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EDITORIAL/OPINION
www.FortHoodSentinel.com
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May 21, 2015
Phantom 6 Sends
Memorial Day
Honor those who have fallen in defense of our nation
demonstrate respect and endur-
Phantom Warriors! Army Strong!
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our nation.
The Army remains committed to honoring
our fallen Soldiers. As a military community, we
owe it to those who have sacrificed all to keep
Memorial Day reverent.
We will remember our fallen service members
and their Families
and their service.
spending time with our Families and friends
during the long weekend. Cookouts, boating,
water sports, baseball, hiking and camping are
just some of the activities people will engage in
during the weekend that traditionally starts the
summer season.
Let’s celebrate life by enjoying these activities
safely.
As you see the flag’s red, white and blue fly-
ing at half-staff on Monday, take a moment to
honor the courage, the commitment, the service
and the sacrifice of our national heroes.
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“Having a cookout
with Family and
friends.”
“Barbecue with Family
and friends and
co-workers.”
“Hopefully I’ll be going
home to Louisiana to
spend some time with
my Family.”
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“Visiting veterans.”
so
express the nation’s gratitude. Still, we offer our
simple words of thanks on this holiday to dem-
onstrate the respect and honor we hold for our
fallen warriors as we vow to never forget their
service and their sacrifice.
As we offer respect and honor to the fallen,
we also must not forget our pledge to continue
to support and care for their Families. We must
always keep the spouses, mothers, fathers and
children in our thoughts and prayers, as they
are members of our Army Family. Two weeks
ago, many of you attended the installation’s
second annual Fallen, Never Forgotten Memo-
rial Run and demonstrated our remembrance to
those Families in attendance. This support must
extend beyond an annual run, though - we
must live it every day. Ill Corps and Fort Hood
are dedicated to providing unwavering support
to our Gold Star Families.
Memorial Day celebrations will take place
in cemeteries and local towns around Cen-
tral Texas. Over the weekend, III Corps and
Fort Hood Soldiers will support ceremonies in
communities such as Killeen, Harker Heights
and Dallas/Fort Worth. This is an excellent
opportunity for us to show that not only do
we respect, honor and remember the fallen,
we also support our neighbors and community
partners. Hopefully you will make the time to
celebrate Memorial Day with our Central Texas
neighbors.
Let us also remember those still in harm’s way.
There are still thousands of American troops
deployed across the globe, including more than
5,000 III Phantom Corps Soldiers, honorably
and professionally defending our freedom. I
hope you take a moment this weekend with me
to remember these service members and pray for
their success and their safe return.
Finally, as we honor those who have fallen
in defense of our nation, most of us will be
died while serving their country. It is much
more than just a holiday marking the beginning
of summer.
It is a time to remember those who died in
military service.
Memorial Day differs from Veterans Day
even though both federal holidays are intended
to recognize military members.
Veterans Day is a national observance that
acknowledges living military veterans for their
service. We can recognize our veterans every
day. We can always thank them for their service.
We cannot personally thank our fallen service
members. However, on Memorial Day, we can
honor, recognize and remember those brave
lives.
Common traditions of this observance include
visiting memorials, placing American flags at
grave sites and pausing for a moment of silence.
These are small acts of respect for our military
fallen.
We also cannot forget their surviving Fam-
ily members. While we can set aside time on
Memorial Day to honor the fallen, survivors like
Candy carry the grief and pain of losing a loved
one every day.
These survivors deserve our respect, gratitude
and support. Many survivors wear the Gold Star
or Next of Kin lapel buttons. When you see
someone wearing either button, remember that
he or she lost a loved one who selflessly served
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On Monday, the nation will lower the Ameri-
can flag to half-staff in recognition of Memorial
Day, the day we
ing honor to those
who have sacrificed
their lives in defense
of our freedom. Since
1868, Americans have
remembered those who
have fallen in war by
decorating grave sites
with flowers at the end
of May. Originally,
Decoration Day hon-
ored those killed in the
Civil War, both Union
and Confederate, but by the turn of the 20th
Century, the tradition expanded to recognize
those who had fallen in every war in which the
U.S. participated. Now, Memorial Day provides
all Americans an opportunity to pause in our
busy lives and remember those who have made
the ultimate sacrifice.
When you examine the stories of those who
made that ultimate sacrifice, they are as diverse
as America itself. These were average Americans
living ordinary lives from all over our nation.
When called, they left their Families and their
loved ones to take up arms in defense of the
ideals of the United States. When the situation
demanded it, they made extraordinary sacrifices,
laying down their lives for their comrades, their
Families and their firm belief in freedom itself
at places like Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, San Juan
Hill, the Argonne Forest, I wo Jima, Normandy,
Pusan, the la Drang Valley, 73 Easting, the
Shahi Kot Valley and Ramadi.
There are no words that can adequately
Every day, Candy Martin, a Gold Star moth-
er, honors her son 1st Lt. Thomas Martin, who
was killed in action as a
result of small-arms fire
in Iraq. A retired Army
officer herself, Candy
knows the ultimate sac-
rifice her son made for
our nation. She remem-
bers his patriotism, his
courage and his service.
She wears the Gold Star
lapel button as a symbol
of honor to memorialize
his life and legacy.
While survivors like
Candy daily remember
the loss of loved ones,
the American public
annually sets aside time
to honor fallen service
members.
On May 25, the Army
will join the nation in
observing Memorial
Day. This national observance is a designated
day of remembrance for military personnel who
our fallen heroes this Memorial Day
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