Veterans Day Thank You: FREE MEAL Today by Applebees!
First, I just want to send a Happy Veterans Day THANK YOU to all servicemembers in and out of uniform. It’s the world’s greatest fraternity. I’m always amazed when I meet strangers and engaging in a conversation with them to later find out they are former military. It ALWAYS brings that conversation to immediate rapport, connection and trust.
There is nothing close, in my life, than to reflect on the decade I willingly gave to this country. There is not a breath I regret while in uniform. It was the most glorified moment in this young American’s life. Nothing could have taught me more about the value of teamwork, honor, commitment, loyalty, hard-work, multi-tasking and most of all, LOVE and VALUE for life, family and the United States of America.
To share in this day, I would like to invite fellow Veterans in the Chicagoland area to Applebees at NOON:



If that is you in that picture, then you need to check out your notes. That island you see in that picture is NOT an LPH, nor is the USS Tripoli numbered THREE, it is LPH-11.
I dont know what ship is that, it looks like an LHD, and with that big THREE on the island, that would be LHD-3, the USS Kearsarge