As a Company, Southwest Airlines is going to support "Red Fridays."
 
  Last week I was in Atlanta    , Georgia   attending a conference. While I was in the airport, returning home, I heard several people behind me beginning to clap and cheer. I immediately turned around and witnessed one of  the greatest act's of patriotism I have ever seen.
   
  Moving thru the terminal was a group of soldiers in their camo's, as they began heading to their gate everyone (well almost everyone) was abruptly to their feet with their hands waving and cheering. When I saw the soldiers, probably 30-40 of them, being applauded and cheered for it hit me. I'm not alone. I'm not the only red blooded Ame rican who still loves this country and supports our troops and their families.
   
  Of course I immediately stopped and began clapping for these young unsung heroes who are putting their lives on the line everyday for us so we can go to school, work and ho me without fear or reprisal. Just when I thought I could not be more proud of my country or of our service men and women a young girl, not more than 6 or 7 years old, ran up to one of the male  soldiers. He kneeled down and said "hi," the little girl then she asked him if he would give something to her daddy for her. The young soldier, he didn't look any older than maybe 22 himself, said he would try and what did she want to give to her daddy. Then suddenly the little girl grabbed the neck of this soldier, gave him the biggest hug she could muster and then kissed him on the cheek.
   
  The mother of the little girl, who said her daughters name was Courtney, told the young soldier that her husband was a Marine and had been in Iraq for 11 months now. As the mom was explaining how much her daughter, Courtney, missed her father, the young soldier began to tear up. When this temporarily single mom was done explaining her situation, all of the soldiers huddled together for a brief second. Then one of the other servicemen pulled out a military looking walkie-talkie. They started playing with the device and talking back and forth on it.  After about  10-15 seconds of this, the young soldier walked back over to Courtney, bent down and said this to her, "I spoke to your daddy and he told me to give this to you." He then hugged this little girl that he had just met and gave her a kiss on the cheek. He finished by saying "your  daddytold me to tell you that he loves you  more than anything and he is coming home very soon."
   
  The mom at this point was crying almost uncontrollably and as the young soldier stood to his feet he saluted Courtney and her mom. I was standing no more than 6 feet away from this entire event unfolded. As the soldiers began to leave, heading towards their gate, people resumed their applause. As I stood there applauding and looked around, their were very few  dry eyes, including my own. That young soldier in one last act of selflessness, turned around and blew a kiss to Courtney with a tear rolling  down his cheek.
   
  We need to remember everyday all of our soldiers and their families and thank  God for them and their sacrifices. At the end of the day, it's good   to be an American.
   
  RED FRIDAYS ----- Very soon, you will see a great many people wearing Red  every Friday. The reason? Americans who support our troops used to be called  the "si lent majority". We are no longer silent, and are voicing our love for God, country and home in record breaking numbers. We are not organized, boisterous or over-bearing. We get no liberal media coverage on TV, to reflect our message or our opinions. Many Americans, like you,
me and  all our friends, simply want to recognize that the vast majority of America   supports our troops.   Our idea of showing solidarity and support for our troops with dignity and respect starts this Friday -and continues each and every Friday until the  troops all come home, sending a deafening message that.. Every   red-blooded American who supports our men and women afar will wear   something red. By word of mouth, press, TV -- let's make the United
States   on every Friday a sea of red much like a homecoming football game in the  bleachers.
   
  If every one of us who loves this country will share this with acquaintances,  co-workers, friends, and family. It will not be long before the US A  is covered in RED and it will let our troops know the once "silent"  majority is on their side more than ever, certainly more than
the media lets on.
   
  The first thing a soldier says when asked "What can we do to make things   better for you?" is...We need your support and your prayers.
   
  Let's get the word out and lead with class and dignity, by example; and   wear something red every Friday.
   
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