Whats the best thing you feel you have done for your country while in the military

2 separate incidences. Prevented a rape and stopped a shooting. Both were off post

Serve on the base honor guard.

All memorial services that I have done.

I volunteered so "they" would not have to.

I had a fun high speed job, but the thing I remember most was funeral details. Driving around Georgia and south Carolina, giving veterans their last military ceremony. Sometimes the families would ask us to stick around and tell us stories about the veteran or show us their medals and citations. I did one funeral that was double booked, army air corps. We showed up, then the air force arrived. We worked out a 50/50 team effort on the fly.

Two tours in Afghanistan. All I Got is some grey hair to show for it. You that came back scared for life are the real heroes. Thank you all for serving.

I volunteered! I gave 18.5 years, 7 years active, the rest Reserves. I wore the uniform with pride, went to schools to better myself for my country. I went to war, deployed to some of the worst places, put myself and my team in dangers way, trained to standard, deployed again, came home with our own platoon, shoulders many weapons in the name of freedom, became a patriot, became a veteran, became a better man, became a Marine, became a Soldier...became a student, a mento, and then an instructor. Deployed again to a much better place. Was honorably discharged, re-enlisted, and re-enlisted again, all falling under the category of volunteering. I volunteered when more than 99% of the population refuses to serve their country. The awards the ribbons, the schools, the deployments, the lessons learned, the friends made and lost, the comaraderie all was a result of my volunteering....but volunteering made all the difference. It would not have felt the same had I been forced to do it.

I like to think I helped save a drowning company from poor leadership, bureaucratic morass, and chronyism. 1SG (Join to see) might knock me down a peg or two on that though.

I'm inclined to think it was honor guard duty. Attending funerals isn't fun, and handing a grieving widow or mother a flag seems cold comfort, but offering that last honor to a service member for their duty done was a humbling, but very satisfying part of my years in the Navy.

I'm a very compassionate person, so raising/mentoring other Soldiers to make themselves better has got to be the greatest honor. There were a few times in Kosovo that we really were helping the people out in many different ways. That was a very meaningful deployment in my opinion. Wasn't involved that much with the people when I was in Afghanistan.