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Like Brothers
The things done in the military grows most men’s units in whatever force into something like family. Most of us ended fighting for our brothers and sisters more than ideals or nations. Some of us carry the memories of our … Continue reading
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Tagged Back, Battles, Beer, Brothers, Caution, Count On, Crime, Danger, Day, Distance, Do It, Done, Doubt, Fallen, Family, Fight, Forever Faithful, Friend, Giving up, God, Head, Joke, Laugh, Live, Longer, Memory, Miles, Military, Mother, Movie, My Time, Need, Nothing to Say, Odds, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Price, Push Past, Race, Remember, Resistance, Ring, Semper Fi, Sigh, Sisters, Smile, Sonds, Stronger, Tears, Toss, Twin, Weight, Years
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Belated Birthday Wishes To the US Army!!
Happy 244th! Thank you to all the men and women who have served our country in this branch of our military. Life would, assuredly, not be the same without you fine people!!
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged 244th, Gratitude, Happy Birthday, Military, Service, Thought For the Day, US Army
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Inward Crash
The injuries from the military that are visible only scratch the surface of the totality. Inward Crash by Michael Romani There’s a loneliness in his memory Sitting and looking out to the sea Images explode, implode and won’t go away … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Abyss, Blade, Blame, Bullet, Choice, Chopper, Claim, Close, Conflict, Crash, Cry, Dark, Decision, Disturb, Duty, Explode, Fear, Finger Point, Friend, Good Solcier, Hades, Hard Decisions, Hell, Images, Implode, Inflict, Injury, Linger, Lonely, Lost, Lucid, Memory, Military, Overwhelm, Pain, Phantoms, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reflection, Resent, Sigh, Sniper, Soul, Strong, Tagged, Thunder, Tool, Under, Voice, War, Withdraw
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Thought For the Day: Duty, Honor, Country, Service and Sacrifice Are the Hallmarks of Veterans
“My estimate of him was formed on the battlefields many, many years ago, and has never changed. I regarded him then, as I regard him now, as one of the world’s noblest figures; not only as one of the finest … Continue reading
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Tagged Achieve, Admire, Adversity, American Citizen, Battlefield, Birthright, Character, Country, Courage, Courage Under Fire, Douglas MaArthur, Duty, Eulogy, Example, Faith, Future, History, Honor, Hope, Military, Modesty In Victory, Mortality, Noble, Patience, Patriotism, Posterity, Rally Points, Sacrifice, Service, Thought For the Day, Virtue
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Daily Prompt – Unfallen
Today’s challenge is yet another from a conversation with a friend. I was explaining to Veri that years ago I had formed a guild in a fairly popular online game and called that guild The Unfallen. The guild’s purpose was … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories, Uncategorized
Tagged Battle Front, Calling, Daily Prompt, Fallen, First Responders, Freedom, Heritage, Heroes, Home Front, Honor, Knights, Liberty, Military, Mothers, Price, Sacred Duty, Sacrifice, Salute, Service, Stil Standing, Tales, Unfallen, Wives
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Thought For the Day: If Nike Is Ashamed Of America, We Should Be Ashamed of Nike
“If Nike is ashamed of America, we are ashamed of them. We also believe that those who know what sacrifice is all about are more likely to be wearing a military uniform than an athletic uniform.” – Jerry C. Davis … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Athletes, College of the Ozarks, Jerry C. Davis, Military, Nike, Sacrifice, Shame, Thought For the Day, Uniform
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Na/GloPoWriMo 12: Pukka Shell Haibun
Na/GloPoWriMo Day 12’s challenge is to write a Haibun based on the environment we grew up in. I came up with this: Pukka Shell Haibun by Michael Romani A shark’s tooth attached to pukka shell necklace becomes replaced by a … Continue reading
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Tagged Califoria, Coastal, Culture, Dependent, Geography, Global, Haibun, Hawai'i, Military, Na/GloPoWriMo, Ocean, Poem, Poetry, Pukka Shell, Scotland
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Foreign
Sworn to fight against enemies Both foreign and domestic It’s hard to tell the frenemies And quite often erratic You want to give that chance But when you do that You dance that deadly dance It’s just where it’s at … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Daily Prompt, Endless, Enemies, Foreign, Fort Hood, Friends, Honor, Military, Wordpress
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Plutarch’s Lives – Alcibiades
Aloha Promises Forever has previously discussed both Plutarch and his parallel biographies known as Plutarch’s Lives . In this post, we will discuss Alcibiades. Alcibiades, son of Cleinias, lived from approximately c. 450 – 404 BC and was a prominent Athenian … Continue reading
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Tagged Alcibiades, Athens, Biography, Harvard Classics, History, Military, Peloponnesian War, Plutarch, Plutarch's Lives
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Momento Mori
Momento Mori by Michael Romani Remembrance of death is something I embrace Every morning when I look at my mirrored face Trying so hard, it is my struggle to find peace The preacher whispers, forgiveness brings release But, it’s been … Continue reading
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Tagged Death, Military, Morality, Mortality, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Witness
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 