To all the younger generations that have served and are serving our great country.
I am 62 years old, and sometimes I get depressed at the way things are going in this country.
I interviewed a young man today who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
(I hope business picks up, and I can hire him later this month.)
He was interviewing for a job as an electronic technician. He didn't have all the qualifications I needed, but he outshined anyone else I have interviewed lately.
He told me, "Sir, I don't know how to do all the things you are talking about, but I know I can learn them! And I will show up everyday for work, and work hard, and not call in sick like most of the people my age!"
As he looked at my shadow box on the wall, he smiled and said, "And if I screw up you can tell me to drop and do twenty pushups, and I will do those pushups and never make the same mistake again!"
After he left, I got to thinking about all the young men and women who are serving today, and why they are so different from anyone else. Just like I was back in 1966 when I joined the Army among all the others that were trying to avoid the draft.
And I got a sense that this country just might get through the perils we face, because of kids like that.![Smile [smile] [smile]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/001.gif)
I have so much respect for those who are carrying on the tradition of serving our country today, because I know of their sacrifices.
So, to all of you here that have served, I Thank You.
I Thank You for carrying on the traditions and responsibilities that made this country great!
But most of all, I thank you for making an old man like me feel safe and secure in the future of our country!
I am 62 years old, and sometimes I get depressed at the way things are going in this country.
I interviewed a young man today who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
(I hope business picks up, and I can hire him later this month.)
He was interviewing for a job as an electronic technician. He didn't have all the qualifications I needed, but he outshined anyone else I have interviewed lately.
He told me, "Sir, I don't know how to do all the things you are talking about, but I know I can learn them! And I will show up everyday for work, and work hard, and not call in sick like most of the people my age!"
As he looked at my shadow box on the wall, he smiled and said, "And if I screw up you can tell me to drop and do twenty pushups, and I will do those pushups and never make the same mistake again!"
After he left, I got to thinking about all the young men and women who are serving today, and why they are so different from anyone else. Just like I was back in 1966 when I joined the Army among all the others that were trying to avoid the draft.
And I got a sense that this country just might get through the perils we face, because of kids like that.
![Smile [smile] [smile]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/001.gif)
I have so much respect for those who are carrying on the tradition of serving our country today, because I know of their sacrifices.
So, to all of you here that have served, I Thank You.
I Thank You for carrying on the traditions and responsibilities that made this country great!
But most of all, I thank you for making an old man like me feel safe and secure in the future of our country!