I chose to enlist in the U.S. Navy at age 18. From the age of 14 I knew that is what I wanted to do.
I didn’t join so I could hurt or bully anyone, I joined because I thought it was how I could best serve my country and my world. I was discharged for medical reasons and eventually found other ways to give back to the place I love.
Today I hold close all veterans out there who understand there is no greater victory than peace. That’s why #VeteransDay is also known as #ArmisticeDay:
Today I remember the over 10 million civilians and the 9.7 million soldiers who were killed during World War I.
Today I remember those war resistors whose commitment to peace and nonviolence led them submit their bodies and minds to years of imprisonment and unjust persecution.
Today I especially choose to remember those courageous soldiers who defied the worst excesses of nationalism to create their own truces.
May we all learn to do the same
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