Digital Brainwaves

I was all set to try to write a Veterans Day piece, but Bruce “McQ” McQuain outdoes anything I’d write over at Q and O:

Most of the time, when you hear tributes to vets, they’re filled with the stories of those who’ve fought and suffered in combat and we see pictures showing the battle-weary combat vets which pointedly make the argument about the sacrifices veterans have made and continue to make.

They’ve fought in such places as Saipan and Guadalcanal in the Pacific, Normandy and St. Mere Eglise in Europe or Pork Chop Hill and the Chosin Reservoir in Korea or the I Drang Valley, Hue and the Ashau Valley in Vietnam. Now new names such as Fallujah, Najaf and Anbar are added to those which tell the tale of all who have paid the price for our freedom over the centuries and deserve the acclaim we give them. They’ve faced circumstances that we hope our children will never have to face and many have paid the full and ultimate price with their service

However, not all sacrifices are made on the field of battle. While infantry, armor and artillery are the combat arms - the tip of the spear - they, better than anyone, know how important the team that makes up the rest of the spear are to their success on the battlefield.

Have a read of the whole thing.