Of all the countries of all the world
We have the privledge and honor of living in one that is free.
Yet many do not know that the freedom they enjoy is signed and sealed in blood.
And those who do, seem not to care.
I stand here today ready to make sure that our future generations know that freedom has been far from free.
I see politions say this and that, to win that final ballot to win the game they play.
As a soldier we have no ballot but a bullet , we load it into our guns and hope that it is never turned against us.
Unlike the ballot that may turn against those who cast them they get a 2nd chance, Quite often the bullet that we load into the gun that is turned against us, We do not get that 2nd chance.
In all this i remember what a general once said
at the activation speech at camp Clair born in Louisiana , During the activation speech the first commander Major General William Lee said and i quote "The 101st Air Born Division activated in camp cair born Louisiana has no history but it has a Randevu with destiny"
After that the phraze "Randevu with Destiny" Became its Moto, I have to wonder if that is not fitting for all of us who serve.
