The Christmas season is rapidly approaching. For small children, it is a wondrous time of expectation. For Christians, it is an important religious period. For (all too) many it is a time of excessive consumerism. For families, it is a time of looking forward to gatherings. For some families, however, it is an unfulfilled time.
Military families across our great nation experience the Christmas season from a vastly different perspective than the majority of citizens. With less than one-half of one percent of our nation serving in uniform, it is not surprising that most do not think of the servicemen and women who spend Christmas away from loved ones.
It may be the family of the soldier, sailor, airman, or Marine deployed overseas or forward deployed on one of our Navy's ships. It may be the family of the soldier, sailor, airman, or Marine who is just unable to travel home, be it due to finances, duty assignments, or other causes beyond his or her control.
America should offer their prayers for these soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and their families during this Christmas season.
Most importantly, we need to offer our prayers for the surviving military families of warriors lost this year: Captain Frederick, Captain Kuss, Staff Sergeant Cardin, Chief Petty Officer Finan, and Major Norton.
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