Holiday Open Thread

| November 11, 2025 | 48 Comments

Happy Veterans Day! I ran out of AI images featuring parades, so it was a good time to get AI to generate another batch. The results were definitely better than the ones created a couple of years ago. Enjoy your holiday!

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OAM

Happy Veterans Day to my favorite deplorable curmudgeons.

Toxic Deplorable Racist SAH Neande

And a Happy Veterans’ Day to you, too, Ma’m.
May you continue to age from grace to grace.

ChipNASA

A bow to you Ma’am, and your family and all that are your support system. You are loved, and appreciated, muchly.
<3

Fyrfighter

So close

Fyrfighter

But if I had ro.miss outdone 1st, I can’t thinknof a better person to lose ro! Thanks OAM, thoughts and prayers with you today as well!

Odie

She really classes the place up for sure.

SFC D

That’s no small task!

SFC D

Well alrighty then! Third!

Odie

3rd. Wow.

SFC D

4th!

SFC D

Happy Veteran’s day, ya cranky old bastids! It’s time to storm the local eateries, get our free food and harass the posers, phonies, fakes, and frauds!

Anonymous

Was in a reserve unit that gave us a drill point for doing the free veterans’ day meal at Golden Corral, etc.– probably because it took so long we’d be cranky and go “Hey, Flash Gordon, where da f*ck did you serve?!” at all the freeloaders.

AW1Ed

11/11

11th
E.Conboy,

Yes Sir! Yes Sir! Yes Sir! God bless Ametica!

AW1Ed

Meanwhile in Pro Sports:

MLB Pitchers Federally Indicted For Betting And Kickbacks – HotAir

First the NBA, now MLB. Is the NFL next?

Bet on it!

Toxic Deplorable Racist SAH Neande

“Bet on it”
(snort!)
I see what you did there.
Well played!

SFC D

Somewhere, Pete Rose laughs. I’m not gonna defend his actions, but he never bet on a game he had any effect on.

jeff LPH 3 63-66

FIRST THIRTEENTH

26Limabeans

Now go to Applebees and tell them you served with the
1st thirteenth.
Thank you for your service Jeff.

jeff LPH 3 63-66

And thank you for your service Beans. I stopped going to the corrall and Applebees a few years ago. Corral went south with their food, their steak was crummy except for just 1 or 2 steaks I’ve had over the years going their. I always got into great conversations with Vets there and Applebees…

Eggs

Happy Veterans Day dickweeds!!
Since the free food crowds will be filling up the chain places I don’t go to anyways, will probably seek out a nice local less crowded place.

SFC D

Trident Grille?

Eggs

Mmmmaybe TGII

Eggs

We might try the new Anchor Bar soon, we’ll see if it’s as good as the original.

Odie

The local bandanas was offering a pulled pork sandwich for their veterans appreciation day. I went with the pulled pork and burnt ends dinner instead and didn’t say anything. Now I have dinner too from the leftovers.

Eggs

Chicken caesar salad (need more rabbit food these days) at a local place today, then a couple of beverages at the American Legion.

Last edited 26 days ago by Eggs
E.Conboy,

Sounds good!

HT3

Stand back! Battle Oiler Veteran is coming through! Be amazed her sleek lines, imposing refueling rigs, and oh so tantalizing helo deck for unlimited VERTREPS. Carriers? Cruisers? Destroyers? Hell, we even had Battleships along side, but nothing could compare…Enjoy!

Kzoo
26Limabeans

First look I thought those were windmills until I expanded
the photo.

SFC D

OK, so it’s not just me!

jeff LPH 3 63-66

Back in the day, those Auxiliaries were manned by sailors, and I see that civies are now onboard with a small number of sailors doing the logistics….

Claw

LISTEN UP !!!!!!

The first two items that were ordered (but out of stock) using the left-over FY2025 funds have arrived. One item only to each Soldier. The line forms at the Supply Room door. Payroll signature required.

8965-00-107-3727 Straight Whiskey, 50.0% Alcohol by Volume, Product Type – (Any Acceptable)
8965-01-578-1410 Straight Tennessee Whiskey (Jack Daniels)

PS: You can Thank Me later with a full canteen cup of my choice. /s

ChipNASA

As I am often apt to say ….to you all…..except OAM, without the “FU”…. Happy VD. Bunch of miscreant freaks.

FU-ILUT
A Proud Infidel®️™️

Happy Veterans Day to all of my fellow deplorable misfits , I’m present and unaccountable as I award myself yet another Honorary First!

((((OVER))))

Graybeard

Happy Veteran’s Day to all of you cretins.

I’m ‘specially thankful for this particular batch (even though two are [GO ARMY BEAT] navy.

God bless you all.

Unger-Veterans-2018-anon
ChipNASA

My sister got these from my cousin from my Aunt’s house after she recently passed….OMG Such a 1 stripe dork.
As I said…Jesus, what a dork. Also one stripe…? who knew,

I’d have 7 more. If at the time you would’ve told me that, I would’ve told you you were high as fu*k.

Posted for your amusement.

Chip-1984
ChipNASA

Kadena AB Okinawa around 1985 because now I have TWO stripes…apparently.

Kadena-1985
Odie

I don’t see any geckos in the background. My room seemed to be their breeding ground, as I heard them all night long.

jeff LPH 3 63-66

We get geckos in our place and Sis has the can over gecko knack and releases them outdoors. Haven’t seen one yet asking me to buy insurance. small ones come through the screen weep holes or when we open the door and not look at the ground first….

E.Conboy,

Who knew geckos make sounds?

Graybeard

I think Dad made Tech Sargent for a 1/2 day, although he was a Captain in the Texas Army when I was a kid.
His pranks (and at least once, his temper) kept him getting demoted to buck private.
Don’t know what rank(s) the Navy guys held.
The two AB guys made some form of Sargent before they ETS’d.

Sapper3307

THX

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Roh-Dog

Bourbon and ale.
Day off but 0.7% gain.
It’s a work day and in no way am I not appreciative.

o7

Buckeye Jim

Just back from Outback…The place was packed with fellow dickweeds.

Amateur Historian

Late check in. Happy Veterans Day, you gents!!!

Odie

Came across this. At precisely 11:11 each Veterens Day, the sun lines up with the ellipses of the 5 Armed Services pillars to form a circle over the Great Seal of the United States.

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SFC D

A personal favorite. Jackson Hole veteran’s memorial.

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