2015 Veteran's Day free Meals and Discounts

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I like to participate in a Veteran's Day activity each year. I also enjoy taking advantage of a free meal from one of my favorite restaurants.

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Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 31 at 2014 2:34 PM

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Thanks, SSG Private RallyPoint Member! Now all I have to do is decide where I want to eat for free on Veterans Day!

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 31 at 2014 2:41 PM

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Sounds like Dunkin Donuts for breakfast, Hooters at Lunch and Chili's for dinner haha.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 4 at 2014 8:54 AM

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Veterans Day is slowly becoming the most abused "holiday" that I have ever seen. I do believe we have earned a free meal(some definitely more than others), but restaurant hopping gives Veterans Day a Black Friday feel. Vets run from establishment to establishment like a hoard of over-fed zombies. Most of the time the meal that is offered for free is the worst or cheapest thing on the menu.

Is this what this day is all about now? A free meal(s)? And don't get me started on the ROTC cadets that get to participate in the festivities.

If you ARE going to abuse this day you could at least bring a homeless vet from the corner with you.

Response by SPC David S. made Nov 6 at 2014 2:13 PM

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Tango Mike on the link SSG Private RallyPoint Member

Response by LTJG Robert M. made Nov 10 at 2014 12:38 PM

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Red Robin is giving free burger to Veterans as well - Great Marketing!

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Response by 1stSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 14 at 2015 3:19 PM

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OOrah, thanks for the info. I will pass it on.

Response by PO2 Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 14 at 2015 3:25 PM

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I'd absolutely love to get that free meal from Olive Garden!

Response by LTC Stephen F. made Oct 14 at 2015 3:26 PM

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Thanks for posting the Veterans Day free meals and discounts Sgt Private RallyPoint Member Where I live, Wendy's offers 15% discounts all the time to military and EMS personnel.

Response by LTC Stephen F. made Oct 14 at 2015 3:36 PM

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Sgt Private RallyPoint Member here is an alternate website which provides information on national stores which provide discounts to active military and veterans.
http://www.offers.com/veterans-day/

Veterans Day Sales 2015 at Offers.com

Use your military ID this Veteran's Day to score free meals, free admission to museums and attractions and savings on everything from appliances to furniture with Veteran's Day sale discounts from stores like Sears, JCPenney and Home Depot.

Response by Sgt Tom Cunnally made Oct 14 at 2015 3:52 PM

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Applebee's & Olive Garden are my two favorites...

Response by Maj Kim Patterson made Oct 28 at 2015 4:09 PM

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I have gone to Chili's in the past, alone on purpose, always to strike up a conversation with another vet of any era. I sit at one of the bar tables and I have always had company. Last year, I met an E-3 who had a pretty good civilian job. The conversation was great and the only moment of discomfort was in deciding who and how much for the tip. We both threw in. I am hoping to connect with him again this year to see what's new and how his year has been but will be just as happy meeting someone new. That is a great thing I have noticed in the different locations I have been in on Veteran's Day: though hats or t-shirts with unit names may be worn, all are welcome at any table and it is as if we have all known each other for years, far better than a family reunion for me. All services, all ages, all ranks; laughter and cameradery prevail.

Response by SGT Larry Prentice made Oct 31 at 2015 11:11 AM

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Just one.

Response by MSgt Stephan Hall made Oct 31 at 2015 11:13 AM

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Mission BBQ is providing free sandwiches, this organization was started by Veterans.

Response by LTC Stephen F. made Oct 31 at 2015 11:16 AM

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I hope to be able to eat two free meals on Veterans Day this year. For the past few years my wife and I have gone out with several veteran couples to a local Applebee's. One year I didn't eat much the day before and went to two different Applebees one for lunch and different one for dinner :-)
We tend to go at off times for a number of reasons - medicine time delay requirements, shorter lines, and a chance to relax without being hurried :-)

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 31 at 2015 11:27 AM

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Honestly I feel bad for getting discounts! I normally just enjoy my time off with my family and avoid the long lines!

Response by CAPT Kevin B. made Oct 31 at 2015 11:28 AM

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None are being offered out here in the sticks and I'm not driving for a couple hours to an Olive Garden, IHop, or whatever.

Response by SPC(P) Jay Heenan made Oct 31 at 2015 11:31 AM

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I will not take any free meals this year, just as I haven't taken any free meals in past years since there are WAY to many homeless and hungry Veterans living on the streets. Every year, I attempt to get the restaurants to provide me with to go free meals that I am able to take to our homeless brothers and sisters, but most do not allow this practice.

Response by SFC Nikhil Kumra made Oct 31 at 2015 11:54 AM

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Haaaaate this crap. Dude if people want free stuff for being a vet because, hey, it's free.... Then you're doing life wrong. Do push-ups...

UNLESS YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED IT, I just don't get it. Get off your frickin horse nobody owes you shit.

If you're hungry, homeless, destitute then I get it. But if you're just looking for free shit then you suck as a human being.

Coming from a combat vet who works his ass off and earns his lot in life so huff and puff somewhere else.

Response by Capt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 31 at 2015 12:06 PM

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Being close to a major Air Force base, I usually leave the free meals to the active duty troops. The lines are pretty long.

Response by SP5 Mark Kuzinski made Oct 31 at 2015 12:17 PM

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One!

Response by LTC Kevin B. made Oct 31 at 2015 12:26 PM

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Zero. I don't need the free meals, but many other vets do, especially the homeless vets. I'll pass so that businesses don't have to deal with the extra demand (which may undermine their offering free meals in the future).

Response by Cpl Jeff N. made Oct 31 at 2015 12:38 PM

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Zero. I can pay my own way, and will.

Response by Sgt Kelli Mays made Oct 31 at 2015 1:15 PM

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Every year I plan to eat at least one, but I usually end up not eating any. The last one I had was three years ago....by the time I get to any restaurant offering free meals for VETS there is a line a mile long so I don't stay....but I would like to say THANK YOU to all of the establishments who offer the free VET meal on Veterans Day.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 31 at 2015 1:53 PM

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LTC Ford, I say go for it! The meals are offered to all Vets so why not? I haven't participated before, but I encourage all of my brothers and sisters in arms to do so! Go get your grub on!

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 31 at 2015 2:13 PM

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The only "free" meal I plan on eating is the one I plan on cooking.

Response by WO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 31 at 2015 2:37 PM

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I am a service member, not yet a veteran, but even if, I will most likely choose not to get a free meal. It isn't because I feel I don't deserve it, its because I'm trying to be humble about my service. I do my best, even being in a military town when almost everyone offers a military discount, not to ask for a discount because I just don't want special treatment or make anyone feel like they need to treat me a certain way. I feel that I'm just a citizen serving my country, just as I feel every countryman and woman should do. Just my opinion, though. Nothing wrong with those who take advantage of the specials of Veterans day. We've all earned it.

Response by LTC Bink Romanick made Oct 31 at 2015 2:45 PM

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LTC Stephen F. None I'm still in rehab.

Response by SGT Forrest Stewart made Oct 31 at 2015 2:50 PM

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I will likely be working on Veteran's day.

Response by SGT Christina Wilder made Oct 31 at 2015 2:56 PM

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I leave a $30 tip even though I get a free meal.

Response by SGM Mikel Dawson made Oct 31 at 2015 3:20 PM

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Where I am I can't partake. I will say the last time I was in Caldwell, Idaho I shopped at D&B for some clothes. They gave me a 10% discount because I was a retired vet. This was in July and a standard practice! I thanked them very much for what they did.

Response by MSgt Curtis Ellis made Oct 31 at 2015 4:07 PM

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None, but I will be helping to serve a few!

Response by SSG Katherine Likely made Oct 31 at 2015 4:14 PM

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I GET good money from the VA disability - so, i don't take the free meals. But, i know people who don't eat anything for 2 days, so they can get 7 meals on that day.

Response by MAJ Matthew Arnold made Oct 31 at 2015 5:13 PM

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Until recently, this gift was not available for my peers and I. This is a development since Sep. 2001. So, I'm going to enjoy a free meal.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 31 at 2015 5:15 PM

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Chow hall

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 31 at 2015 5:17 PM

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Even if I wanted to try and eat more then one meal, the lines at the establishments are so long, that it won't allow time to go to more than one. Besides, it has been my experience that many of the offers are not exactly the best items on the menus, and often not things I would typically order on another day.

Response by PO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 31 at 2015 7:18 PM

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I'll have a meal, but I'll leave a large tip in return.

Response by Maj Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 31 at 2015 7:58 PM

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I just stay at Golden Corral all day!!

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 31 at 2015 8:21 PM

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Me and a bunch of my vet buddies get together every year for lunch. This year we're going for breakfast and dinner. We enjoy the camaraderie and one meal isn't enough time for us to spread our BS. Lol

Response by SGT Robert Zuniga made Oct 31 at 2015 8:31 PM

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One. Whichever one my wife decides to make. I guess that makes them all free to this vet.

Response by SPC Luis Mendez made Oct 31 at 2015 8:40 PM

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NONE at all. It's a shame that veterans who can pay for their meals do this type of things knowing there are others who really need this whether they're Vets or Not. This is NOT what I did service for.

Response by CPT Alan W. made Oct 31 at 2015 11:18 PM

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There are free meals? Where do I sign up?

Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 1 at 2015 2:32 AM

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I never have and probably won't.

Response by SSG Laureano Pabon made Nov 1 at 2015 2:36 AM

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Zero free meals for me.

Response by A1C Charles D Wilson made Nov 1 at 2015 3:37 AM

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Never had the free meal day and may never have it. No transportation and others may need it more than me.

Chuck D

Response by CW3 Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 1 at 2015 4:42 AM

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None, because my time wasted waiting in line due to overcrowding is worth more then a free meal to me.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 1 at 2015 8:04 AM

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I really appreciate that businesses do that, but I think I'll leave it to enlisted members (and of course retirees, etc. ) to enjoy.

Response by MSgt Wayne Morris made Nov 1 at 2015 8:56 AM

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Wow, I cannot believe that someone would take advantage of peoples good will by acting like this gesture is a contest to see how many freebees you can score but to each his own. I won't take advantage because I can afford my own meals but more importantly I will be working like thousands of other veterans and don't have the time or inclination to wait in long lines for a free meal. Hats off to those that will be spending the day supporting other vets!

Response by LCDR Rabbah Rona Matlow made Nov 1 at 2015 10:32 AM

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Olive Garden...

Response by SSG Todd Halverson made Nov 1 at 2015 10:56 AM

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If I decide to go out I may take advantage of a free meal or two. I do not feel that we deserve to be given free meals or that we are entitled to having them provide free meals. But, if out of the kindness of their hearts they want to acknowledge our service, that is all well and good. The companies and people of the US do not owe us anything. I know I signed up to serve my Country without feeling I am owed anything from the citizens. I served for the honor of protecting my Country, not trying to get freebies for my service.
It is sickening to see how many SMs or Vets consider it a contest to see how many they can get in the day. They feel they are entitled to this and deserve to abuse their kindness. NOT THIS VET.

Response by SSG John Bacon made Nov 1 at 2015 11:00 AM

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I don't go to the Free meal offers.

Response by Sgt David G Duchesneau made Nov 1 at 2015 11:03 AM

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No idea?

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 1 at 2015 11:05 AM

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One. My wife enjoys being able to see me honored for my service and I enjoy telling everyone who thanks me for my service that I couldn't have done it without her.

Response by LTC Christopher Sands made Nov 1 at 2015 11:44 AM

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I went to a Charlie Browns 2 years ago. They said anything on the menu is free. I had to sit at the bar, because it was so crowded. I had a mid priced steak. It was delicious.

Response by SPC Margaret Higgins made Nov 1 at 2015 12:10 PM

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Didn't know about this. God bless the owners who donate.
And may God eternally bless all the wives; who suffer so bravely and stoically.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 1 at 2015 12:57 PM

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I don't need a free meal and I really don't even feel I am owed one. I don't have a problem with anyone getting a free meal but trying to get as many as you can seems greedy and dishonorable to me.

Response by CPT Jack Durish made Nov 1 at 2015 1:10 PM

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Veterans who really need them can have my share and my thanks to the establishments participating in this program

Response by SSG Daniel Miller made Nov 1 at 2015 4:35 PM

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Free meals for veterans on Veterans Day is not designed for those restaurants to give back to the military. It is nothing more than a smoke screen to drum up business. If they cared that much about veterans, the meal would be free for the families as well, to recognize them as part of our struggles. If they don't offer year-round recognition of veterans, you can guarantee they are using you to put up a patriotic front to increase sales.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 1 at 2015 10:59 PM

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Probably None to be honest. Just not a fan of someone offering to pay for my food or offer me free food because I wear the uniform. I didn't join the military so I could get free food or other items. I understand it's their way of letting us know they appreciate what we do and all. Believe me i'm grateful and thankful they do this for our veterans. I'm just not the one to go out to an establishment that does this. To my fellow veterans make sure to eat some for me!

Response by SSgt Alex Robinson made Nov 1 at 2015 10:59 PM

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Thanks for sharing Capt Seid Waddell

Response by PO1 John Miller made Nov 1 at 2015 11:01 PM

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Sweet! Free food! :)

Response by Sgt Kelli Mays made Nov 2 at 2015 12:17 AM

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Yep...and every year I say I'm going to one of the restaurants and most years I don't make it...there have been a few years I made it to a restaurant, but the line was so long I decided not to stay....but yes...know all about it and just want to say THANK YOU and GOD BLESS to all of those restaurants who offer these free meals to VETERANS.

Response by PO1 John Miller made Nov 2 at 2015 12:56 AM

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All of them! :)

Response by CH (LTC) Robert Leroe made Nov 2 at 2015 9:16 AM

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After the parade I go to the American Legion or VFW for lunch; that's enough!

Response by SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 2 at 2015 1:45 PM

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Sgt Private RallyPoint Member this page offers a PDF with all the info, just to add up to your source: http://themilitarywallet.com/veterans-day-free-meals-and-discounts/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=pdf_download&utm_campaign=veterans_day

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Response by TSgt Kenneth Ellis made Nov 2 at 2015 1:55 PM

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by Knott's Berry Farm
Knott's Berry Farm has an annual Military Tribute where they offer military members past and present by offering free park admission. The tribute takes place every year on Veterans day, which is November 11. Well, this year they are going above and beyond that to honor those who have served or are currently serving.

This season instead of just free admission to Veterans on November 11, Military Tribute days will run from November 1-25 (Thanksgiving). And unlike some offers, this isn't a ploy to get a two for one deal out of you, knowing the Veteran will want to come with a guest. This deal is free admission for the veteran as well as a guest. On top of that, it is just $15 each for up to six additional guest tickets.

With the regular ticket price at $35, that is a $70 value for two people and up to $190 in savings for a group.

The veteran need only bring one of the following: a military ID, a Veterans Administration (VA) ID, or a copy of their DD214 to show proof of service. Show it at the ticket booth to receive your free tickets and discounted additional tickets.

This is quite a tribute to our nations' military heroes past and present and we salute Knott's Berry Farm for honoring those who have served

Response by PO2 Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 2 at 2015 2:11 PM

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This topic just got extremely confusing, because it was merged with one asking how many meals people plan on having while this is simply a PSA. I feel they shouldn't have been merged.

Response by SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 2 at 2015 4:26 PM

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Sgt Private RallyPoint Member Serious question from a short career Private, why is there so much negativity around this? Why do I see responses like if the restaurants were thinking that we can not afford to pay them? Last year I went to Golden Corral and had a great time talking with veterans that left the service even before I was born. "I can pay for my food", "I don't need free meals", "you suck as human being". I know Spanish is my 1st language but you are really making me feel that I need to go back and take some more English classes.

Never thought that "Appreciation Day" means, "Food for the broke", "If you suck as human being, come, we can feed you", "We know the military doesn't pay well so, here you go, get a free meal". Is like we can't appreciate when people just want to say "Thank You".

Gladly, for that date I'll be on leave back in Puerto Rico, which I'm glad I was able to afford and luckily didn't get broke with the tickets so I'm also able to pay my meals while on trip. I'll be hundreds of mile away from all this negativity.

Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 3 at 2015 1:59 AM

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Being in Japan not a single one.

Response by PO3 Steven Sherrill made Nov 3 at 2015 10:25 AM

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I will be working my regular 8:30 to 5:30 job. Beyond that I have no plans.

Response by SSG Todd Halverson made Nov 3 at 2015 10:55 AM

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If I happen to be out and about that day, and time permits, I will enjoy a free meal. But, I always leave my tip for the amount of the meal. My way of saying thank you and I appreciate the kindness.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 4 at 2015 8:38 PM

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Some state's National Guard Family Programs and/or Family Readiness Groups do a good job of updating and publishing this information each year.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 7 at 2015 11:15 AM

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The businesses are simply offering their gratitude to honor our service in the military voluntarily (with pay check of course). We should also feel as honored that they express such generous offer to us, if we choose to accept it or not. While many of us are fortunate enough to hold our own, some veterans aren't. Some may not even have the means or mental capability to make it to the restaurant. I usually go around town and hit all the free meals and gather up enough food for couple weeks (yes, I am a cheap bastard, an efficient one at that). However, I am going to do it differently this year. I am going to give the to go boxes to the homeless veterans in the local area.