National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day 2021
When I was in the Navy I did not serve with any sense of 'honor' as I understand it today. Sure, I did what I was told and attempted to 'toe the line' as well as I could but the sense of duty was not there. I was just getting by in the next phase of my life and really did not comprehend the notions of consequence as it relates to "what you do tomorrow depends on what you do today".
So I just squeaked by performing marginally in a job I didn't enjoy when I could have excelled in another I actually liked and heavens knows I would not have been any worse off for embarking on a career choice than I am today having not done so.
So we are the sum total of those choices we make. Duty is sometimes thrust upon us as a function of those consequences we undertake when we raise our hands and take the oath.
That oath is supposed to mean something. I took it seriously upon my enlistment. Too many like Bradley Manning and other traitors think they may scoff at it and pretend they're female when they're not and the libtards shout how heroic ... when in actuality they are cowardice incarnate always seeking another indentity with which to hide their true nature.
And Barack Obama decided he would introduce an undesirable element into the military. One which does not do well in the cramped quarters out at sea or elsewhere. And yet the mistake has been allowed to continue unabated because no one has stood up to the unqualified leftist libtard idiots who lack any real concept pertaining to the requirements of battle, being comrades at arms, and dying for your country.
POWs and MIAs all do.
Of the over 1,500 national days in the United States some are more or less significant in the big picture I hold of consequential notions as they relate to patriotism, country, and duty.
President Ronald Reagan proclaimed National Former Prisoners of War Recognition Day on April 1, 1988, through Presidential Proclamation 5788.
He set the observance for April 9, 1988.
Since then the observance continues. Prisoners of war and those missing in action deserve our respect and remembrance.