription) - 11/11/2009
DOGS: KIDS: I can't even fathom the feeling of being in a combat zome overseas, but as a father with two little kids I can absolutely understand there is no greater sacrifice than being away from your kids for 14 months. None. [h/t Cole ]