I'm going to share a little bit of truth today, my wife has two cousins who are veterans, one, named Josh is currently on active duty in the US Army. He's a good man, I've met him. Josh's wife has just lost her brother in Iraq.

June 10:

Army Pfc. Gavin L. Neighbor, 20, of Somerset, Ohio. Died as a result from wounds from a rocket-propelled grenade round fired from a nearby house. Assigned to Company C, 3rd Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

I never met the man, but I did know him. Every man and woman who ever wore the uniform knows what I'm saying. The word is brothers, and in light of the times, sisters as well. He was just a man doing what needed done, we all knew someone like him. We all should feel the loss, of Pfc. Neighor, and all the other fine young people who we have lost. In a world where so many speak but so few act, he and the other fallen stand out as such an incredible beacon.

There is no way to express enough sorrow at their loss, the only thing is to be worthy of the cost they have paid. Their legacy will be written in the lives not lost, in the future of a people, in the heart of their families, in the hope of a better world.

In tribute and sorrow I offer this,

"We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival. "
--Sir Winston Churchill

God be with your family Gavin, sleep well.