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To recognize the members of our community who are on active duty or served in the Armed Forces we are now offering a new profile icon in the colors of the five different services. There will be a short vetting to verify service. Please post here if you are interested, a staff member will followup as time permits. Canadian vets are welcome! Thank you for your service!
Here are some examples of what the veteran icon/tags look like.
Navy:
Air Force:
Marine Corps:
Army:
Coast Guard:
Canadian Forces:
Any veterans needing validated for ARMY service, please PM jedg.
Navy/USMC veterans please PM Canvas.
Air Force veterans please contact Shelby73
Coast Guard veterans please contact Canvas
Canadian Forces speedlimit
Probably the wrong place to ask, but I have an honest question for Veterans. I enlisted into the Navy in 1971 toward the end of the Vietnam War. After being in for less than a year I had a motorcycle accident coming home from Norfolk to visit my wife to be. After spending four months in a Naval hospital, I got a medical discharge with a 60% temporary disability to be reevaluated annually. After another couple of months, they offered me 10% permanent disability status for life, but if I got worse there would be no recourse. I was young and feeling pretty good. Without considering ever getting old, I took it thinking if I was reevaluated it could go to nothing. Now, 50 years later, I still have the 10% rating. Beside arthritis from the shattered pelvis things are good. Other Veterans have given so much more and gotten so much less that I have always felt guilty about my status and kept it private. My father was Navy, and my son is active duty with over 15 years in, so I'm obviously a Navy supporter. When I saw this Veterans icon offer, I considered putting in a request, but with so much "stolen valor" in the news, again I doubt my legitimacy. Finally, the question(s). Is it right to representing myself as a Veteran when I have given so little? Would someone who's done serious service consider me a fraud for doing so?
12-17-2021, 04:39 PM
Interested
