To Protect and Serve

It seems like such a simple motto.

Step One: protect

Make sure no harm comes to those not only close to home but also anyone who needs it. Watch over everyone and when they need you, you are prepared to step in. On a daily basis, guard the physical safety of those around you and defend the rights offered to them through years of suffering and sacrifice.

Step Two: serve

Be the light in the darkness, the bulwark in the storm and the provider of not only safety but well being. Defending the not just the privileges afforded to us in this country but assisting in the provision of the basic human needs of shelter, clothing, food, water, and dignity. 

The hardest part of maintaining this oath has to be that not all of us, all the time appreciate the sacrifice made each day by those who carry it out. We have all heard about officers and other service personnel laying down their lives for random people they don't know. But what we sometimes forget is the families of these individuals that give up the most important people in their lives so that they can be there for us.

Thank you for what you do.