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frostfire
11-10-2009, 23:11
In the spirit of Veterans Day, here's a tribute for past, present, and future Special Forces soldiers. You all have and will continue to inspire me to be all that I can be, and an overall better person. For that, I thank you. Hope you like the vid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb_-LtRez6A
It's the SF Prayer to We Were Soldiers soundtrack.
I apologize if the words are hard to read. I was working from memory and paid more attention to synchronizing the scenes and transitions to the music. I wanted to show the meaning behind the three lightning bolts, SF as a team (no shots of individual macho lone ranger like in SEALs, Rangers, Army Strong/Army of One vids), and the ever-present drive for excellence, while keeping humility as embodied in the quiet professionalism. There's at least one QP from this site in the vid, can you spot him? :)
This day is for you, our past and present QPs - my humble thanks is not enough for your sacrifices.
orion5
Thought of All of You this morning, who are serving and have served Our Great Nation!
Thanks to You, We are still The Land of the Free, and the Home of the Bravest men and women this world has ever known.
Thank You All, for your service, and sacrifice.
Here is a Ray Charles version of America the Beautiful:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7Wt4XlXUrc
Holly
kimberly
11-11-2009, 09:14
FrostFire and Orion said it beautifully.
THANK YOU to every one who has ever represented and fought for our freedom and safety in uniform.
QP's, all of you will always have a very special place in my heart.
To all here who have served, and those who do serve our great country and keep us safe, you're the greatest. All heros in my eyes.
thomps2100
11-11-2009, 09:23
A BIG Thank You to all who serve and defend our country, past and present! Happy Veterans Day!
longrange1947
11-11-2009, 09:39
Just down loaded the vid and asking permission to share at work. :)
Great video.
To all the QP’s past & present - Happy veterans Day and thanks for your service!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH4-tOqLH94 (Hand Salute!)
PedOncoDoc
11-11-2009, 10:05
Thank you to all of our servicemen and women who have sacrificed so much in the name of freedom and justice - especially those in the QP community whose service often goes without public recognition.
Instead of storytime last night, I spoke to my children about Veteran's day and why we celebrate it. Unprompted,. my son told me before giving my hug goodnight that he would make sure to tell his teachers and classmates to celebrate and thank our veterans (he does good for a 6 y/o.)
The Reaper
11-11-2009, 10:31
FF:
Nice video, thanks.
Prayers out for my brothers, and their families.
TR
Mr_PreScuba
11-11-2009, 10:43
Thanks, frostfire.
Just watched the video... It was short... but very moving...
Just wanted to add my personal thanks (retired SF - Cold War Era) to all of the QPs... past, present, and future... for your perserverence, tenacity, loyalty, and willingness to accomplish the mission with little, or no, recognition... so that we can still enjoy the freedoms that we have...
Once again, Thank You!!!
Thanks for posting this. God bless the SF and their families.
greenberetTFS
11-11-2009, 11:07
Good post,very good job..............:D
Big Teddy :munchin
ZonieDiver
11-11-2009, 11:15
Great job, FrostFire. Thank you.
Very nice, ff.
A heartfelt thank you to all who serve, and have served. Regardless of whether or not you saw "action", your sacrifice in service is much appreciated.
frostfire
11-11-2009, 11:57
Just down loaded the vid and asking permission to share at work. :)
Great video.
Master Rick, share away.
I claim no ownership whatsoever.
Red Flag 1
11-11-2009, 14:03
Great post!!
Utah Bob
11-11-2009, 14:06
Just for today. (and maybe every other day)
Veterans (http://lazybobranch.homestead.com/POMES/Veterans.html)
armymom1228
11-11-2009, 14:39
Friend sent this to me this moring.
Thanks FF for the vid great stuff!!
To all here and who have served THANK YOU for keeping the wind I sail in Free.
Anne
Army Mom
*WHAT IS A VET?*
(author unknown)
Some veterans bear visible signs of their service: a missing limb, a jagged
scar, a certain look in the eye.
Others may carry the evidence inside them: a pin holding a bone together, a
piece of shrapnel in the leg - or perhaps another sort of inner steel: the
soul's ally forged in the refinery of adversity.
Except in parades, however, the men and women who have kept America safe
wear no badge or emblem.
You can't tell a vet just by looking.
What is a vet?
He is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudi Arabia sweating two
gallons a day making sure the armored personnel carriers didn't run out of
fuel.
He is the barroom loudmouth, dumber than five wooden planks, whose overgrown
frat-boy behavior is outweighed a hundred times in the cosmic scales by four
hours of exquisite bravery near the 38th parallel.
She - or he - is the nurse who fought against futility and went to sleep
sobbing every night for two solid years in Da Nang.
He is the POW who went away one person and came back another - or didn't
come back AT ALL.
He is the Quantico drill instructor who has never seen combat - but has
saved countless lives by turning slouchy, no-account rednecks and gang
members into Marines, and teaching them to watch each other's backs.
He is the parade - riding Legionnaire who pins on his ribbons and medals
with a prosthetic hand.
He is the career quartermaster who watches the ribbons and medals pass him
by.
He is the three anonymous heroes in The Tomb Of The Unknowns, whose presence
at the Arlington National Cemetery must forever preserve the memory of all
the anonymous heroes whose valor lies unrecognized with them on the
battlefield or in the ocean's sunless deep.
He is the old guy bagging groceries at the supermarket - palsied now and
aggravatingly slow - who helped liberate a Nazi death camp and who wishes
all day long that his wife were still alive to hold him when the nightmares
come.
He is an ordinary and yet an extraordinary human being - a person who
offered some of his life's most vital years in the service of his country,
and who sacrificed his ambitions so others would not have to sacrifice
theirs.
He is a soldier and a savior and a sword against the darkness, and he is
nothing more than the finest, greatest testimony on behalf of the finest,
greatest nation ever known.
So remember, each time you see someone who has served our country, just lean
over and say Thank You. That's all most people need, and in most cases it
will mean more than any medals they could have been awarded or were awarded.
Two little words that mean a lot, "THANK YOU".
Red Flag 1
11-11-2009, 14:46
Just for today. (and maybe every other day)
Veterans (http://lazybobranch.homestead.com/POMES/Veterans.html)
Well said!!
RF 1
Nice job frostfire.
Again...my thanks to all Veterans.
Ambush Master
11-11-2009, 22:46
Very good Video!!
Thoughts and Prayers out for all of my Brothers and our Family!!