[Old Sarge]

Gee - I like your taste in names! LOL! Welcome to Free Republic!

I really do think it's liek anywhere else: depends a lot on the character of the characters. The VFW/AL posts near Ft. McCoy took me in, a total stranger.

Both served food and beer, both welcomed brethren under arms, both served the communities. The Legion is far better organized, I'll agree - and more vocal.

But, the vets of older wars are leaving us at a shocking rate. It's up to us, their successors, to keep on.

[OldSgt.]

"Gee - I like your taste in names! " Ya, there's lots of us, only the special few could easly come up with the name. LOL
Liked your uniformed picture, only thing wrong with it was it wasn't in USMC green , just kidding.
Times have changed since the first Gulf War, Active duty people ARE looked at much better then we all were, coming back.