Yesterday we had the Christmas Dinner for the troops. In the military we have a tradition where the Officers and Senior Non Commissioned Officers serve the troops Christmas Dinner. The idea behind it being that the troops work for us all year, and that at Christmas we work for them to show our appreciation. It's a wonderful tradition that I look forward to every year.
On a unrelated, but very important note, I just came across this story about an auxiliary RCMP officer that was killed in the line of duty in 2004:
http://tinyurl.com/5cvxta
http://tinyurl.com/66n9ml
I am sad that this is the first time that I have heard of this loss, but more angry at the way his service to the community was treated. Instead of his name being placed on the Police Memorial, he was denied official recognition because he was not a full-time paid employee of the service. Imagine that you as a military reservist were treated in such a shameful way by being allowed to die in uniform, but not be recognized as an equal member of the Forces? There is something you can do about this. There is an online petition that you can sign to rectify this injustice:
http://surreyauxiliary.org/petition/
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