I woke up yesterday and checked my emails as usual. I regularly receive one from an old Marine buddy (Bulldog) who served with me way back in the day. He's in the Army Reserve now and has put in many tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan. He sent me this photo that a reporter took yesterday morning after a VBIED (vehicle born improvised explosive device) went off and he lost a large number of fellow servicemen. He wanted me to know he's OK if I saw it in the media. Yesterday afternoon I did see that Fox News and CNN were reporting the bombing. Bulldog often volunteers for the tours he puts in. His sense of duty to our country is as strong now as it was 24 years ago when I met him. He's full of all the unpopular things nowadays, discipline, focus, service to others above himself, etc. While we enjoy the lake over the long weekend (as we should) let's take a moment to remember the inconvenient war that others are still fighting on our behalf. And remember those who will go home one last time from an unforgiving foreign land after having made the ultimate sacrifice.
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