[ta6point6]

When I finally finished basic training the Drill instructors played Lincolns Gettysburg address for us and told us to remember if not all the words at least the ending. The profoundness of that day sticks with me when reflecting on the 13 Service members who have lost their lives in this current Iran War.

It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."