Today is my husband; SSG Pointer’s 23rd anniversary in the Military!!!

My husband is the definition of The Soldiers Creed;
HE is an American Soldier.
HE is a Warrior and a member of a team.
HE serves the people of the United States, and lives the Army Values.
HE will always place the mission first.
HE will never accept defeat.
HE will never quit.
HE will never leave a fallen comrade.
HE is disciplined, physically and mentally tough, trained and proficient in his warrior tasks and drills.
HE always maintains his arms, his equipment and himself.
HE is an expert and a professional.
HE stands ready to deploy, engage, and destroy, the enemies of the United States of America in close combat.
HE is a guardian of freedom and the American way of life.
HE is an American Soldier.

He has been in the Military since he was just 18, living and breathing the numerous missions and deployments, and just everyday tasks associated with being a full time Soldier. I admire him more than he will ever know, as only HE knows what he has been through and lived over the last 23 years. I will never be able to thank him enough, or show how much I respect him, just for going to work daily and doing what he does, not only for his daily contribution to protect us; our Country, but to provide for as well as protect his own family, each and every day, I will certainly spend the rest of my life trying though!

He is my Hero, and I have never known nor been associated with someone so brave nor selfless.
You see, as a Military Family we wait… phone calls, emails and  training schedules, new commanders, duty rosters and dates for the field, wait for leave approval and four-day weekends. We wait for dinner or else he has to eat it cold. We sometimes have to wait on Christmas, birthday and anniversary celebrations. We wait for phone calls that will always come at the worst possible moments and require you to give up a perfectly wonderful evening. We wait to see what last-minute changes will happen because we all know there will be some, we wait on life filled with uncertainty, however, we don’t  see it that way though; to us, we are loving a Soldier and value each moment we do have with him, and couldn’t imagine life any other way.

Some say our Soldiers are Broken by Battle & sometimes even Wounded by War, but I will love you forever; this I swore.

Happy Anniversary SSG Pointer, I am very proud to call you my husband!