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It’s easy to forget that tomorrow is Veteran’s Day, to see it as just another Friday or just another reminder that winter is one day closer. It’s a holiday many people throw aside because the closest they’ve ever been to war is watching Forrest Gump or Saving Private Ryan. I’m as guilty as everyone else.

We’re flawed because we don’t spend enough time thinking about the sacrifices so many people have given for what we have. We don’t have to think about the terror and utter lack of humanity our soliders witnessed, or the close friends they lost, or the unrelenting paranoia of being back in the civilian world with a soldier’s mindset. We don’t have to think about the nightmares they lived through and the Post-Traumatic Stress they continue to experience each and every day.

We don’t have to think about any of these things because of those who do.

Think about a Veteran tomorrow.

(click the link; it’s a fantastic post from my favorite war hero-turned-TV-blogger, Matt Ufford)