Friday, November 7, 2014

ON BEING A VETERAN


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


On Being a Veteran

 
Being a Veteran is being in service

 
First of all to our country and next to our

 
fellow Veterans.

 
Every Veteran has a story and it's always

 
a story of sacrifice ~ for all of us have

 
sacrificed two, four or in my case seven years in

 
order to protect the fleet, our mission or our homeland and


those years are forever gone.

 
But those years are also filled with memories

 
Memories of camaraderie,

 
Memories of close friendships,

 
Memories of shared bonding in battle, in carrier operations or

 
under attack.

 
Many of us have been to the dark side and never returned to

 
the light.

 
Many of us cannot forget the horror of war and the memories


still haunt us.

 
Each of us, as Veterans, are proud we served our country and


we welcome the respect and care we receive at our VA clinics


and know, at the deepest level, that we are all brothers and


sisters ~ joined by a common bond of


sacrifice and service.

 

It’s an intangible bond but it's there and I feel it strongly when

 

I meet another Veteran ~ particularly a disabled one.

 

It's a sense of knowing and acknowledgement that goes beyond

 

words but resonates in the soul ~

 

We Served.



 

 







Allen L Roland, Ph.D
http://allenlrolandsweblog.blogspot.com/2014/11/on-being-veteran.html
 

US Naval Aviator 1957-1964

Veterans of Oakley, California

 

 

1 comment:

  1. The hero is the man dedicated to the creation and / or defense of reality-conforming, life-promoting values.” —Andrew Bernstein

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