...to hijack this post, but I have to take this time to thank you for your service.
Being in the Guard, I have not been deployed overseas, but I am thankful for the opportunity to be involved in many major events that have hit this nation over the past 20 years.
To stay on topic, one of the last missions I was on before retirement was search and rescue after Sandy.
I volunteered to take a platoon into the housing projects throughout Brooklyn for a 2 week-long mission - and search for residents - many old and/or disabled - who needed food and other supplies brought to them. We also accompanied medical personnel who were told not to go in without LE or military
I know we saved many lives on that trip - many older people, but many children as well.
A platoon of guys were invited to actually meet the mayor of NYC - and personally receive awards from him - along with a spread in the New York Times.
Not us, of course. It was the guys manning the TOC that were invited. All we got was to go home.
But it was my guys who got the hugs from the moms when we brought boxes of food up 18 flights of stairs so their kids could eat.
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