For All Who Serve

[O'Searcaigh]

There have been some threads and quite a number of posts that include reference to military service. A very recent one posted by a former U.S. Marine (“Semper Fi) got me wondering about the various services represented by our members regardless of country. I know the kilted ranks of XMarkers include Royal as well as U.S. Marines and surely also airmen, guardsmen, sailors and soldiers. My hope is that we can reach beyond the boundaries of both nations and services to learn more about ourselves as brothers and sisters of the kilt. I also recognize that the saying “They also serve, who only stand and wait” is not just a cliché but also, like many clichés, based in a truth; there are many ways people serve their nations, fellow countrymen and the world independent of military service. If you would like to represent your service here, please indicate above your “branch” or type of service. Unfortunately, the formatting for this type of thing does not allow for every possible branch in every potentially possible nation, let alone all types of service. Therefore, if you would or wish, please also note in a post the nation and branch or type of your service. May we all take pride in, celebrate and appreciate “all who serve.” [P.S. it will also no doubt be the case that many of you could “check off” more than one category. In that case, check as many as you wish and tell us about them in a post .]