I have traced my ancestry to the Revolutionary War, and have had relatives in each war from that time to today's conflicts. My son-in-law just returned from his 3rd tour in Iraq. I'm very proud of him and my heritage.

The most humbling experience in my life was to walk among the grave sites sitting high above Omaha Beach in France. How can anyone forget?

The administration today couldn't care any less than they do. They look at the military with disdain and contempt. The day will come when the military will be needed to save their sorry behinds, but it will not be able to because they, the cowards in our midst, decimated it. All in the name of social justice, and votes.

Tea Party supporter activist 2009–

To proved and maintain a Navy.

These people are our public servents, not our leaders. They represent our will, not theirs.

We all now live in a time when we can take our Declaration of Independence, substitute the name Obama for every reference to the King of England, and the circumstances remain the same.

Although this special day is for our veterans, your statement is important for all Americans.

The fact that you were "willing" to serve is all that matters. Patriotic Americans come in all stripes. People who still believe in and love the freedom for which America stands, the greatness that she is, the opportunities she bestows – that is what is important.

All military members have ever asked for is respect from their fellow Americans. Those of us who served are no better and no worse than our civilian brothers and sisters.

The most important title one can have is – an American.

May God ease the pain of so many veterans and families who have lost loved ones.

Semper Fi

The cowardly president says that HE?? is uncomfortable with the "concept of winning"?? It is NOT up to him!!! Damn him!

I am an ardent supporter of our ability to defend ourselves. While this excuse for a president sits in an Office which he never deserved to be in in the first place, his arrogance and that of his fellow democrats place us in danger of falling behind in our ability to defend ourselves and our troops.

Those set upon destroying the ONLY bastion of freedom in the world are steadily advancing their own weaponry….often copying or stealing OUR ideas….

Just like the worst Attorney General the USA ever had- Janet Reno-, as with her, may the blood of those killed at Waco be on her sou; and, the same with those who deny our troops what they need to win.

My greatest regret in life, was failing the physical during Vietnam and not be able to be in our military. I, who am the descendant of European aristocracy/royalty was the first in generations not to serve the nation of his birth.

The ONLY good thing about the current government is that it has awakened the sleeping giant of the majority of Americans who believe in Jeffersonian America, not Marxist Obama World Socialism!

They denigrate the efforts of these good people because they fear them.

I hope that the revival of "Americanism" continues and we remember in the next election times to rid our government of the cancer of liberal socialism/progressivism.

And as for Ken Jarvis, I don't think the USMC will be happy to hear you were one of them. And yes, I did serve my Country as a physician stateside during the early days of Viet Nam!