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Prior to my first deployment to Afghanistan I had the unsavory task of putting together my “death packet.” This packet outlines in detail your wishes in the unfortunate event that you die on the upcoming deployment. If you are married, your wife is required to sign off on your choices. Instead of planning for our future life together, my wife and I were planning for life without me. My choices were met with resistance...
Great piece by RP's own, SSG Kevin Flike. Keep reading at: http://www.woundedbywar.com/what-memorial-day-means-to-me/
Great piece by RP's own, SSG Kevin Flike. Keep reading at: http://www.woundedbywar.com/what-memorial-day-means-to-me/
What Memorial Day Means to Me – Wounded By War
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Memorial Day
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Memorial day is a difficult day to understand if you have never been a member of the armed forces. Yes, it's a celebration of those who have served their country. Yes, we should all be damn proud to be Americans snd to benefit from the freedoms that we have been granted. But what many don't really understand is that this day is less a celebration and more a stark reminder that people actually died for your freedoms. For many I think that it's a difficult pill to swallow and, as many things tend to be, if it is not some how specifically effecting them then it's easy to pretend it has no effect on them.
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