CoChief of SecurityFlirtationsWAARNG Sol...'s blog: "flag"

As I sit here thinking of those that have gone before me. I can't help but wonder will I return home drapped in the Stars and Stripes or will I return only to find my life changed forever? As most of you know I am in the Army National Guard and I will be deploying after bootcamp and AIT. I think of my fellow brothers and sisters in arms and their safe return home. I know they will do the same for me when I am there and they are here in the States. Most of you don't know the fear we soldiers have of being deployed. Some of you ever say that we are murderers. Well that is your right and I will fight for that right and I will die for it if I have to. Will this war ever end? Will we have PEACE? I don't know but I will fight for PEACE and for the american way of life for I am An American Soldier!! And if I die I want to be remembered as a soldier. I care not for the fame, I care not for the pain. I took an oath and I plan on keeping it. I hope all of you can support my fellow soldiers and I. WE need it. WE stand ready, We stand tall and We stand strong. Next time you see a soldier just say thank you if nothing else thats all they need.

She has flown tall and bright through endless fights. She has weathered the cold of space, the furnace of the dessert. She has been burned. She has been spit on. She stands for freedom. She lowers for the faithful. She has not fallen. EVER! She has sheltered many of soldiers. And to this day I salute her. At rise And set. And if I shall fall defending her, She will drape me in her warm embrace. She flies over my roof and will till its no more. She is the American flag, the Stars and Stripes, the Star Spangled Banner. She is my flag, your flag, OUR flag and I salute her.