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To our USMC Viet Nam vet, Terry Smith. you might like this post from today, by retired Lt Gen. Mark Hertling. He posts here on vet issues. This time, wrote on how multiple in the military felt demeaned by the Pres taking over THEIR parade on Sat., on top of sending others off for domestic things they should not be sent to, on top of using graduation events for political attacks. Read Hertling's post for today at

TheBulwark.com/p/how-the-Military-can-regain-public-trust-trump-Army-Parade-Fort-Bragg-Los-Angeles-National-Guard-Marines

We have 3 generations of military in our family, Adult child has confirmed that, despite faults (something no one is without), the military is an organization that promotes people based on competence and merit, not on wealth of the parents or how pretty they smile when on TV. He notes normal instruction on parade decorum was not given to all soldiers in attendance on Sat., as seen in prior parades. Am appalled at proposed cuts in Vet programs and at Vet hospitals. All of you deserve better.

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