Tribe building is based on selflessness - 100%

The Bridge Builder:

An old man, going a lone highway,
Came, at the evening, cold and gray,
To a chasm, vast, and deep, and wide,
Through which was flowing a sullen tide.

The old man crossed in the twilight dim;
The sullen stream had no fear for him;
But he turned, when safe on the other side,
And built a bridge to span the tide.

Old man," said a fellow pilgrim, near,
"You are wasting strength with building here;
Your journey will end with the ending day;
You never again will pass this way;

You've crossed the chasm, deep and wide-
Why build you this bridge at the evening tide?"

The builder lifted his old gray head:
"Good friend, in the path I have come," he said,
"There followeth after me today,
A youth, whose feet must pass this way.

This chasm, that has been naught to me,
To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be.
He, too, must cross in the twilight dim;
Good friend, I am building this bridge for him."
- Will Allen Dromgoole

You may feel a stir in your heart. That is the calling of Your Legacy. Stand in the gap with Fall In Veteran.


First interview with The Skipper, Clint Underwood, at this link:
https://calendly.com/skipper-at-fall-in-zhc/15min

MADDOX_UXO, our esteemed President, gave some solid advice last night that alot of "us" need to hear.

"If you lack purpose, get off the couch and go find it". This has been on my mind all day...the leadership aspect of taking care of people truly doesnt change. The WAY you may do that should be extremely adaptive to each man/woman you cross paths with.

None of us are exempt from problems but not everyone is fortunate enough to have someone care about them and offer assistance with solving them. Be that kind of human. After all, all of the answers were never in the book anyway.

I have older kiddos in their 20’s and missed them growing up because I was a work first type of guy. TDY, Deploy, School, TDY, deploy rotation after rotation for 20 years. I hardly know my oldest two. But my young ones, I make it my priority to be there. School plays and functions, just showing up and seeing them look for you in the crowded lunch room and when they see me it just melts my heart and I hold back tears. I often apologize to my oldest ones for not being there and they just say, “dad, we understand.” So moments like these pics, I didn’t care if we caught anything, it was just passing down knowledge that was passed down to me.