Thanks

I'm thankful for life. Knowing we have a truly wonderful country to live
in, freedoms to enjoy, and great place to raise a family. I am proud to
serve an organization whose sole purpose is to protect and defend this great
country; whose values represent the best moral fiber of our society:
Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity and Personal
Courage.

I am thankful to so many things it is hard to list any, fearing I'll leave
one out. I am thankful for a rich soul, full of hope, optimism and
happiness.

I am thankful for every Solider, our civilian employees and their Families
who sacrifice so much during this extended period of seemingly unending
deployments to dangerous places.

You might become disillusioned with all the bad things in the world, but if
you have strength of heart and character, the world doesn't look so gloomy,
foreboding, or dangerous. Financial peril isn't running you off a cliff
like a lemming; it's offering you a long term investment in the future. We
need to be thankful for all our long term investments in the moral fiber of
this country, our families and in many places in the world where someone has
been offered hope instead of despair.

COL Wayne S