[LonePalm]

"Honor never grows old, and honor rejoices the heart of age. It does so because honor is, finally, about defending those noble and worthy things that deserve defending, even if it comes at a high cost. In our time, that may mean social disapproval, public scorn, hardship, persecution, or as always, even death itself. The question remains: What is worth defending? What is worth dying for? What is worth living for?"

William J. Bennett
In a lecture to the United States Naval Academy
November 24, 1997

We are society's sheepdogs.

We are different. It doesn't mean that we are better than others, just different. No one made us serve. We volunteered. It is the life we chose.

I don't think I am wrong when I say that we got far more from that service than we ever gave.

WWG1WGA

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[HippyLoggerBiker]

I felt more like this:

Tommy

http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poems_tommy.htm

[kallisti]

“I don’t think I am wrong when I say that we got far more from that service than we ever gave.”

I will attest to that.

[genesismt]

Outstanding post!!!

[Bigg Red]

God bless you.

[Melian]

Beautiful thoughts about honor and service!