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Wednesday
11Nov2009

The Hardest Thing

Today is Veteran's Day. A day when we honor those who have served in our nation's military. Some of my most vivid memories of military service involve the hardships I endured along with the members of my unit. We were tired, cold, scared, hungry, dirty, wet more than we wanted to be. And that was only during the 14 weeks of basic infantry training. Over the next four years I learned of many of the sacrifices that the men and women of our armed services make every day. But that was also during peacetime.

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