This Christmas, as you enjoy the warmth of bright lights, colors, grand feasts and fleeting moments of memories of childhood, take a moment to remember our active-duty military out there far from home.

Even for hardened troops, Christmas can be a rough time; loneliness tends to creep in, no matter how many others are nearby.

For military families with young children and a loved one on deployment, a feeling of emptiness stands ready to overwhelm the festive aura.

Let's remember our active-duty personnel and their families this Christmas.   

"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would do them harm."

                                                            George Orwell