Memorial Day

 
MEMORIAL DAY is a day to honor all the males and females who have died while serving in the US Militaries.

I served in the military from 1969-1974, voluntarily giving the USA six years of my life.  Fortunately for me, I am still alive.

During my military time, I was hated by many Americans who were not in the military because of the controversy over the VIETNAM WAR.

Today, the bitterness for the US Military is not so prevalent but it is still around because of our support for the Israel/Hamas and Ukraine/Russia wars.

What many of us do not seem to understand or want to understand is that our military provides Americans with the protection so that we can continue to live our lives like we are currently living them.

Outside of 9/11, there has not really been a war fought on American SOIL in our lifetimes, like has been the case in almost all of Europe and the Middle East.  They cannot remember a time, especially the Middle East when there was not some kind of war, conflict, or violence being conducted by a terrorist group.

Americans are considerably lucky not to have experienced that kind of lifestyle growing up.  We got a taste of it on 9/11, but the trauma of that event has long since been forgotten even though we have commemorated that day every year since then.

Today, we need to thank our military for protecting us and honor those who have died trying to protect us.