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CRedskinsRule · 11-11-2009, 08:29 AM

There are several sobering statistics in this Yahoo article.
Military sees increase in wounded in Afghanistan - Yahoo! News

I served 5 years, in what would be "fortunate timing", from 91 to 96. I enlisted 2 weeks after the air war in Iraq began, and by the time I went in for Basic, the war was all but over. Then I served in Germany during the drawdown years. I never saw live action, although my unit was set to deploy to Bosnia.

I credit the men, women who serve in the front lines today. The challenges, the daily pain and suffering that they see is a grueling task and they do it, day in, day out. They do not serve because they were conscripted by a government law, nor because they were forced into service at gunpoint. Each individual, whatever his/her own motivation, whether they saw it as an opportunity to get ahead and pay for college, or as an obligation to this country they grew up in, each individual made a choice to go into the recruiting station and sign up for this country's defense. Words can't do justice for their courage.

And for the veterans of wars long past, who maybe didn't have a choice, but did go in through a draft, or through some mandatory service. Still they served, and acted as a symbol to the world that this country is not to be tread upon, that if you threaten our liberties, our citizens will not allow that to occur.

I applaud each who has served, I hope our country's leaders from all sides understand that the military is not here to protect any one person, to advance any one agenda, but it is in fact here to protect the Constitution, and the citizens of these United States.

11-11-2009, 08:29 AM	#4
CRedskinsRule Living Legend Join Date: Aug 2008 Age: 59 Posts: 21,744	Re: Veterans Day There are several sobering statistics in this Yahoo article. Military sees increase in wounded in Afghanistan - Yahoo! News I served 5 years, in what would be "fortunate timing", from 91 to 96. I enlisted 2 weeks after the air war in Iraq began, and by the time I went in for Basic, the war was all but over. Then I served in Germany during the drawdown years. I never saw live action, although my unit was set to deploy to Bosnia. I credit the men, women who serve in the front lines today. The challenges, the daily pain and suffering that they see is a grueling task and they do it, day in, day out. They do not serve because they were conscripted by a government law, nor because they were forced into service at gunpoint. Each individual, whatever his/her own motivation, whether they saw it as an opportunity to get ahead and pay for college, or as an obligation to this country they grew up in, each individual made a choice to go into the recruiting station and sign up for this country's defense. Words can't do justice for their courage. And for the veterans of wars long past, who maybe didn't have a choice, but did go in through a draft, or through some mandatory service. Still they served, and acted as a symbol to the world that this country is not to be tread upon, that if you threaten our liberties, our citizens will not allow that to occur. I applaud each who has served, I hope our country's leaders from all sides understand that the military is not here to protect any one person, to advance any one agenda, but it is in fact here to protect the Constitution, and the citizens of these United States.