09/11/2026
This American soldier wants us to say hi so he knows they are not forgotten out there.
I watched this clip sitting on my comfortable couch during a quiet afternoon. My biggest worry today was a slow internet connection. Out there, his day looks entirely different. For him, a shower is probably just a single bottle of water held over his own head after a long shift in the heat.
We go about our normal routines and easily forget the distance. He is standing under a hot sun, thousands of miles away from everything familiar. American soldiers are living through the dust and the quiet hours while we decide what to watch on television.
Go ahead and play the video again. Watch his face right before he asks us to hit the follow button. Look at his eyes in that quiet second. There is no anger in his expression, just a simple hope that someone back home is actually listening.
I cannot get his words out of my head. He is not asking for a grand gesture. He is just asking to be remembered by the people back home.
It takes only a moment to type a message to someone who is awake in the middle of the night on the other side of the world.
Let us make sure he feels that connection today. Drop a comment below and say thank you in your own words. Let him know we see him. 🫡