Ran across this saying on another site and thought it was too good to not share:
A "Veteran" (whether active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve) is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America," for an amount of "up to, and including his/her life".
That is honor, and there are way too many people in this country today, who no longer understand that fact!