Lt. Cmdr. Kenneth Vargas, disaster preparedness officer for Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast, dressed in authentic Choctaw clothing, plays a Choctaw flute during a luncheon. The Native American Heritage celebration was hosted by Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit (CBMU) 202 Detachment Jacksonville.
Photo courtesy U.S. Navy taken by Matt Simons
These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives just so others may get to enjoy freedom. For that I am proud to call them Hero.
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I love that you have this on your page! United States has lost so many Military men and women and I just think we all owe them so much gratitude. I have family that has served and I have family that have lost their young son. It is sad, but I HONOR them and thank them so much!!!
I love this, it is wonderful to see, they all deserve to be honored, very nice of you to do this weekly!!
What a great feature to honor our heroes. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for posting this, it's very nice to see. I come from a family of vets and current service members and so proud to be.
I love this post!!!! Our troops don't hear often enough how much we appreciate what they do for our country and for us and that they risk their lives to protect ours. They all deserve to be honored and i am so glad that you are doing that. Thank you so much.
What a wonderful man. I think Native American culture needs to be better integrated into our overall culture.
What a wonderful man! I think we need to incorporate more Native American culture into our American culture.
This is so nice that you put this on your blog. There are so many men and women we forget about who need to be honored. We all need to show our support and give our thanks to all of them. I would have loved to been there to hear Lt. Cmdr. Kenneth Vargas play the flute. Such a great honor. Thanks for posting this on your blog.
Wow I love the idea of this feature…. Thanks for posting
so powerful and interesting…love reading 'wednesday's hero'.
I salute to all these amazing people who sacrifes their lives, time and even choose to leave their families behind just to serve the country. Thanks for sharing
Thank you for recognizing their service!
Enjoyed this. We all need to honor & remember them all. They gave up alot for us. It's a shame that people don't show the respect that they deserve every day
What a hero indeed! Thank you for serving our country Kenneth!
What a fantastic thing to post 🙂 Thank you for sharing…and reminding everyone about the sacrifices our military members make, along with their families…