The Laughing Wolf

To All Our Veterans

Thank you.

You left your comfortable homes
You left behind that softer world
For marching, drill, and kit
For rules and days with bugles lit
For barracks and grounds and rounds

So that others could peaceably sleep
in beds soft and sweet
You stood post in the cold
on hard grounds untold

In peace and in war you have stood
between the darkness and homes warm hearth

So well have so many served that today many fail to see, much less appreciate, the job done so well. To be honest, I am around people every day who look down upon those who serve. Who refuse to acknowledge or even consider that they can spout off -- even complete and utter nonsense -- without fear of true repression only because of the sacrifices made by those who's shoes they are not fit to clean.

To every man, woman, and child who has served in the U.S. military since the very beginning, my thanks to you. Because you have stood your watch, and made your sacrifice, we enjoy the sweet fruits of liberty in a way that the majority of the world still does not.

LW

NOTE: Yes, children. Study your history as children have fought as everything from Navy powder monkeys (as young as five if memory serves) to infantry. Some of our greatest soldiers lied about their age to get in. And just for the record, you will find that some who have served lied about their gender to do so too -- just check out the Civil War for a few examples... Each and every one of them, man, woman, and child has more balls, honor, and integrity than all of the anti-military types put together.