My Father In Law Said Nobody Invited Me Until Someone Pulled Into The Driveway

You do it for the convoy that makes it through the kill zone, for the medevac that arrives in eleven minutes, for the man in the photograph who is grinning with both his legs and does not yet know what the next week holds.

But it is still true that being seen matters. Not for vanity. Not because the external recognition changes the nature of the service.continue reading …