As yesterday’s defenders of freedom, we want to welcome today’s military service members into our ranks to become part of our elite group.  Our common bond is the battlefield, whether it is wartime service in WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Grenada, Panama, the Persian Gulf, Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria or the War on Terrorism or Peacekeeping Expeditionary Campaigns. Your courage and sacrifice have made a difference in preserving and defending world peace.