Moyo

I have spent the past eight and a half years of my post high school life trying to adjust to the task of adulthood. During these years there have been good times, bad times and worse times; most of which have been served in the US Navy. Pre-911 time allowed me to transition from civilian life and adopt a bit of “esprit de corps” (to borrow a little USMC phraseology), but today is a different day. Today we are involved in a war which many of us do not understand and/or agree with. Now my mind wonders what this newly adapted adult (me) should do? Do I joint the many who question “why?”, or do I choose to blindly serve our country without question? I choose neither. My choice is to re-join the many soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and coastguardsmen who have volunteered to risk (and unfortunately sometimes give) their lives in order to support family, community and country. Now, while it’s easy to say that those who’s live have been taken by the violence of war “chose this hard and dangerous life” or that “what ever happens to them is their own fault”, my question is how much faith do you have in your co-workers? Would they give their life for you or more importantly would you give your life for them? These people who risk their lives have stood up with their head held high and hand raised proudly saying yes! There is nothing for which I have more respect than the commitment that they show, be it three or thirty years, so count me in (or should I say back-in). The next time that you start saying how we shouldn’t be “over there” or something in that line of talk, open the paper or turn on the news and think about us. We made the choice to follow the orders of those appointed over us for better or for worse because we do it for you, our fellow Americans.Please support our troops! And more importantly, despite how you feel about the war support our troops and remember the fallen, for they have paid the ultimate price.V/R, Mitchell, Moyo C. IT2(SW) USNR