Posted by Brad Osborne on August 28, 2022 · 17 Comments
There is nothing more honorable,
Then being of service to another…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 27, 2021 · 16 Comments
For the first twenty years of my life,
I was taught not to turn on the switch…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 31, 2021 · 17 Comments
And in dawn’s growing light,
Was heard the bugle’s blare…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 17, 2021 · 17 Comments
We are the sons and daughters,
Of a proud and vibrant nation…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 5, 2021 · 19 Comments
I did not set out to be brave,
My intent was much more selfish,
Just survive another day…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 18, 2021 · 9 Comments
As the sins of man sift through steady hands,
I sacrifice myself upon the bloody lands…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 25, 2020 · 18 Comments
Forged within that stringent heat,
A different man is willful raised…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 25, 2019 · Leave a Comment
A bond, not of blood, but of breed. For family is not about having the same blood, it is about who would shed theirs for you.
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