As a veteran I get thanked for my service quite frequently. Every day you turn on the news or listen to the radio and hear about our military heroes. While I'm not trying to take away anything from them, we tend to forget other heroes in our midst.
Team RWB's mission is to enrich the lives of America's veterans. To help them stay connected to their community through physical and social activity. What's surprising is how much of our membership are people who have never served.
As veterans we tend to feel a responsibility to helping other veterans. It's ingrained in us from day 1. One reason I got involved with Team RWB was I wanted to give back to my fellow veterans. Those that do not serve, in my opinion, don't have that obligation. In the day of an all volunteer force, they can go about their lives and take their freedoms for granted. But these individuals don't. They don't look the other way. They don't think "it's not my problem, I never served" or "let the military take care of their own". For whatever reason, and they are varied, they decide they must get involved. Thankfully they do, because it's hard to connect veterans to their community without the community.
So I think we should take time out of our day to thank these individuals. Thank them for becoming involved in something that they could have easily ignored. Thank them for serving too. Because that's what they're doing. They're serving our veterans just as our veterans served them. For my civilian teammates: Thank you. Thank you for caring when you didn't have to. Thank you for appreciating the sacrifices our veterans have made. Thank you for YOUR service!
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