Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  (CNN) I mōhiotia rātau mō tō rātau pūkenga me tō rātau whakapau kaha. I whiwhi tata nei tētahi i tētahi honore hōia nui mō te āwhina i tētahi hoa i whara i Afghanistan i raro i te pupuhi a te hoariri. Ko tētahi i mahi i te haerenga ki Kosovo. Ko nga mema 11 o te ratonga i mate i roto i te hinganga o te helikopta Black Hawk Army i te Turei i te Panhandle o Florida ehara i te ngaronga anake ki to raatau whenua. Ka mahue i muri i a rātau he wāhine, he hoa wahine, he mātua, he tamariki, he hoa. Ka ngaro atu rātou. Ka mahara hoki. E whitu o te hunga i runga i te hīkoi he Marines i Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. E whā i mahi ki te Louisiana National Guard. He mema o te Kaitiaki mo te 21 tau, i mahi a Griffin i Iraq i te 2004-05 me te 2008-09. I tukuna hoki ia i nga Hurricane Katrina, Rita me Isaac, e kii ana a Maj. Gen. Glenn Curtis, he kaitohutohu a te Louisiana National Guard. "I whanau a G. Wayne Griffin hei kaipuke rererangi a te ope taua", e kii ana te Tumuaki Warrant 5 a Reggie Lane i runga i te paetukutuku a te Kaitiaki Kawanatanga. "He nui te hiahia o ia ki te rere". Ko Griffin, he kainoho o Delhi, i mahue i a ia tana wahine me ana tamariki tokowha. I mōhiotia te kainoho o Arehanaria mō tōna āhua nui. "He rite ia ki te kaha o te taiao", e ai ki a Maj. Andre Jeansonne o te 135th Aviation Regiment. "I pāngia e tana ngakau nui te oranga o te katoa i tutaki ai ia". I tukuna a Strother ki Iraq, ki Afghanistan, ā, i te tau kua hipa ki Kosovo. I mahi hoki ia i nga Hurricane Katrina, Rita me Isaac. I whakawhiwhia ia hei rangatira rangatira engari i haere ia ki te noho hei kaiako rererangi neke atu i te 2,400 haora rererangi, tae atu ki te 700 haora whawhai. E mahue ana i a Strother he wahine, he tama, he tamahine. I uru a Bergeron ki nga Marines i te tau 1998 ka uru atu ki te National Guard i te tau 2001. E rua nga wā i tukuna ai ia ki Iraq, ā, i mahi ia i ngā wā i tukuna ai ia ki ngā Hurricane Katrina, Rita me Isaac. Ko te Sgt. 1st Class Brian Marquez i kii ko Bergeron tetahi o nga rangatira o nga kaimahi tino mohio i roto i te Tiaki, neke atu i te 1,300 haora rererangi, tae atu ki te 377 haora whawhai. "He tohunga ia ki te kaupapa i roto i tana mahi", i kii a Marquez. Ko te kainoho o Thibodaux...
Tekau mā tahi ngā mema o te hōia i mate i te hinganga o te hīkoi i te wiki kua hipa ki Florida Panhandle. E whitu i noho ki te Moana; e whā i mahi ki te Louisiana National Guard.