{"id":8367,"date":"2024-11-11T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=8367"},"modified":"2024-11-11T19:33:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T02:33:05","slug":"its-veterans-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=8367","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Veteran&#8217;s Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s Veteran&#8217;s Day! A day to remember the warriors among us. I&#8217;ve written before about how <a href=\"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=6668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">God values warriors<\/a>. Please check it out.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-1.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"319\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-1.png?resize=474%2C319&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-1.png?w=625&amp;ssl=1 625w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-1.png?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am a retired Air Force officer, but I don&#8217;t consider myself a warrior. But I served with warriors and knew many others. I want to tell you what Veteran&#8217;s Day meant to one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I met Mac after he retired from the Army. He was proud of his service. He&#8217;s one of the few who would call to wish me (a non-warrior, remember?) a happy Veteran&#8217;s Day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mac flew helicopters in Viet Nam, rising to the rank of Chief Warrant Officer. He loved the Army. He picked up an MBA along the way and worked for a defense contractor after he retired. But it wasn&#8217;t the same. Soon he had a no-stress, no-responsibility job at WalMart. What happened?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s what I think. For Mac&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He had no greater <strong>purpose <\/strong>in life than serving his country, especially in a war zone.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He had no greater <strong>community <\/strong>than his brothers in arms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s hard to find anything comparable in civilian life. Please keep this in mind as you greet Veterans today, especially retired ones. By the way, Mac passed away 2014 of Lou Gehrig&#8217;s disease. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle. (Psalm 144.1, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Veteran&#8217;s Day! A day to remember the warriors among us. I&#8217;ve written before about how God values warriors. Please check it out. I am a retired Air Force officer, but I don&#8217;t consider myself a warrior. But I served with warriors and knew many others. 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