Medivac Missions...if you appreciate your freedom you must view this video.

I found this video after reading a blog called Wife of a Wounded Soldier.  Her husband had been injured in Iraq and was being treated at Walter Reed Hospital.  Her story touched me because it could be that of any wife, whether that of a soldier, a teacher, a doctor, or anyone.  She told of the fear of not knowing exactly where he was just after his injury, having to wait for him to be transported after his surgery, imagining the misery of the long medevac flight and then being loaded on to the equivalent of a schoolbus made into an ambulance for delivery to Walter Reed.  She was so worried about him but couldn't be with him.  Then, once they were reunited there were days, weeks, months of recovery and rehabilitation.  His body was fixed, but his mind couldn't let go of the horrible memories of war.  These are the men and women who have voluntarily joined our military and fulfilled their duty of protecting our freedom.  Whether or not you support our administration's actions you simply have to support these men and women who have given so freely and willingly.  You have to support and respect their families who live for months and months without husbands, wives, parents, sons and daughters.  It IS the ultimate sacrifice.  As I make trips to the VA Hospital where my husband is treated for his spinal cord injury I often meet much older men...those who have served in Korea, Vietnam, even WWII.  They are always the first ones to jump up and start pushing my husband's wheelchair even though he is happy to do it himself.  They will always approach us and speak, even when others shy away because they don't know how to react to the wheelchair.  These men were America's Great Generation.  I feel certain that we will be saying the same thing in forty years about those men and women who now serve in our military and marines.  Freedom isn't free.  It's such a campy saying...but it really does ring true.  The cost is great and it is the lives of our fellow Americans.  Let's not only remember those who have died as heroes serving their country, but also those who have been wounded, some catastrophically, and continue to soldier on and prosper as great men and women in our society.  Next time you see a soldier or marine, take a moment to shake their hand, even if they're in a wheelchair, and thank them for their service.  Trust me, they can never hear it enough.