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[QUOTE="weedsportwarriors, post: 1455132, member: 1888"]
I spent 22 years in the Air Force and deployed to Desert Storm (Muscat, Oman) and Operation Enduring Freedom (Kandahar, Afghanistan) and several other deployments in between.  First off, thank you for your service Baggerbob and all the other veterans on this board.  There are so many people who just have no idea how many sacrifices our military and their families go through every day.  I will post a phrase that was put on Facebook by one of the guys I served with at Griffiss from 89-95.  This sums it up pretty well.

"Oh, you're in the military? That's cool. I wanted to do that when I was a kid.  What do you make? (I always love this question).  What do I make? I make holding your child's hand possible everyday. I make 5 minutes seem like a life time.  I make going to war for your freedom a duty that I will die for.  I can make sure your children have a future before terrorists attack us.  I can help you by spending a year away from my family, while you complain about yours and your job.  I make myself get out of bed at 3 am (0-dark thirty!) to risk my life to save your freedom.  Today, I might make the ultimate sacrifice to save your life.  I make a difference.  Now, what do you make?"

So I say anytime some one, or in this case the SU football team can give back to our military in any way possible, I am all for it.  Kudos to SU for starting this tradition!!
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