{"id":7577,"date":"2025-01-01T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/?p=7577"},"modified":"2024-12-31T13:44:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T18:44:22","slug":"183-happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/183-happy-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"#183\u2014Happy New Year! (2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m \u201ccheating\u201d on this blog post. With the holidays, visits <em>to<\/em> family\u2026 visits <em>from<\/em> family\u2026 life got busy again. Not a bad thing for a retired guy. So, I\u2019m reposting this message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A plethora of veteran memes and quotes float around on the Internet. I\u2019ve found some on Facebook, some on Instagram, some I\u2019ve seen in restaurants, and some hang on the walls of old-timey stores. I wanted to take a quick moment to share with you a few that I have come across over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Happy New Year from all of us at <strong><em>A Veteran\u2019s Journey<\/em><\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>G.K. Chesterton<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDuty, honor, country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>Douglas MacArthur<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSome people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the world, but the Marines don\u2019t have that problem.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>Ronald Reagan<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is nothing more nobler than risking your life for your country.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>Nick Lampson<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>Elmer Davis<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNever in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>Winston Churchill<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe don\u2019t know them all, but we owe them all.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>Unknown<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFreedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>Eleanor Roosevelt<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never forget their sacrifices.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>Harry S. Truman<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his.\u201d \u2013 <em>George S. Patton, Jr.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who die. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>George S. Patton, Jr.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe 80th Infantry Division Only Moves Forward.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>General Aldebert Cronkhite<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place\u2014police, firefighters, and members of our armed forces.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>Sidney Sheldon<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWomen who stepped up were measured as citizens of the nation, not as women\u2026 this was a people\u2019s war, and everyone was in it.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>Col Oveta C. Hobby<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe willingness of America\u2019s veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>Jeff Miller<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHonor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country\u2019s cause. Honor, also, to the citizen who cares for his brother in the field and serves, as he best can, the same cause.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>Abraham Lincoln<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.\u201d \u2013 <em>Sun Tzu<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>Barack Obama<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCourage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear\u2014not absence of fear.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>Mark Twain<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>John F. Kennedy<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>Joseph Campbell<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have met the enemy, and they are ours.\u201d \u2013 <em>Oliver Hazard Perry<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>Cynthia Ozick<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo those in uniform serving today and to those who have served in the past, we honor you today and every day.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>Unknown<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAsk not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>John F. Kennedy<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>Alexander Hamilton<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAmerica without her soldiers would be like God without His angels.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>Claudia Pemberton<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>General Douglas MacArthur<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.\u201d \u2013 <em>Alexander the Great<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared to death.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>General Omar Bradley<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cValor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>Michel de Montaigne<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>General Norman Schwarzkopf<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am not a hero, but the brave men who died deserved this honor.\u201d \u2013<em>&nbsp;Ira Hayes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m proud to be an American, where at least I know I\u2019m free. And I won\u2019t forget the men who died, who gave that right to me.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>Lee Greenwood<\/em>&nbsp;(\u201cGod Bless the U.S.A.\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn war, there are no unwounded soldiers.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<em>Jos\u00e9 Narosky<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until we meet again,<br>Andy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-edbff35bc601a4469be11d74ab65b9c1 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000030\">Andy Adkins is a\u00a0<strong>US Navy veteran<\/strong>\u00a0(\u201973-77) and the author of several books (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azadkinsiii.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.azadkinsiii.com<\/a>); many of which are free downloads (PDF, eBook format).\u00a0He is currently retired and lives in Gainesville, Florida with his wife and life-long soulmate, Becky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BTW \u2013 Here\u2019s a list of the most popular <strong><em>A Veteran\u2019s Journey<\/em><\/strong> blog posts for 2024:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/174-transfer-orders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#174 \u2013 Transfer Orders (Sep 3, 2024)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/162-my-best-days-in-the-navy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#162 \u2013 My Best Day(s) in the Navy (Feb 6, 2024)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/175-night-shift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#175 \u2013 Night Shift (Sep 17, 2024)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/167-the-navy-introduced-me-to-a-lot-of-firsts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#167 \u2013 The Navy Introduced Me to a Lot of \u201cFirsts\u201d (May 14, 2024)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/176-dear-mom-dad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#176 \u2013 Dear Mom &amp; Dad (Oct 1, 2024)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And here are MY Favorite Blog Posts of 2024:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/181-why-do-i-keep-doing-this\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#181 \u2013 Why Do I Keep Doing This? (Dec 5, 2024)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/162-my-best-days-in-the-navy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#162 \u2013 My Best (3) Days in the Navy (Nov 21, 2024)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/166-the-day-i-accidentally-made-30-kids-cry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#166 \u2013 The Day I \u201cAccidentally\u201d Made 30 Kids Cry (Apr 30, 2024)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/170-an-honor-and-a-privilege\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#170 \u2013 An Honor &amp; A Privilege (Jun 18, 2024)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/172-change-of-scenery-red-to-yellow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#172 \u2013 A Change of \u201cScenery\u201d (Red to Yellow) (Jul 16, 2024)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m \u201ccheating\u201d on this blog post. 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