Armed Forces Day - May 17

Armed Forces Day is tomorrow. A day to honor those who serve our Country and help preserve our Freedoms. A lot of those freedoms we take for granted.

A lot of people argue that we have lost a lot of freedoms. And I suppose it all comes down to what side of the fence you are experiencing it from. I would never have thought that 20 or 30 years ago, we would be releasing so much information which was previously classified that it it would take days or weeks to peruse. So too, there are technologies out there today that will actually listen in on radio transmissions for specific words or phrases and warn of threats being made against our Land. Thirty years ago it was the stuff science fiction was made of. But no more.

It doesn't matter that you are anti-this or pro-that, if you have a voice and are using it to get your opinion heard by the public, then your Men and Women in the United States Military have sacrificed their time and their lives to give you the soap-box to scream from.

As for me, I'm going to volunteer at an Armed Forced Day parade tomorrow. Its my way of saying 'Thanks' to our Troops. Oh, and remember to fly that Grand 'Ole Flag.