The Stranger

A few days after I commemorated the military crash site (February 10, 2008 post) I was enjoying the beauty and quiet of the Mojave Desert and listening to my radio. A high level U.S. Army general was being interviewed by public radio. The entire interview he was telling what the army was doing to help the stranger in Iraq by providing them food, water, and shelter. Here was a U.S. general describing in detail in example after example how his troops were helping the stranger in Iraq: i.e.-how his troops were installing a waterline to the home of an Iraqi.
It made me very proud to be an American. It also made me very sad. Little is the military appreciated for these good deeds and little is reported.
We should never forget the sacrifices our military makes to help the stranger and we should always remember the sacrifices that are made by our military in peace or war, often with their lives, so that they are not a stranger to us.
We continue to research the crash. Although I still believe it is an airforce aircraft it is possible it could be a marine or army aircraft.
We will continue to remember and honor the stranger.