Everyday, I think about things I want to blog about and rarely do I sit down and do it. So, today I thought of something that I really wanted to write about but I have not.
The military salute. To get on a military installation you have to show your id every time you go through the date. If someone in the car is an officer the gate guards snap to attention and salute the officer, and the officer then returns the gesture. Today, I was behind an officer and I watched it play out like many, many, times before, and I thought of how special the military is. I love this life.
It is a small gesture that means so much, respect, commitment, service, and tradition. I love to watch the different salutes, and all the different situations when soldiers salute superiors.
"If you can't get them to salute when they should salute and wear the clothes you tell them to wear, how are you going to get them to die for their country?"
-General George S. Patton
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