Veterans day special episode
My first Veterans Day episode ever, but specifically as a retired veteran. What does Veterans day mean to me as a Veteran.
To start, it means commitment, sacrifice, heartache, happiness, stress, grief, family, but most importantly it means people. People I served with. People I live with like my wife and son, people I lived near at my various locations, family members of the people I served with, people that were effected by my decisions, people I lost due to our service, people I came across to include the citizens of Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Egypt and New Orleans.
Commitment and selfless service are large parts of who I am as a Veteran. When I joined, I committed to my teammates, family, nation and to those that need my help and cant fight for themselves. I committed to doing whatever was necessary to accomplish the missions and take care of my teammates. I committed to providing for my family. I committed my heart, soul, and body to do whatever our nation asked of me. My family committed to those very same things. My family committed to me, the army, our nation and our family. So often the Army came first, yet there was my family committed to me, the army and our nation. So often, I had to work late, deploy, go way for training, and miss important family events, and not one time do I remember my family being truly upset. In fact, I think I was always more upset and my family always reassured me that everything was going to be fine.
Selfless service is my favorite Army value. To me it represented the fact that everything we do is for each other and the team. Nothing is about me. Physical training tests, weapon qualifications, annual BS training, maintenance training, additional skills to be a better teammate. That commitment again to do whatever it took to be the best teammate I could be. To me selfless service means Volunteering for the toughest assignments, giving it all I have on a pt test to show my teammates I have their back physically, offering my time, expertise, knowledge, and criticism to make sure the plan and execution was right. Right saves lives and accomplishes missions.
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