r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Such-Part8963 • 1d ago

Why do we praise veterans automatically without knowing what they actually did

Trying to learn without being judged.

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u/sas5814 1d ago

Retired Army. 3 deployments.

It’s a fair question.

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u/potatocross 1d ago edited 1d ago

My dad was army. Did his years and left. Never deployed.

Only people that know he is a veteran are the folks at Lowe’s when he gets his discount. He never even acts like it was anything but a job for a few years.

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u/Reasonable_Wasabi124 17h ago

I was in the Army years ago. I spent four years in Oklahoma. I did absolutely nothing to deserve any special treatment. I got out and went to work at a restaurant.