Mykel Hawke on Memorial Day
TV personality and TAH fan, Mykel Hawke, sent us a link to his speech that he gave in Sterling, Colorado the other day;
Hawke said he has seen a lot of combat and lost many friends. “I try to take a lesson from their death in how to live my life,” he said.
Every morning when he wakes up, he said he remembers each of those fallen friends during his morning prayers. “I pray for the strength to live each day well and worthy of their sacrifice.”
While he said he had prepared a lengthy speech remembering many of those friends, he said the main point he had to share was this: “Live well, and remember to laugh, because that’s what makes life worth living.”
He said he talked with his wife, who is British, about why Americans have a special holiday honoring soldiers who have fallen in combat. “For those who paid the ultimate price there’s no greater sacrifice and nothing we can honor more than their memory,” he said. “One of the best ways that we can keep the memory alive of our fallen loved ones is we have to remember how they died. We have to remember that pain, because that makes us appreciate the sacrifice.
Category: Holidays
Very well done, Mykel!
We must Never Forget, and must always honor all those who gave so much for all of us.
I really hate the way most of America has turned this into cookout season instead of remembering…
^^^this.
Then somehow, some way, make it your business to remind everyone within your sphere of influence just what this day is about. Tell them what it means. They WILL listen.
Jonn thank you for this article. Well said Mykel Hawke. Thank you sir.
Never seen a bow tie worn on an Army uniform before.
Neat.
I’m pretty sure that back in the Class A days of 670-1 that the white shirt and bow tie was an authorized dress uniform for cadets, candidates, and enlisted. Officers were expected to own “Blues.” regards, Alemaster
Notice the flowers? Probably a wedding photo, and greens just looked so much better than blues any day.
Yeah, that is, or was rather, an enlisted man’s uniform.
It must be older in that I do not think I have ever seen a SF Officer that was not Ranger qualified.
IIRC, the officers Class A was easy to identify by the presence of gold band around them? So, from that frame size, I’m going to gamble he indeed is wearing an officers unfiorm.
ER not gold band(NCO), rather a wide dark band around the cuffs…
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I’m a civilian so please explain to me the two gold looking bars(?) just above the black stripe(ring?) on the right cuff area. Thank you.
Marie, those are what are known as Overseas Service Bars. It is awarded (one bar at a time) by the US Army for completing a six month period in a combat (imminent danger)zone.
I do not know much about IIRC so fair enough.
I did enjoy the link, though.
why is he wearing Leadership tabs under his rank? shouldn’t an officer know where they go?
I am a former 11F4S soldier and enjoy reading about my name-sake.
Great to hear about my namesake!