"x-military brats, active, former military, how u feel about th nat'l ant..."
Those who were raised in the military, been military, are militar etc how do you feel about the national anthem. Remember they played it with video at the beginning of every movie at the base theater?
2. "They used to play that Army- Navy-Air Force-Marines commercial too" In response to Reply # 0 Thu Aug-06-20 12:50 AM by handle
I definitely get some sort of feeling when I hear the Army- Navy-Air Force-Marines commercial again (it's in Stripes several times.)
I've seen so many movies on base including The Wiz.
The best was watching the movie "Uncommon Valor" , which is about going back to Vietnam and rescuing POWS, at the Camp Pendleton main movie theater (the one by the bowling alley "LeatehrNeck Lanes".)
My grandmother was there too.
Every time someone would get blown up in the movie all the Marine would scream "Oorah!."
After about 10 times my grandmother joined in at top volume.
3. "It stopped meaning anything when I stopped going to school on base." In response to Reply # 0
Moving to Atlanta and going to a regular public school, Pledge of Allegiance and the anthem were meaningless to these kids here. With everything going on in this shit timeline and the Olympics not happening, it's pushed further down the line of importance.
5. "it still makes me emotional..." In response to Reply # 0
because it makes me think about my bros, who we lost when I was over there. Not saying they are the only ones that matter, but they are the ones I knew, on a personally. The song itself...doesn't mean shit to me, at all.
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7. "speaking as a former active duty US Marine that did tons of color guards..." In response to Reply # 0 Fri Aug-07-20 12:50 PM by ThaTruth
and spent so much time standing at attention and holding rifles and flags while that song played I will honestly say for whatever reason it use to give me chills every time I heard it. It meant something to me.
I left active duty over 20 years ago, for a while the song still gave me chills when I heard it at sporting events but less and less. I'm not sure EXACTLY why, but I'm sure learning more about our government and the world situation around us plus maturity a lot of my views and changed over the years.
I don't feel anything about that song now and when athletes started kneeling I was all for it.
I've still stood for it attending sporting events, some folks sat, it was weird.
8. "I did almost 10 years in the Navy" In response to Reply # 0
during that time I can count on both hands how many times I heard the anthem.
Unless you were color guard or something it was rarely played.
As far as how I feel about it?
I dont have it on my Spotify,Apple, or Tidal playlist anywhere.
So,,,
You take the blue pill, the story ends. You wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
12. "lemme tell a story bout my situation (c)Biz Markie" In response to Reply # 11 Tue Aug-11-20 05:46 PM by Dstl1
getting ready to deploy to Iraq...mob station, Fort Riley, KS. We were in barracks on base which had 4 per room. One of the dudes had this as his alarm music on his phone. Imaging from mid-August to late October, every morning hearing "...and I'll gladly stand UP...next to you and defend her still todaaaaaay...!!!!"
...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft
>getting ready to deploy to Iraq...mob station, Fort Riley, >KS. We were in barracks on base which had 4 per room. One of >the dudes had this as his alarm music on his phone. Imaging >from mid-August to late October, every morning hearing "...and >I'll gladly stand UP...next to you and defend her still >todaaaaaay...!!!!"
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