Fight the War at Home

November’s National Military Appreciation Day should be viewed as this: Honor those that fight abroad for you, by fighting to protect your own freedom here at home. As a proud combat military wife, I want citizens to forget about giving servicemembers hugs, high-fives, and purchasing yellow ribbons to show their appreciation. While all that is appreciated, it is only as skin deep as attending a lung cancer awareness rally then going around the corner to light one up.

What would show the greatest degree of military family appreciation is to think about what a military family really endures in order to do the Nation’s work. Servicemembers are in charge of the combat aspect of of the military,  while the families have to make it work back home. Wives become single parents, wondering whether or not their spouses will return. Families have to move every 3 to 4 years with kids, pets, and belongings, only to lay down shallow roots and have to do it again too soon. Think about all the missed opportunities military wives face, careers cut short, discrimination from future employers who know they won’t be there long enough. Also think about the military children who must leave their friends behind, make new friends constantly, and learn to adjust in new schools all while hoping they don’t fall behind with all the change in their life.

Civilians of this country should not let the sacrifices that military families make go to waste. Just like a soldier in combat or an EOD tech getting ready to defuse an IED, protect your homes, your families, and your constitution from the corrupt politicians in Washington that aim to take your freedom away. What will the fight for freedom mean abroad, if there is no fight at home?

Make your representatives fight for you and fight against them until they do.

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