We Remember

We Remember
Too many news producers say there is just not enough interest in our veterans. I think this video proves that is just what they think and not what they know.

I received a link to "We Remember" and smiled when I saw the number of views it has received. It is not an MTV video. Not a rap video. There is not glitzy concert with a "headliner" screaming instead of singing. It is a song about remembering our veterans and how most of the people in this country feel about them.

While news producers want to think that murder, sex and politics along with other crimes should be all they report on, the rest of the country hungers for something good and honorable to be reported on.

When a veteran commits a crime and has PTSD, the headline makes sure to mention that it is about a veteran. Why is that? Is it because they are only 8% of the population? Why is it they need to make sure everyone sees that word?

When it was reported that "Data from the Department of Justice indicates that the homicide offender rate in the civilian population during that same period varied between 25 and 28 homicides per 100,000 young American males – implying that veterans might actually be less likely than their non-veteran, age-group peers to commit a violent homicide." Did we get to read that in every single newspaper and online news in the country? Did we ever get the news that when it comes to veterans with PTSD they were more likely to kill themselves than harm anyone else?

I actually had a site rep dealing with veterans in legal trouble stunned by this report.

We have about 24 million veterans in this country yet compared to how many end up in trouble, it always seems to be such a huge problem but no one is pointing out that we are not seeing millions of reports about veterans getting into trouble. As a matter of fact, while the reports have been coming out more with Iraq and Afghanistan veterans coming home, the crime reports are lower than reports of them taking their own lives.

If your local news is not covering veterans, (we know the big boys on cable news won't) you may want to mention how many views We Remember received in just over 6 months.

1,438,473

So yes America does care about our veterans and yes, we do remember.

Uploaded by ICASHQ on Dec 13, 2011 Country music recording artist Dwayne O'Brien performed his song "We Remember" (available on the CD "Song Pilot" at www.flightsongrecords.mybigcommerce.com) at the annual convention of the International Council of Air Shows last December in Las Vegas, Nevada. And he produced this video to be projected on the screens behind him while he sang. We hope that you'll share this link widely with friends and family who appreciate America's aviation legacy and all that our country's airborne warriors have done to defend our country. Many thanks to Dwayne O'Brien for both performing his wonderful song and producing this moving video.

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