It is September 11th, 2006
I know that there are so many of you out there doing great work in remembering this day. Your support of all the families is what makes us, us. No fan-fare, just good feelings and support being spread across the blogosphere.
My post is less than so many of you out there have shared. My post is not one of the 2996 posts. My post is just me, and my memories, feelings, and conviction about that ill fated day.
My wife and I were going through her photos of New York, from a vacation she took before we were married. We’re gonna post some of her shots - as our own little memorial.
For now, my September 11th 2001 rememberance is actually a journey. Each step along this journey is one that in reality is marked every day I post in this blog. I cannot put into words how deep my conviction is when it comes to the defense of free people everywhere. Everything I am, and the first steps of my journey, began the day I put my right foot on the first step of that Greyhound Bus, on my way to processing in Fresno CA.
I posted about “Why We Fight” and my reasons for joining the US Air Force. I was still a Junior in High School when I enlisted in the Delayed Enlistment Program. I wasn’t ROTC or a Boy Scout, or only talking about what needed to be done to protect this great nation after Jimmy Carter made the US Military look like fools.
I stepped on that bus and signed my life over to the United States Air Force.
Commitment? Conviction? Love of Country? Patriotism?
What has happened after September 11th separates us all. There are those that lead, and those that are lead. There are those that fight, and those of flight. There are those of action, and those of opinion. There are those of conviction, and those of dereliction. There are those that are patriots, and those that purport.
To me it all boils down to just one thing, comprised of the following questions:
- Are you willing to stand by and allow us all to be overrun?
- Do you truly think that appeasement is a course of action that will quell those engaged in terrorism?
- Do you honestly believe that the only way to defeat an enemy is to negotiate peace with someone sworn to destroy you?
If so, my September 11th is in no way close to yours.
TAGS: Fix4RSO, Milblog, Military, September+11th, 9/11, Terrorism, Patriotism
September 11th, 2006 at 4:59
Well said!
September 11th, 2006 at 6:55
Today there are tears of loss. For some, it is loss of a loved one. For others, it is loss of innocence. One defining moment for me on 9/11/01 was when a co-worker came in my office to use my phone. He told me he had just heard the Pentagon was hit. A Navy reservist, he said “this means war”. I will never forget the look on his face, and the sound of his voice. I can’t understand why there are so many who have forgotten that this means war.
September 11th, 2006 at 7:48
Differences between us and them on 9/11
September 11th, 2006 at 15:22
Well spoken, Bro.
I too, raised my hand and swore alegiance to my country at a young age.
September 12th, 2006 at 15:56
Great post, as always!
September 13th, 2006 at 0:12
Thanks to all of you that continue to come back and check if “Fix4RSO” is still breathing!
Laurie, you know, I got chills when I read your comment. I was at work on the 11th, and said almost the very same thing to our accountant (we were across from one another in the office). She was asking about all the planes coming into Moffett NAS - lots of hot guns on that day.
We had so many different aircraft and choppers coming in, it was almost too much for an ex-USAF plane-lover like myself.
It really got the hair to stand up on the back of my neck. I looked at her and said, “We’re going now, I know it.” All conviction in my voice. The goosebumps are ’cause I suspect that that is what you heard from your coworker as well.
Thanks for comin’ by Gawfer and Mike! I know, it’s weird when an Air Force guy can talk like this, huh?
As TexasFred say’s in my next post after this one (NEVER Show the Palm of your Hand), “Zoomies do good sometimes…” … 
as you know, Gawfer, Fred’s a laugh a second! 
Take care everyone, and God Bless!