1 Sarah - I guess it's hard to see it that way for some of us. I read today about a NYC firefighter who went to Ground Zero on 9/11 - hung a flag over the burning ruins - and died this week in Iraq from an IED. Reading about his wife and 2 kids brought me to tears. My heart breaks each time I read these stories - and for some reason, we only get to see stories of 'famous' deaths in Iraq or Afghanistan. Through Stryker News I read about wounded soldiers and I know there are so many more of them. I wonder how many stories we don't know - how many faces we will never see. It bothers me that these families don't know how we feel about them and their loss. I feel sad for them and proud at the same time. I wince when I think of their children, wives and parents and husbands. I can't imagine their loss. I want so badly for them to know that I am grateful that they died for protecting freedom. History will look kindly upon them - but how do we let them know TODAY how we feel? I hate the thought that they think no one cares - cause we do. Eventhough I'm sure it's not much of a consolation to them.