Veteran's Pride

I just read on Military.com about a campaign to get veterans to wear their medals this month in honor of Veteran's Day to show their pride and patriotism. VA Secretary Jim Nicholson says that he hopes that this will become a tradition for all national holidays, and said he thinks it will benefit the current services as much as the retired troops. I think this will start dialogues, inspire neighbors to talk to veterans who live next door about their sacrifice. I hope it will help with recruiting, because our veterans are the face of America.You can read the entire story here.

Well, I decided to show my pride and patriotism by wearing my medals on my blog. That way they are always visible. If you know someone who has served in our Armed Forces remember to say thank you this Veteran's Day. In fact, you don't have to wait until Veteran's Day, you can say thank you to a veteran any time of the year. It will make their day. If you've never served in the military you can never understand just how much a simple thank you can mean to someone who has made the commitments and sacrifices that our military servicemembers make every day.

P.S. For any vets or servicemen reading this the ribbon rack above was created with Ultimaterack. This is the best rack builder I've found on the web. The programmer has actually incorporated the regulations for order of precedence for each service so that your ribbons are ordered correctly. Military.com doesn't even have this implemented yet. Plus he's got many of the National Guard and civilian awards incorporated into his ribbon sets. Check it out.