[TheMercenary]

Thanks to all for the nice words. And I would like to extend to all my fellow Vets the most sincere thanks for yours and your families sacrifice to service. I know that in my 20+ years of continual active duty my family made great sacrifices for our future. We made it. And thanks to all, esp the families that had some of the greatest burdens of maintaining the home and keeping things moving forward during our deployments. Keep your thoughts and prayers in mind and consider those soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines who are still deployed overseas on missions that are demanded of our nations. Same to all of our overseas friends in the Cellar. Your vets are in my prayers as well.

I leave you all with this....

“In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.”