Kortney Clemens
While serving in the U.S. Army as a combat medic in Iraq, Kortney Clemons and three other service members were helping soldiers in an overturned vehicle when enemy forces detonated an explosive device. The explosion killed the other three service members, but Clemons' life was spared. As a result of the blast, he lost his right leg above-the-knee. Jerrod Fields
In 2005, Sgt. Jerrod Fields lost his lower left leg after an IED exploded during a patrol in Iraq while deployed with the 3rd Infantry Division. Fields recovered from his wounds and passed all of his physical requirements with his prosthetic leg to continue on active duty with the 3rd ID at Fort Stewart in an ambitious six months instead of the doctor-predicted nine. Re-enlisted by Vice President Dick Cheney, Fields is now a Bradley Fighting Vehicle Gunner with the 3rd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Squadron. For his service, Fields was awarded a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart.
Seeing these athletes compete and train on a day-to-day basis just like I do is already inspiring enough. But once you have the chance to hear their story and understand exactly what they’ve been through, you realize that you’re training next to real-life heros. These men are the most brave and courageous people I personally know and I should probably tell them thank you every single day, but today I just wanted to make sure I said it extra loud. THANK YOU.
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Thanks to them for their service and thank God for their lives!
Um, you're missing one FABULOUS Marine!!!
My dad.
Geesh! I'm telling him not to make you any more quesadillas. Period!
yes...thanks to God they are here because many aren't!
@bianca...nooooo! i can't live without quesadillas. but you know, my mom is a veteran too and i didn't mention her. oops. love you mom and pancho!
I thank them for their service, as I do all veterans on this day. We owe them each an unpayable debt, and we could certainly do more for them than we have decided to. If you serve or have served, thank you and bless you, always.
In General....
How so many Americans are Hypocrites! It's disgraceful!
Political Correctness by the wanna-be-cool, popular, fashionable, in American society who say god bless our troops on this day and then never give them a second thought throughout the rest of the year is disgraceful.
Lets do a test...what is the 3'rd and 9'th largest conflict America has lost servicemen in? How many servicemen? Where are they buried? Did each have a military burial and 21 gun solute? Were flags presented to their next of kin? Did the President of the USA come for a photo-op or was he there because he cared? (Ok, I threw that one in for anyone who saw Obama's photo-op at 3AM 2 weeks ago on an airport tarmac! What a joke!)
I would also like to point out that not all "Troops" deserve respect. In any community whether it be a blog forum, a sorority, track n field, or any civilization, community or group, there are good people and bad people as part of that group.
Just yesterday I was at one of our finest Navy bases and met one of the biggest as*hole military jerks in America!
Just a few days ago, one of our "troops" killed so many other troops down in Texas.
So, I propose that we change this nationally recognized day as, "Good Veteran's Day!"
Because there are a lot of as*hole military people out there who don't deserve the thank you on this day of appreciation! Because there are undesirable, lazy, lacker's, stupid, selfish, pretender's, not loyal and not worthy people in the military..... just as in every segment of life.
Hat tipped, nod, to ONLY those worthy soldiers on this day!
Those are two amazing men. Hats off to them.
http://in-the-arena-mike.blogspot.com/2009/10/giving-back-that-which-cant-be-given.html
okay this made me cry. What the heck? Seriously Brianna... stop that! But what a great post! NExt time you talk to them, tell them I said thank you :)
Any excuse to post pics of yourself right?
lol.
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