My church did something really cool today. Instead of preaching and learning the word of God, we put it into action by volunteering throughout the community. I was tasked with mowing the lawn for a Vietnam-era Army veteran who has a bad hip and is awaiting hip replacement surgery.
Originally, I was slated to share the job with another guy from my church... a guy who happens to be an Air Force veteran. Being a Marine veteran, I thought the whole thing was really cool... two vets helping out another vet. Shortly after finding out the scope of the project, a third guy from the church showed up. His job was to take pictures of the various volunteer projects in action. Being a doer, I fired up the mower and started tackling the task at hand. The photographer/videographer took a few pictures of me mowing while he was talking to the Air Force guy. After the flyboy and the photographer chatted for a few minutes, the photographer said that he was going to his next site. Flyboy then informed me that I appeared to have things under control, so he was going to hit a different volunteer site. Amused, I finished the job by myself, realizing this was a perfect analogy for the US Military.
-The Army can't complete its mission and calls for help.
-The Air Force shows up, but as soon as the photo op is over, they're gone.
-The Navy is nowhere to be found.
-The Marine Corps accomplishes the mission with no fanfare, because the press has left.
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