F > N: FACES ARE MORE THAN NUMBERS

The War(s)go on. The economy sucks and the recession is "officially" in effect. For those in the know and on the street, the recession's been with us since 2007.  A steady paycheck, health benefits and a roof over your head is one of the upsides of being in the military during a time like this but there's a price.  Freedom ain't free...LOL.  Since being in this military world for little over a year-I've run across a spectrum of people each with their own reasons for joining. They are as my friend Dylan Black says,  the "soul of the machine."   F >N  is a reflection and commentary on some of those people I have gone through training with and a reality check of what we face while we serve for various reasons.  

Whether you agree or not with one's decision to serve, we are still somebody to someone out there...a face to a number. 

  

CHANGE: T MINUS 72....

CHANGE. The buzzword for almost two years. CHANGE is needed. Our 2 presidental candidates promise it but in the end, who will deliver CHANGE ? Will CHANGE be for the better or for the worse come Tuesday night? A day that will live in infamy to some who won't like CHANGE. I wonder how many times Sam Cooke's soulful " A Change Is Gonna Come" or Dylan's "Times are a Changing" is gonna hit the airwaves? Is CHANGE gonna come to our foreign policy? Will CHANGE get us out of Iraq and Afghanistan where upwards to 12 Billion a month is being spent. Will the casualities both military and civilian from Operation Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom CHANGE? At home, will people address their prejudices and hyprocrisy and hopefully take a chance on a new thought and CHANGE? Will this election CHANGE you, me and everyone else? I hope come Wednesday, November 5th -CHANGE will be in effect. CHANGE is good...and scary too.