Posted on Jul 26, 2015
What moment of independence do you treasure the most?
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What moment of independence do you treasure the most?
Watching previews at the movies with my family yesterday, I saw two U.S. Army ads which really caught my attention. They were feel good ads that worked, plus they got me thinking quite a bit.
I have included a link below so that you can watch the three “Moments of American Independence” brought to you by the U.S. Army. It will not be exactly what you expect, and I hope you will find them as awesome as I did.
After watching please share your moments of independence (pictures would be a great addition) and why they are so important to you.
Follow, join, or find these moments using #myindependence
http://www.goarmy.com/my-independence.html
Watching previews at the movies with my family yesterday, I saw two U.S. Army ads which really caught my attention. They were feel good ads that worked, plus they got me thinking quite a bit.
I have included a link below so that you can watch the three “Moments of American Independence” brought to you by the U.S. Army. It will not be exactly what you expect, and I hope you will find them as awesome as I did.
After watching please share your moments of independence (pictures would be a great addition) and why they are so important to you.
Follow, join, or find these moments using #myindependence
http://www.goarmy.com/my-independence.html
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My moment of independence was when I left home and joined the Army.
I had a good home, but I left.
I should have never gone back.
I had a good home, but I left.
I should have never gone back.
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SFC (Join to see)
These things happen. After my first enlistment, I went back home. I was miserable so I signed up again, this time I haven't looked back with any regret. I have a great wife and 2 awesome kids that I probably wouldn't have, had I not left home.
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MSgt Curtis Ellis
I was amazed at how much "home" had changed after I had been in for several months... By the end of the first year, I realized home hadn't changed at all... I did... I've never been back and looking for "home" every since... I think I'm learning its a state of mind and being...
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Like the old saying goes: Home is where the heart is. Leaving home and maturing changes many things. Thing that has always struck me is when I look at my childhood home; how small it looks now.
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Let's see,
5:00PM M-F when I leave work
When my kids go back to school in September
My Boy Scout camp master weekends where I commune with nature
When I spend a few hours in the man cave with my GI Joe collection
Other than that it's a life of indentured servitude :-)
5:00PM M-F when I leave work
When my kids go back to school in September
My Boy Scout camp master weekends where I commune with nature
When I spend a few hours in the man cave with my GI Joe collection
Other than that it's a life of indentured servitude :-)
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Being born an American Citizen is when my moment of Independence began and every day since then. I have always felt luck to be an American...I have been to and seen other countries and have always felt we are the best. I pains me to see people complain about the US...burn and stomp on the flag...and it pains me that so many are trying to change who and what we are.
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Awesome post Brother. There are many times that I've taken our freedoms for granted in the past before I stepped into the combat zone during OIF, I haven't since. I attempt to cherrish all the moments that I can with my family and friends. I try to make the most out of every situation. Our country, old glory and the Armed Services stand for so much more. Our freedoms and our way of life come on the backs, blood and tears of the service men and women protecting those freedoms every day. I will never forget.
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My moment is at any event where the Star Spangled Banner is sung. It always sends chills up and down and I always get a lump in my chest.
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The moment for me is when I come home from being gone and see the looks in my wife and children's eyes and see that they really missed me.
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last deployment, I surprised my daughter when I came home. She didn't know I was coming home and we surprised her at church. once she realized it was me, she nearly hugged me to death. Whenever I watch the video, my eyes start to sweat.
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SFC (Join to see),I absolutely love those homecoming videos. I would be able to hold my tears inside. I'd be bawling like she did.
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4th of july 2009 My Hero Military Tribute
Honoring our military for the 4th of July. ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, MARINES and COAST GUARD.
CW3 (Join to see) Just being able to proudly serve my country. Here is a little Independence video to recognize all those heros that have served.
https://vimeo.com/5006988
https://vimeo.com/5006988
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Mine is when I see the American flag fly. I know the cost of blood and treasure to preserve her has been immense and I know far too many lives have been lost so that we may all sleep under the mantle of freedom.
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CW3 (Join to see) I would have to say the Boston Tea Party. We were so quick to protest against injustice and such a more lively country back then. We took no quarter and gave as good as we got. Sometimes I wish America had half the spine we did back then.
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SFC (Join to see) I agree to your point but my thing is that now a days everyone is quick to complain but when it is time for action those same voices that lifted in outrage are suddenly gone. Everyone wants change but no one is willing to do something about it. I guess that is the difference that I am talking about. We used to walk the walk not just talk the talk.
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I can understand your point. What I am saying is that I see all of these posts on social media about the President, most in anger and many in stupidity. We all need to realize is the fact that he is still the President and we need to have respect for that position he holds. I am not taking sides by any means, just saying that we all took an oath to obey the orders of the President and the officers appointed over us. We are still free, living in a free country. But there will always be those who have issues.
Many who choose to complain are the same ones who, when the elections came and went, did not exercise their right to vote.
Many who choose to complain are the same ones who, when the elections came and went, did not exercise their right to vote.
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SFC (Join to see) I completely agree. And when I reference America I mean us as a country, whole. We in the military only have a voice so far, but the difference is that if the whole country came together as one then we could effect that change in a positive and correct way. However, the military has always been held to higher standards. As we should.
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True statement. We should always be held to a higher standard. But watching the way that America is heading these last few months is sickening. That is not how our forefathers envisioned freedom and democracy. But us as soldiers, sailors and marines, have to keep most of our opinions to ourselves. Fortunately, we do still have the right to vote. I had to literally tell people to stop posting rude remarks about our president on my social media outlets, I know it made a few of them mad, but I don't care. it is my job to uphold my end of my oath, even though some of the elected officials choose to ignore it.
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The abject misery of our Continental Army and Militia, but they gutted out being killed, injured, frozen, loss of income, and starvation to win. They had an indomitable spirit of winning. https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRaoLQ3GIWyysDp7tUucMJaKECiJ9RwmKCLAtt6wtbQMT4shEmUog
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I perform missions with the Patriot Guard Riders. Before every mission we start by playing and singing along with Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA." I usually get a bit misty eyed.
I perform missions with the Patriot Guard Riders. Before every mission we start by playing and singing along with Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA." I usually get a bit misty eyed.
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PO1 John Miller, great song and even better contributions from the Patriot Guard Riders. Thank you.
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