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LTC Stephen F.
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Thank you my friend COL Mikel J. Burroughs for sharing Still a Soldier by Trace Adkins.
Poignant lyrics. I served from November 11, 1974 to May 28, 2008. I was honored a few times and dishonored more. I served this nation in good and bad times and weathered the storms of discontent.
I am grateful and thankful that I survived to become a retired U.S. Army soldier.
Still a Soldier by Trace Adkins
Lyrics
"He's got a corner lot on Dogwood Drive
A year old truck and a nine to five
Comes home at night to a pretty wife
With a baby due
He'll sleep in on Saturday
Cut the grass if it don't rain
After church he'll watch the game
And have a beer or two
He'll stand up
When he hears the anthem
And that won't ever change
He's still a soldier
His blood runs red, white and blue
He put away his gun and boots
But he still believes
The American Dream
'Til his last breath he'll always be
A soldier
He's still a soldier
He's on his couch for the news at ten
He'll see those places that he's been
And when a brother falls
there's a part of him that does too
And if they called and needed him back
Oh, he'd be on that plane
He's still a soldier
His blood runs red, white and blue
He put…"

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SP5 Jeannie Carle
SP5 Jeannie Carle
6 y
Amen amen and amen some more.
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Sgt Vance Bonds
Sgt Vance Bonds
6 y
Thank you for writing this out.it h er lps me if i can see the words. How great yhis is.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
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Love Trace Adkins and his music. The words are so true for us here on RP.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
Lt Col Charlie Brown
6 y
We heard him at Nissan Pavilion. He had his concert beamed over to Afghanistan
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Sgt Albert Castro
Sgt Albert Castro
6 y
Amen on that Ma'am
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Maj Robert Thornton
Maj Robert Thornton
6 y
Saw him at the Grand Ole Opry, he sang Arlington. Awesome. I would love to see him with the West Point Chorus performing Til the Last Shots Fired.
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Maj Robert Thornton
Maj Robert Thornton
6 y
Cynthia C. You never know, you might catch him there.
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SPC Margaret Higgins
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs: This song moved my very Heart. I got the shivers listening to it. I am ready, willing and able to defend this wondrous nation of ours.
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SPC Margaret Higgins
SPC Margaret Higgins
6 y
COL Mikel J. Burroughs: Mikel, I phoned my local Army Recruiters Office; and, the Sergeant there advised me that I could not re-enter the Army.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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SPC Margaret Higgins - Probably because of the age Margaret, but if there were ever a t time that United States was under attack, there is no doubt in my mine that our 22 million veterans would rise up against any enemy foreign or domestic, take up arms and defend this nation. That is what I was referring to in my statement. Hope that makes sense.
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SPC Margaret Higgins
SPC Margaret Higgins
6 y
COL Mikel J. Burroughs - Total sense, Mikel. Thank you. And, indeed, in a heartbeat: I would rise up and defend this great nation; against all enemies- foreign or domestic. In a heartbeat!
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SPC Margaret Higgins
SPC Margaret Higgins
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Cynthia Croft - Ma'am, You would be more than permitted; you would be desired by me- to have you alongside of me in combat. With My Love for You, Margaret
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