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The guys in the Hooah pics I can deal with. They will be forever frozen in time and my mind as young, steely-eyed warriors.
The pics that hurt me are like the one of SFC Tycz, with his FIVE little girls ages one to nine who will never have their Dad to chase away the bad dreams, wipe away their tears, patch their skinned knees, take them to their first dance, or walk them down the aisle. The youngest ones may barely remember him soon. Now as a father, I can tell you that is a loss beyond comprehension.
That is one reason that the SOWF is so important. The Dads can rest easy, knowing that their kids will be taken care of, and the kids will remember why their bills are being paid, and who sacrificed their all for them.
RIP, Gents. You will all be missed.
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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910
De Oppresso Liber 01/20/2025
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