Armed Forces Day

Juan Mourep

Juan Mourep

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http://www.armedforcesday.org.uk/

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One day we may even evolve enough to not need you.

For the lives lost and the selfless sacrifices made, for those who carry on suffering through the days and nights.

I thank you.



 
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Brave people, massive sacrifices.

Was a nice march up in redditch, poor sods had to put up with torrential rain, of cadets.

The youngsters looked very smart.

Only just found out recently, as my dad doesn't really say much (lol) that his dad, a marine, was amongst the first onto the beaches of Normandy.

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Armed Forces Day and The Military Awards or The Millie's as they're more commonly known are vehicles so the government can justify to the public the sending of young men and women to die in some shite hole or other.
 
I can understand your anger and point, but it does also give us civvies a chance to say thanks and for some to take pause for thought mate.
 
We went up town this morning to see the parade.
I think the weather put a lot of people off.
There were a few stalls at the top of New St,then they had the parade on Broad St,which had a decent turn out,but if it had been sunny I think there would have been a lot more there.English weather ruins everything!
 
The Fear - 28/6/2014 17:36

I can understand your anger and point, but it does also give us civvies a chance to say thanks and for some to take pause for thought mate.
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Shame it took until nearly 70 years after the 2nd Wirld War finished for there to be such a day!
 
Remembrance Day is to remember the war dead and those who served in conflicts since the war and lost they're life. Armed Forces is a government lead day so joe public can clap a bit and justify sending countless kids to their deaths.

This was the sixth Annual Armed Forces Day. Maybe better pay, better living conditions, better equipment and better care for veterans and service men and women suffering from physical and mental scars might be a better idea!
 
I agree with Skeggy. The care for ex-service men and women is an absolute disgrace. I guess it reveals all about the politicians' attitude towards the armed forces.

If we could shoot all of the politicians, we wouldn't need an armed forces.
 
SKEGGY - 28/6/2014 17:35

Armed Forces Day and The Military Awards or The Millie's as they're more commonly known are vehicles so the government can justify to the public the sending of young men and women to die in some shite hole or other.
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I like to believe that most see through such bull mate, the only justification is self defence and if we are not under attack, if no one has declared war against us, then there is no justification.

Tony Blair is a war criminal who broke the non aggression pact we signed after WWII, all those involved at that time, all those who have carried on "liberating" resources at the cost of our kids are guilty and should be facing charges instead of sitting on their fat arses living the life of Riley.



 
BodyButter - 29/6/2014 11:52

I agree with Skeggy. The care for ex-service men and women is an absolute disgrace. I guess it reveals all about the politicians' attitude towards the armed forces.

If we could shoot all of the politicians, we wouldn't need an armed forces.
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Oh for sure, have said it in numerous threads, it is a disgrace and a national embarrassment.

The way active forces are treated is appalling at times as well
 
Been watching some of the services to commemorate WW1 been some very poignant stories of the sacrifice's they made for the freedom we now enjoy they really were brave men.
 
Ironic how they call it the Great War.

Horrendous War would have been more fitting.

Stunning loss of life and the world is still stupidly slaughtering innocent lives. Mad !
 
For some reason, my previous avatar has disappeared so I've taken the opportunity to replace it, at least for a little while, with a picture of my great-uncle, Michael, who was one of the millions who perished in the First World War.
 
My Grandad was in both wars he served on the same ship in both which I have been that was virtually unheard of you had to be an exceptional soldier for this to happen not bad to say he was a stowaway on a boat from the Emerald Isle when he was sixteen.He ended up dead in a gutter a useless drunk who would beat my Grandma who was also a stowaway on the same boat which is how they met.Not excusing his behaviour but being in both wars must have had a massive impact on him but in those days there was no such thing of PTSD.
 
Colossal impact gator. My great granddad was a marine in ww1 and apparently would never talk about it. Granddad on dad's side marine in ww2, early on the beach in the Normandy landings, he was a shell of a man when he returned.

You can't even imagine can you really?
 
No we will never understand what these brave men went through imagine being on the first wave on that beach in Normandy knowing that you were just cannon fodder with virtually no chance of survival.Watching friends and family fall in front of you having to leave them behind must be absolutely soul destroying in fact it must be totally devastating.
 
The Fear - 4/8/2014 21:37

And we also forget how young they were. Savage war.
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Yes, my g/uncle Michael was 23 when he died.
Visiting the war graves in France is a hugely sad and extremely moving experience.
 
My great uncle Francis George Wharton was killed by machine gun fire on 9th October 1917 aged 24.
Jonah and I visited him in the Cement house cemetery in Belgium. It was sobering to think that my nan never had the opportunity to visit her brothers grave and in fact only my brother and I have ever done so from the family. We are turning off the lights and lighting a candle for all of them on both sides.
 
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