Remember those who serve...

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...and go in harms way this Holiday Season. Please offer up prayers and spiritual petitions, in whatever faith you follow.

I'm sure most of you have seen or heard the news of the U.S. Navy Seventh Fleet losing a cargo plane at sea, with eleven sailors on board. Eight were rescued, but the search for the other three has been called off.

This hits home for me as one of the men lost (Chialastri) was the same rating, or job, as I was - ABE (Aviation Boatswain's Mate [Equipment.]) It's heartbreaking to experience the loss of any young person - and these guys were, for the most part, just starting out their adult lives. It hurts to even think about what the families are feeling right now. The holidays, for them, will never be the same.

Sorry to be such a downer, but I needed to get that off my chest.

Thanks folks -

~Chris
 
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