Honoring sacrifice on Veterans Day

Lee Trawick reporter2.riverbendnews@gmail.com A soldier's journey begins with a choice. It is the only decision a soldier makes. From that point on, a fire is lit within them that will never be extinguished until their last heartbeat. A young and inexperienced soldier wakes up in basic training and is shaped into a well-oiled machine. This machine understands its responsibility to the country, its battle buddy, its unit and its family. Every soldier is given a task, and that task is to sacrifice everything, hoping that one day, someone will understand their sacrifice and offer a gesture of thanks, with the hope that war will one day be b