FReepmail me to get on or off the list.
Injured Walter Reed patients have repeatedly told us how important it is for us to be there express our support for the troops and our opposition to Code Pink.
Our troops are bold enough to face bullets, mortars, IEDs, and suicide bombers. Are you bold enough to get out from behind the keyboard, FReep in person, and stand up for the wounded troops at Walter Reed?
If you're in the DC area and don't have family, work or medical considerations that keep you from FReeping, can you spare a few hours on a Friday night? Will you?
It was such an honor and privilege to speak with and to shake the hands of Mr. and Mrs. Henderson, the Gold Star parents. They had arrived in DC separately (she from California, he from the GS trip to Iraq) to attend the dedication of the new Marine Corps Museum the same day as this FREEP. Obviously they were exhausted and jetlagged but came out to support our troops in yet another venue. They spoke with various Freepers and I know Mrs. Anderson stood under the MOAB waving her flag to the traffic and madly waving to the returning bus. (I can't access the photos from this location so I don't know if there are any photos of the Andersons posted.) I think our presence there was an encouragement to them, just as their steadfast support of the troops was an encouragement to us. God bless those who have received the unwanted honorific of "Gold Star family".
Bears repeating! Thank you to you all for your service -- and also [Mrs] Trooprally (Army), ConcreteBob and Coop (Marines), TrueBlackMan (Navy), Danang68, Citizen SMASH, ROTC participants Gavin and PREZUSA222, and the many present and former Walter Reed patients who have formed friendships with us.
I know I have missed some who have served -- please forgive me and by all means, post on the thread any who have gone unrecognized.
Last but not least, many Walter Reed FReepers are the parents, sons, daughters, siblings, spouses or other family members of veterans and active duty troops -- being a military family member is a special kind of concern, sacrifice and exercise of faith that often goes unrecognized.