Evening Quickie #soldierporn: Remember to be thankful for the little things.
U.S. Army Sgt. Stephen Ogden provides security for potential threats at an Afghan border police checkpoint near Forward Operating Base Torkham in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, Nov. 18, 2013. Ogden, a team leader, is assigned to 10th Mountain Division's Company C, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team.
[Like warm beds, hot showers, a roof over your head and paved roads free from the probabilities of IEDs. We're still over there this holiday season. Lest you engage the privilege to disregard your ethical and moral responsibility to the warriors of our democratic republic. Sure they volunteered to take up arms in your defense. And you're the sheep who sent the sheepdogs loose on the wolf's trail. You have an obligation to them. Never forget. -R]