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As a 22-year veteran of the Navy, I would like to express my gratitude to the people of this country for their support of us who served. I was never involved in combat, never sought to be in combat. I believe that the use of military force is a last resort, and should be used only when no other means of ensuring our freedom is available. In my 22 years, I was taken to many different countries, exposed to many different cultures, and saw many different wonders in the world. Some of those wonders I had only seen in pictures and never dreamed of getting to see them myself. There is no denying that military life is not the most glamorous. The soldier in the foxhole under fire, the aircrewman on the flight deck of the carrier in the middle of the night, the aviators flying the missions through AAA fire, all of them know why they are doing what they are doing. There was a Doonesbury comic back during Desert Storm that made fun of the sailors onboard ships in their air-conditioned spaces. Unfortunately, it didn't depict the overcrowded berthing areas, the extremely hot engine-room spaces, the incredibly dangerous environment of the flight deck. I did not serve onboard aircraft carriers, I was on cruisers. They're not built for comfort, they're built to fight. My point is that even though the general public doesn't know what conditions their service men and women live through, the thought that we are appreciated, remembered, and honored makes it all worthwhile. Thank you once again.
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