Makes me ashamed

The ones that get to me are the ones with pets, the dog ones are fantastic. If your refering to what i think you are(british) then yes i agree

Unfortunately that is all too true, my dad used to work for the mod and he said that the way in which our heroes were/are treated is an utter disgrace especially when they are injured in the line of duty and get no after care when they get home.

Compliments to Mr Kipling......No baggins, not the bloke who makes the cakes...Doh !

Tommy

I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer,
The publican 'e up an' sez, "We serve no red-coats here."
The girls be'ind the bar they laughed an' giggled fit to die,
I outs into the street again an' to myself sez I:
O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away";
But it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play,
The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play,
O it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play.

I went into a theatre as sober as could be,
They gave a drunk civilian room, but 'adn't none for me;
They sent me to the gallery or round the music-'alls,
But when it comes to fightin', Lord! they'll shove me in the stalls!
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, wait outside";
But it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide,
The troopship's on the tide, my boys, the troopship's on the tide,
O it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide.

Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Is cheaper than them uniforms, an' they're starvation cheap;
An' hustlin' drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit
Is five times better business than paradin' in full kit.
Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?"
But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll,
The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll,
O it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll.

We aren't no thin red 'eroes, nor we aren't no blackguards too,
But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you;
An' if sometimes our conduck isn't all your fancy paints,
Why, single men in barricks don't grow into plaster saints;
While it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, fall be'ind",
But it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind,
There's trouble in the wind, my boys, there's trouble in the wind,
O it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind.

You talk o' better food for us, an' schools, an' fires, an' all:
We'll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational.
Don't mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face
The Widow's Uniform is not the soldier-man's disgrace.
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!"
But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot;
An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please;
An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool -- you bet that Tommy sees!

I've seen a lot of footage of the Vets coming home from Vietnam. Again, pretty awful. Poor devils.

Didn't we have a small number of troops in Vietnam?

If anyone is interested, the Afghanistan figure was only up to 2012 so is now higher.

www.armedforces.co.uk/mod/listings/l0021.html

UK ARMED FORCES - FATAL CASUALTIES SINCE 1945

The names of the UK service personnel who lost their lives during Operation Banner are listed on the Armed Forces Memorial, Staffordshire. The Memorial, which opened to the public in October 2007, remembers all those killed on duty in conflicts or on training exercises, by terrorist action or on peacekeeping missions - www.forcesmemorial.org
Korea: 765
Northern Ireland: 763 (includes military deaths on UK mainland and Germany attributed to Irish terrorism) (171 died in 1972)
Malaya: 340
The Falklands: 255
Palestine: 233
Iraq 2003-2009: 179
Afghanistan: 404 (March 2012)
Cyprus: 105
Aden: 68
Egypt: 54
Balkans: 48
The Gulf 1990: 47
Yangtse River: 46
Oman & Dhofar: 24
Suez: 22
Borneo: 126
Kenya: 12
Sierra Leone: 1
This list does not include those wounded (over 12,000) or those killed on "non-active" service duties, training or through accidents.

If we live long enough we may find out as and when records are declassified, im sure the british army handed out a few vietnam bars 

We were there from the start and remains the most costly conflict for us in terms of deaths since 1945, and we've been quite busy.

Palestine (1945–48)
Greek Civil War (1946–47)
Malayan Emergency (1948–60)
Korean War (1950–53)
Mau Mau Uprising (1952–60)
Cyprus Emergency (1955–59)
Suez Crisis (1956)
Brunei Revolt (1962)
Dhofar Rebellion (1962–75)
Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation (1963–66)
Aden Emergency (1963–67)
Northern Ireland Troubles (1969–mid-1990s)
Falklands War (1982)
Gulf War (1990–91)
Bosnian War (1992–96)
Kosovo War (1999)
Sierra Leone Civil War (2000)
War in Afghanistan (2001–14)
Iraq War (2003–11)
Libyan Civil War (2011)
Military intervention against ISIS (2014–Ongoing)

I read somewhere that there have only been 11yrs out of the last 200 where there has not been a war somewhere in the world.