This is the yearly shout out to my dad, my father-in-law, my uncle, my wife’s cousin, the Gunny who commented on my blog in the olden days, and other people who have served our nation in the Armed Forces.

From AP, hosted on Yahoo:

Lima Company in Columbus

AP - Thu Nov 10, 3:07 PM ET

Capt. Billy Brown, front, and the rest of Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, part of a National Guard battalion that lost 48 reservists, march by the Ohio Statehouse during a Veterans Day parade Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005 in Columbus, Ohio. Lima Company took 16 of those deaths. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

My family salutes you.

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