Gary Varvel for May 27, 2021

OK

It’s nice that on national holidays, we can all come together and pretend that Gary Varvel is a decent human being.

ALL GAVE SOME

SOME GAVE ALL

one had bone spurs

So well said…

Service seems to be the choice for medics, for the rest, it was a job.

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A RAND Corporation exhaustive survey of 81 soldiers between E-1 and E-4 suggests that the choice to enlist is influenced by two overlapping factors: institutional ones like family and duty, and occupational ones like professional development and job stability.

But while 37% of soldiers identified cited both institutional and occupational reasons for joining the Army, a full 46% said they enlisted due to purely occupational reasons; only 9% said they joined for entirely institutional ones. (Interestingly, those who did cite service as a calling were mostly medics.)

Related: The Recruiters: Searching For The Next Generation Of Warfighters In A Divided America »

In other words, the overwhelming majority of respondents had economic reasons for joining up; for most enlistees, it seems military service is a job first and a calling second.

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https://taskandpurpose.com/joining-the-military/5-reasons-soldiers-join-army/#:~:text=SHARE-,Americans%20join%20the%20Army%20for%20plenty%20of%20reasons,country%2C%20family%2C%20and%20honor.&text=Benefits%3A%20A%20significant%20number%20of,structures%20like%20the%20GI%20Bill.

Equate what they died for and Jan 6. Those that continue to deny (or support) the Capitol attack have forfeit their right to wax patriotic, especially on our most solemn days of remembrance. Our military died to protect us from the likes of those that would rule by force and ignore democracy and the rule of law.

I really feel that if my dad, f-i-l, and uncles knew that they were fighting for the freedom of a person who tried to overturn election results with the “BigLie” theory, they would be spinning in their graves!

So many who died for America. So many wounded for Americans. So many forgotten by Americans!

So many that died for American businesses.

Now to get Republicans to stop voting to defund the VA.

Nice cartoon. While honoring all those who sacrificed their lives, I’m also thankful that my husband made it through a war uninjured, and didn’t suffer from PTSD.

One of my favorite tributes — thanks Gary ♥

There is no record of anyone in the Trump family having served in the military.

Memorial day is to pause and remember those that have passed.

Your friends just voted against defending the the democracy our men died to protect. Chew on that Gary.

Amen Gary, and thanks for remembering what Memorial Day truely means.