I wanted to dedicate this blog to some of my personal friends and fraternity brothers that have gone the extra mile to preform service and duty to their country in tough times. These men have heard the call to duty and have come through in full stride.

My fraternal little brother from Baldwin-Wallace College, John Worsencroft is currently serving as an officer in the U.S. Army and is deployed overseas in Iraq currently. His older brother and my pledge class brother, Mark Worsencroft, is a member of the United States Marine Corps Reserve and has already been to Iraq once himself.

My best friend and Bowling Green State University SigEp, Lcpl Michael C. Woodall, is currently serving in Afghanistan with the 3/8 Marines. His buddy, and one of my new adopted buddies, Ian Haddock from the great state of Georgia is joining him in the 'ghan.

Two of my younger fraternity brothers from B-W, Lt. Chris Burden and Lt. Josh Roberts, have recently completed OCS (Burden has also completed TBS) and became United States Marine Officers.

Each of us know many men and women that have already served overseas in Iraq, Afghanistan, and support areas during The War on Terror. We also know of men and women that have been injured or killed while preforming their duty. I know that Veterans' Day and Memorial Day have already passed once this year, but I just wanted to write an entry that was dedicated to their service around the holiday season.

Thank you for your service and committment to our core values as Americans!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays wherever you are, gentlemen!