Last Sunday at the WWII Memorial I saw and had the privilege of meeting a number of Active Duty personnel who were attending the March in uniform. Some Special Ops guys. My respect for these young men and women is immense. They operate under ROE's that are onerous and that place them in greater peril than our soldiers of earlier wars.
In Vietnam, much of the area in which my guys operated was a "free-fire zone" which means you could shoot anything that moved. The entire Theater was a free-fire zone after dark.
Our Troops now are operating under the constraints of crippling ROE's that prevent them from calling in air support when needed and prevent them from firing when under attack under certain conditions. Further, they undergo multiple deployments. Many of our Active Duty Troops have racked up more combat time than our soldiers in any previous war.
In Vietnam, it was a year - some guys had two or more tours. Today's troops are being sent back into harm's way time and time again - some soldiers have been deployed to the Sandbox a dozen times.
I can't say enough to praise these brave young men and women! I marvel that they still step up to the plate when their contemporaries are doing nothing more than playing video games and getting high.
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 America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi! |
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Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)