Above is a great photo we missed earlier in the week. Vice President Dick Cheney visited nearby Fort Stewart in Georgia on Friday, July 21.
The Third Infantry Division based at Fort Stewart has been on the front lines of the Iraqi campaign to bring freedom to the Middle East.
The Vice President's remarks are here, along with more photos from the visit.
Vice President Cheney: ...Everywhere I go in this country, I am struck by the depth of gratitude and admiration that Americans have for our men and women serving in the military. We do not take freedom for granted because we know it came with a price. Many based at Fort Stewart, including a good number here today, have been decorated for acts of bravery for outstanding performance. You have also had to say a last farewell to some devoted comrades in arms. And the families left behind need to know that their loved ones served in a noble and a necessary cause. Their sacrifice has made our nation and the world more secure. We will honor their memory forever.
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In this new generation we are seeing once again that the American soldier in battle places the mission first, never accepts defeat, never quits, never leaves a fallen comrade. (Applause.) The spirit of the American soldier is to be honorable and just, and, even amid the cruelties of battle, to be decent and humane. By their courage, members of our military are taking the fight to the enemy and winning the war on terror. And by their openness and their kindness to others in thousands of interactions every day, members of our military have built permanent bonds of friendship between the United States and the nations we've liberated.
Vice President Dick Cheney administers the Ceremonial Oath of Re-enlistment of Corporal Jarrod Fields, at a rally for the troops at Fort Stewart, Ga., Friday, July 21, 2006. Cpl. Fields was wounded by an improvised explosive device in 2005 while serving in Iraq with the 3rd Infantry Division. White House photo by David Bohrer
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