My son is an active duty sailor aboard a guided missile destroyer. [View all]

[bluesbassman]

As the son of a decorated WWII veteran, and myself a US Army veteran, my pride in my son’s service to our country is immense. In spite of my pride and appreciation of my son’s accomplishments and service, there has always been a significant amount of concern for his safety, and that concern was amplified when the current administration with it’s band of incompetent sycophants began.

It was hard enough worrying about my son being in harms way, but the absolutely unprecedented and criminal act undoubtedly perpetrated by the lawless felon in the Oval Office, and executed by a US Naval vessel and it’s crew has brought an entirely new concern into the equation. My son and his shipmates now have the potential to be put in a scenario where they may be ordered to participate in illegal and immoral actions.

I still honor the oath I took when I enlisted. The same oath my father took when he fought fascists, and the same oath my son took when he enlisted to serve. My fear now is not just from the threat from enemies and terrorists, but the threat to the ideals of the oath we took from an out of control, lawless sociopath and his gang. I have to be honest, it makes me sick.