Listening to a rebroadcast of yesterday's broadcast of "Prairie Home Companion," featuring Navy Band Southwest, I was struck not only by the band's professionalism, but by host Garrison Keillor's expression of appreciation for Navy bands.
The Navy's bands are "so important in the life of the Navy," he said. He pointed out that they perform for ceremonies, funerals, government and public events, and "nobody does it as well as the military. They do it to a 'T'; everything is perfect, as it should be."
As good as it was to hear this veteran broadcaster compliment our Navy's bands on nationwide radio, I was even more impressed by his honest thanks for the sacrifice of all servicemen and women.
War is a messy business, he said. "There is chaos on both sides"; yet, despite this, "young men and women offer their lives in service to all of the rest of us."
"It should be honored," he said, "and it is honored."
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