By Capt Joseph R. John, November 19, 2018, Op Ed #413 In time for the Christmas and Hanukah Holidays, the US Navy is notifying personnel who served in the US Armed Forces, that its On-Line Navy Exchanged Benefits have been authorized for “ALL” Veterans who served in the defense the Republic and were Honorably Discharged.
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 The commitment that young men and women made to their country in their youth, by devoting their early years to serve in the US Armed Forces, can never be adequately repaid.  
 Twenty-two Veterans each day, many of whom made the early commitment to serve in the US Armed Forces in their youth, take their lives and die on their hometown battlefield.
 By authorizing this on-line benefit for Veterans, the US Navy is “Thanking Them For Their Service” and “Welcoming Them Home”!  You may want to pass this on-line benefit to Veterans you know, as another way to thank them for their service.
 The elected leaders of the Republic, and millions of Americans, Honor and respect Veterans, who at one point in their lives, wrote a blank check made payable to “The United States of America” for an amount “up to and including their lives.”