A Time for War and A Time for Peace

I get to serve our country as a soldier. These past few days, I have had the opportunity to spend time with many of my fellow soldiers as they both prepare to and serve our fellow citizens. I am so proud of them and their dedication to the mission. To define them as selfless seems an understatement as time and again they leave all that they love behind, all of their possessions, in order to serve in parts unknown. They range in ages from recent graduates from high school, to those that have served over 40 years. They come from all walks of life, some from multiple generations of military service to others that answered the call for the first time in their families. Their reason for joining varies greatly among them, but those differences fade away as they become the close knit units that can defeat any enemy in any place of conflict. They are our sons and daughters, our fathers and mothers, our brothers and sisters, and they are our warriors.