This is a great piece from Neon Tommy that I had to share a year after the horrible Fort Hood shooting by an Islamic Extremist who had penetrated our ranks:
It has been a year since I have even looked back at this initial response to the Fort Hood shooting. In retrospect, I am glad that I and many of my fellow soldiers took the time to breathe and think about what happened–not just with anger and frustration, but with thought and understanding. It is through the most trying of times that we grow and learn more about ourselves and the world around us. So, let us remember the people who lost their lives, the heroes who risk their own to save lives and the men and women who continue to serve despite the emotional and physical dangers that they are faced with each and every day. Below are my thoughts as I wrote them down and ironed them out in Baghdad the day after the Fort Hord shooting on Nov. 5, 2009.
You really have to read the rest of this thoughtful piece.
