A Digression

It's amazing the amount of support that there is out there. We've had complete strangers come up to us in restaurants and stores and shake his hand - thanking him for the sacrifices he makes.

I guess they can tell that he's military because of the hair thing and also the way that he carries himself. He has a different air about him. It's a sort of a "cockiness" but not really... It's hard to explain but he does have a certain bearing that makes people realize he's not "normal".

After Basic Training graduation at Fort Knox we went to the Outback Steak House in Louisville for Supper. There were a group of college age guys laughing it up and drinking beer at a booth in the corner.

As we sat there it sort of got quiet in the corner. One of the guys walked up to us and stuck his hand out to our son. He said that he wanted to thank him for doing what he was doing and that all of the guys at the table in the corner supported him. They offered to by him a beer. He was even more impressed when he found out that the Soldier was under-age.

True story... And there are many more like it.