Forum: Air Force Life

To all the Veterans that have passed on: your sacrifice has never been forgotten by me.

To all Veterans that have done the best they could to save a comrade so he could make it back home, I say thank you as well. I can never know how hard it is to do whatever you can to save the life of a friend.


I feel I must confess; today was my first day working a real job. I had to change the sign for an upcoming event in June. It took me nearly 4 1/2 hours due to winds and the suction cup drying out seemingly every two minutes. Halfway through, I started complaining to myself--my feet hurt, my eyes were hurting because of looking into the sun trying to place the letters on the board. I started thinking "what am I doing here?" and started wishing I could go inside and take a rest. Then I remembered, Hell, there are probably thousands of American fighting men and women over in Iraq and Afghanistan, fighting the battle over there. The buses weren't running, so I had to walk the two miles home, it was a tough walk, my legs from the knee down were aching, then again, I remembered, there are still men overseas humping 60-80 pounds of gear with M16s across their chest, looking around constantly for an ambush out of nowhere.

I had planned to go to the Fort Howard Cemetery today to say thank you in person, I didn't make it, but tomorrow, no matter how sore I am, I WILL make a trip out there.