I'm a life member of a couple of Veteran Service Organizations. I'm active in one. Veteran Service Organizations in general are suffering from declining membership. The old guard is dying off, and the younger generation isn't interested in joining up.
My group has a younger local head honcho who is trying diligently to attract younger people. The thing is, the old guard doesn't like it. We had our elections a couple of days ago, to determine who would run things for the next year, and it sucked. During my time with this group, we've never had actual elections, because we struggle to get one person to serve in these elected jobs. This year, the old guard got together and put up a second candidate in an attempt to get the current honcho voted out. They failed. Things got heated, and I think a lot of the old guys are going to quit.
I'm disheartened and disappointed. While I don't see eye to eye with their perspectives, I respected them up to last night. These guys are my brothers in arms. If their guy would have won, I would have been disappointed, but I would have respected the outcome of the election. Unfortunately, it looks like they're taking their ball and going home. One of the old guys actually asked me to go outside and fight him. I was dumbfounded! I hope I never get that old and set in my ways.
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