Armed Forces Day 2008

Today is Armed Forces Day, and some questions are circulating among civilians:  Who are you? What are you made of?  Who do people think you are?

Well, our time has come.  Our time is now.  Your time is now.   The time is incumbent to form a new relationship with our fellows who serve in the military to protect us and our families.  Your family.  My family.  All our families.

The load which the troops and their families carry is our load. Your load. Our load.  This writer's load.  They carry it for us. For you. For me.  And they have families at home while they do. The time is right to stand for those who stand for all of us. To carry the load together with them. To look out for their families while they are off looking out for ours.

These folks go half way around the world to many different places to look out for our liberties, livelihoods, and businesses, -- and have families at home while they do. And in return we citizens and our great American companies need to look out for them and theirs. Time is precious to the troops and their families, and every day an eternity. Tomorrow is not always soon enough, and time is always of the essence in doing all we can for them.

The time is now to do for them that do for us.

All together now!