Further; I would remind all members, that Australia has been an ally of America for many,many years; we are not strangers. In a way; we are almost neighbours; America only had to ask about Vietnam and Australia jumped into a war that cost us plenty of lives; both then and this continues to this day.There is almost no mention of the financial cost of that filthy war; BUT; Australian families suffered along with your families.One of the disgusting things about hospitals and nursing homes is the unbelievable loneliness that does ensue. As I stated; I am not asking for pity; I am a grown man and I sure have been through the mill of misery, as have many of you. I DID search the web, for a very long time; searching for a "home" where I could once again feel  the comradship that being in the services brings.. We have a saying in my country . it is " give others a fair go." Tolerence and a polite approach are a basic necessity of being a human being.



Lex

I appear to have been taken out of context. I DO NOT expect a reply on EVERY subject that I RAISE; [THE Mars bar thing for instance; the problem I have is that [1] Icould not get a reply to ANY post and [2] The Administrator was NOT polite enough to even extend a welcome to me in the first place. The subjects I raise are personal matters that occurred during a very unpleasant time in our history. As a result; in many posts; I tend to try and make light of a subject , so as to not invite comments about my Nations' committment. Compared to the U.S./A., our involvement was tiny, . However the war in VIETNAM caused a tremendous political upheaval here and the newspapers gave much coverage to Australian dead; especially conscripts[ draftees]. I will repeat; I only joined to obtain  some cameradie with fellow soldiers; there is NO other reason. I thought it was ruide that no one would make any remark; AT ALL; I took it personally. I am used to chat groups of a normal[ non military] nature ; which are very very busy; so perhaps the total thing was a mistake of my own making.IT IS NOT MY FAULT THAT THINGS ARE SLOW AROUND HERE; YOU could make it very busy indeed; if you desired to. If you DO NOT want members like me ; fine; the answer is very simple; just vet each application etc. IN OTHER WORDS ; KEEP LOUSY FOREIGNERS OUT . OR. put a small blurb in the preamble TO ward off strange folk;. like Australians.

Its crossed my mind, but we have spouses and military family members that come here at times of duress as well - so I leave it open to the public for now.