Good vid. Here's the hard part though.
When you come home there are people lining the streets. Everyone is cheering and wants to shake your hand. One of your soldiers mom and dad come and find you to say thank you for keeping their son safe and looking after him, like you said you would. Mom has happy tears and dad is just proud as can be. You muster all you can to stay composed and tell them it was all him, and he did great, doing what he was suppose to. Because he did. You see a vid like this and it's the same treatment for one person with honor, as it should be. Why did you get to come home?
I had no contact. I refuse to wear any of the 6 combat patch's authorized to my Company. Every time I went out, things went smooth. A unit I use to be in took heavy casualties. Why them? Why now? Why didn't I get called on when I was with them? What would have been the outcome for me? Time and place become an endless question that has no final answer.
A soldier who falls in combat is too soon for gotten. These people are the reason we live our everyday life as fat, worry free people. They got up early and covered down on the enemy to ensure so many people have the right to test drive their couch and spoil their kids. This is done because of who they are and how they are. What have you done to benefit them, as they have done to cover you? I don't want people to post and answer to that. I just want you to think about that. If someone you know has died defending your/our way of life, it is your responsibility to ensure their story is told.
Someone from school you knew? Get the details and let people know. Toast them when you have a round with friends. It's a very small and easy thing that pays great tribute to someone.
Always remember, it's not that a service member wanted to die, but that they were WILLING to, for your/our safety and way of life.