Master Blaster
Well-known member
With Memorial day almost upon us I wanted to clarify a little confusion that some people seem to have every single year in regards to what this day actually means.
Memorial day is a very important if not the most important day to me of the entire year. It is a day set aside to honor our fallen men and women who have paid the ultimate price with their lives in service of this great Nation of ours. Although thanking a current Veteran is a great thing to say and very welcome to most Vets that's NOT what Memorial day is about. Veterans day is in November that's the day that's set aside for the Vets who are still ALIVE.
Also, while I'm on the subject I'd like to point out that lives lost in Combat engagements that we've been involved in around the world is obvious. What's not so obvious is that lives are lost in non-combat related accidents and incidents on regular basis wherever our personnel are say in training exercises, etc. Which may not get the same press as a horrific firefight in Afghanistan but as far as I can tell Dead is Dead to the families and friends of those service members.
Most everyone knows someone who has lost loved ones and or friends in the military at some point. So, while everyone is doing whatever it is that you do for Memorial day please just actually take a moment to honor the fallen in your own way who gave EVERYTHING for us so we can live the lives that we are able to in this great Country of ours.
Memorial day is a very important if not the most important day to me of the entire year. It is a day set aside to honor our fallen men and women who have paid the ultimate price with their lives in service of this great Nation of ours. Although thanking a current Veteran is a great thing to say and very welcome to most Vets that's NOT what Memorial day is about. Veterans day is in November that's the day that's set aside for the Vets who are still ALIVE.
Also, while I'm on the subject I'd like to point out that lives lost in Combat engagements that we've been involved in around the world is obvious. What's not so obvious is that lives are lost in non-combat related accidents and incidents on regular basis wherever our personnel are say in training exercises, etc. Which may not get the same press as a horrific firefight in Afghanistan but as far as I can tell Dead is Dead to the families and friends of those service members.
Most everyone knows someone who has lost loved ones and or friends in the military at some point. So, while everyone is doing whatever it is that you do for Memorial day please just actually take a moment to honor the fallen in your own way who gave EVERYTHING for us so we can live the lives that we are able to in this great Country of ours.