Loan Soldier Gifts

'She couldn't keep up with the mortgage repayments.'

"Approaching 10,000 steps."

"You're very interesting, for a civilian."

International Women's Day.

'A portcullis is SO yesterday!'

"Monsieur, si vous plaît. I'm sure I ordered the fusilli and not the Fusilier."

Servicemen.

'This is the only part of my old Army uniform that still fits.'

Cat in a tank...

Military Medals

'This has the makings of their toughest season ever.'

HDQTRS division, Motor Pool and Covert Ops.

"I know this is not a proper job for a PhD, Mom, but I have student loans to repay."

'This one's for marrying him, and this one's for raising the kids.'

"War is hell and so is this soup."

Kid to mom: 'Tell me again about the time you helped fortress a city, subdue hostile fire and got home and baked us all raspberry strudels.'

'I was in a camouflage unit, so this one is for Hide and Seek.'

Soldier armed with a pen.

'This one is for serving 27 years in the military without anyone finding out I'm gay.'

'You can come down a peg. Mesopotamia gave the world bureaucracy, you know.'

Monuments

'Any wilderness skills besides making smores?'

"I'm trying to forget a pussycat."

"How come you always take Amnesty International's side?"

"No, you dismantle your nuclear arsenal first."

Armed forces waiting with nothing to do.

'At ease, soldier.'

Military style hedgehog

'Trust me, you're not going to need an alarm clock.'

Happy Labour Day: While you enjoy that last long weekend of summer, remember...there are some folks who aren't taking the weekend off.

UNFADED GLORY

Thank you to those who never came home and to those who never left their side.

"Remember when we had to get along on twenty-one dollars a month!"