It rained a lot on us in Nam. Good thing Commander bone spurs was special.?

[pwb]

The Philippines, Korea, Europe, just about everywhere Americans fought for our country we got fucking rained on.

[atreides1]

1. Yep!

We even got rained on during Desert Storm!!!

[hlthe2b]

2. I feel physically sickened by this level of disrespect. Not suprised, but truly sickened.

[pwb]

4. Its the worst thing he has done.

And he did some ugly shit.

[dalton99a]

3. .

1968 Pulitzer Prize, Feature Photography, Toshio Sakai, United Press International

Being a soldier in Vietnam meant trudging through unfamiliar countryside, knowing the next moment could mean obliteration by a booby trap or a mine. It meant numbing boredom, followed by terrifying struggle.

On June I7, 1967, Japanese photojournalist Toshio Sakai crouches with the men of B Company, about 40 miles northeast of Saigon. They are dug in behind sandbags and mud banks, surrounded by deep jungle. It is Sakai’s first tour of Vietnam: "There was a commotion in the forest, then all became silent. Birds stopped chirping and insects quieted. My heart was beating fast. A tense atmosphere filled the air."

Suddenly, shells explode overhead. AK-47s crackle. It’s a Viet Cong attack. The Americans return the fire. The jungle explodes with bullets. But in the midst of battle, the heavens open up. The downpour is so intense it forces both sides to stop shooting. Minutes pass, then hours. The soldiers hunker down.

Despite the miserable wet, Sakai remembers it as a moment of peace: "I saw a black soldier lying on the bunker and taking a nap. Behind him, I saw another white soldier holding an M-16 rifle, crouching and watching. The sleeping soldier must have dreamt of better times in his homeland. I quietly released the shutter."

[Victor_c3]

14. Sadly, his dreams probably weren't good.

I know mine aren’t.

The dreams I have of home almost always get interrupted by fighting and violence. I find myself setting up a machine gun position in my childhood bedroom because I have good fields of vision down a likely avenue if approach. The fence in my backyard is dangerous as it could conceal approaching enemy. Stuff like that permeates my dreams of home.

And lots of very realistic gore and loss.

When I was in Iraq, I thought dreams like that were almost funny. 15 years later, they are still with me and now I deal with trying to protect my children in my dreams. It’s not funny anymore and they don’t go away.

[brewens]

5. Those guys in the cemetery no doubt got their share of rain. Maybe died over there just from the

flu because of it. The piss stained pervert doesn't want to be in the wind and rain and let us see his baboon ass hairdo again!

[jaysunb]

6. Monsoon ? What Monsoon ?? LOL n/t

[pwb]

8. Exactly. And Trump count handle a sprinkle?

Choppers can fly in rain. I'm sure he will say the secret service grounded his chopper? Bullshit.

[Victor_c3]

12. Yet, General Kelley managed to do the 90 minute drive

If it was important to him, trump would have been there.

He couldn’t even be bothered to come up with a lame excuse like “I was sick”?!?!?

[Wawannabe]

7. Thank you for your service pwb!

My dad was in nam.

President shitshow is not my president!

[pwb]

10. It was a long time ago. 1969 1970

Thank you! Peace.

[Pope George Ringo II]

9. Even those of us who never served know rain and mud have nothing to do with military service.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005NIQ8GO/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

[Victor_c3]

11. It rained in Iraq too!

Well, only around December to March (and nothing like a monsoon in Vietnam).

Rain is perfect weather for a memorial service. It sets a somber mood for what the day means to those who served. BBQ, beaches, fun, and a great deal on a mattress isn’t what these days mean to me.

[pwb]

13. I know. i hoped saying everywhere Americans fought covered all places?

There are so many. Thanks.

[Victor_c3]

15. Yeah, it did cover everywhere

But I’m fundamentally a jerk and couldn’t resist being “more correct”.

[pwb]

16. Hope you are going to the V. A.

Read your profile. It saved my ass. Peace bud.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

17. Cadet Bone Spurs

Sen. Tammy Duckworth dubbed him Cadet Bone Spurs. He's earned no promotion.

(Just a minor nit I had to pick).

[pwb]

18. He didn't learn how to operate an umbrella in cadet school.

They can pinch.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

19. probably had someone carry it for him

He's an embarassment to civilians; I can only imagine how vets feel.

[George II]

20. "Bubba, lean on me....."

[Maine-i-acs]

21. Think Bob Mueller and John Kerry got to stay in their tents

when it was raining in Vietnam during their tours?

[BSdetect]

22. Bone spurs would have been a frag target on day one.

[pwb]

23. Imagine him saying follow me?