I always grieved when a soldier died in the line of duty… but now that I am a soldier it makes it all the more relevant.The following video of the funeral procession of Sgt First Class John C. Beale was enough to choke me up.

One of the commentors on the video made a very interesting comment…. ‘Freedom isn’t free.  We have to fight to be free’.

I’m probably not allowed to voice an opinion such as this… but I cannot help but admire the Americans for the amount of respect they pay to their fallen soldiers.  I just cannot comprehend why people would talk bad about people who give their lives in service.  Right or wrong… fallen soldiers are public servants who have given their lives doing a job that others could not or would not do.