I wish my Grandfather (Wounded in Pearl Harbor died 1995), and my Father(Died Jan 2017)r were alive to witness this. They fought for God, Country and Family their entire lives and were persecuted for it.
Grandfather has 7 brothers, 6 went to war. 4 died, 1 PTSD and institutionalized for life, 1 survived Pearl Harbor(My grandfather). He was flown from Honolulu to Walter Reed for a "cutting edge" surgery to repair a lacerated kidney. I keep his flag on my desk.
In December the gov of WV declared an emergency and called up national guard because they had a massive shortage of correction officers. NG is taking some shifts because they existing COs couldn't keep working 16 hour shifts. They raised the pay from 24k - 30k a year to try and get more people to take the jobs.
Not directly related, but it could be relevant.