Misterimpatient

It was announced by the Army that at least one of their bases has decided that rather than honoring, individually, the sacrifice of the fallen, they’ll wrap these ceremonies in a neat little bow and hold them once a month. The article from the NY Times goes on to explain the rational for this. In short, these ceremonies on Army bases are a new thing with this war. Because we have an all volunteer Army, soldiers have real relationships with their Army base and the community around. In the past, drafted soldiers only spent enough time on an Army base to get trained and shipped out. The commander’s logic here is that these ceremonies are new, require a lot of resources and distract from other tasks. There are other ceremonies in the unit and the soldier’s home time.

The family is what matters here. As long as another soldier’s life isn’t put in harm’s way, these individual ceremonies must continue.

Later…

Filed by misterimpatient at 3:30 pm under Patter, Un-categorized Outrages