“They were all Volunteers”

A new Memorial honors fallen Strykers:

The Arctic Wolves bid an emotional farewell to 36 of their own yesterday as they gathered here to dedicate the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team Memorial Wall...Col. Michael Shields, the brigade commander, acknowledged the “incredible price” his troops paid in Iraq. “These men and women paid the ultimate sacrifice in places like Mosul, Tal Afar, Rawa and Baghdad,” he said. “They died serving their nation, their unit and, I think more accurately, their fellow soldiers,” he said. Those who died were among the small percentage of Americans who have served and fought the war on terror, he said. “While most Americans don’t understand the great evil that exists, that threatens our very existence and the security of our children’s future, these soldiers did,” he said. “They were all volunteers.”

Sorry Congressman Rangel, God bless the Volunteers!