Rakkasans!

Had a chance to meet with two local chapters of the Rakkasans this past week as they celebrated their Christmas dinner.

These airborne troopers were attending from several of America's wars, including old-timers and younger men who had recently returned for war.

They meet together to remember old times, but it is more than that. They also meet to remember what they did, and why, and to register their patriotism and their continued support for the country.

They seem to have a lot of different opinions, even some disagreements, about all kinds of current events, but they were united in their support of each other, and of the nation. It was good to be with them.

Senior Fellow, Paul M. Edwards