A rare moment of honesty...
I don't publish what is really going on in my life. I can't. In part because of the permanent gag order that all US Service Members are placed under when we voluntarily join but also because what I see and do is painful. It hurts physically, mentally, and emotionally.
This month has been rough. There is a lot of suffering in Afghanistan and I have spent the last 7 months seeing it first hand. The realization that I may only get today to say "thank you" or "i love you" sinks in deeper and deeper with each passing day. Before going to bed every night I look at a website (http://www.militarytimes.com/valor/) that lists the names and pictures of our Fallen Heroes. I don't want to ever forget why I am here. I am here for them. I am here our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Airmen who risk their lives everyday to help free a people of land mines in their farm fields and improvised explosive devices in their roads. I am here to get our Service Members home. It can at times be a overwhelming responsibility.
Today, I had an opportunity to smile. My effort to encourage someone else has come back to encourage me. Before moving to Camp Bastion in the Helmand Province, I flew some flags while on mission with the 82nd Airborne's Dustoff to say thank you and to encourage. Pay it forward, see how it can make your day as well.
I don't publish what is really going on in my life. I can't. In part because of the permanent gag order that all US Service Members are placed under when we voluntarily join but also because what I see and do is painful. It hurts physically, mentally, and emotionally.
This month has been rough. There is a lot of suffering in Afghanistan and I have spent the last 7 months seeing it first hand. The realization that I may only get today to say "thank you" or "i love you" sinks in deeper and deeper with each passing day. Before going to bed every night I look at a website (http://www.militarytimes.com/valor/) that lists the names and pictures of our Fallen Heroes. I don't want to ever forget why I am here. I am here for them. I am here our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Airmen who risk their lives everyday to help free a people of land mines in their farm fields and improvised explosive devices in their roads. I am here to get our Service Members home. It can at times be a overwhelming responsibility.
Today, I had an opportunity to smile. My effort to encourage someone else has come back to encourage me. Before moving to Camp Bastion in the Helmand Province, I flew some flags while on mission with the 82nd Airborne's Dustoff to say thank you and to encourage. Pay it forward, see how it can make your day as well.
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NICE!!!!
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