to all those other veterans (sorry animal drs!) who put in the duty days, the port and stupid shifts, the many days awake in a row, and the early wake-ups just to wait around all day

But we slugged it all out. There were a lot of boring days, stacks of paper work, and cans of shoe polish, and then we got out of boot camp! Ha! I kill at the comedy open mike nights!

And we eventually got our discharges, now we get to swap stories and reminisce about those years when we were teens and twenties and decided to wear a uniform instead of sitting in colleges racking up student debt.

So - compliments to you vets, thanks for your service, and I hope you got treated well when you hit the civilian world.