Tampa, Fla. — In case you missed it, Luke Wilhelm, a North Florida U.S. Navy Veteran published an op-ed in Bay County Coastal entitled, “I Took an Oath to Defend America – Sen. Ashley Moody is Honoring My Service in Washington.”
Read the op-ed by Luke Wilhelm HERE or below:
“I enlisted in the United States Navy when I was eighteen years old.
I did it because I believed in something. That freedom was worth fighting for. Worth sacrificing for and worth dying for, if it came to that.
I came home from my service with a different understanding of what this country means, not just to Americans, but to the world.
I have been to places where freedom does not exist. Where people disappear in the night for saying the wrong thing. Where children grow up never knowing what it feels like to live without fear.
Every time I came home and stepped foot on American soil, I got down on my knees and thanked God that I was an American.
That is why this election matters so much. And that is why I am voting for Senator Ashley Moody.
Veterans like me do not ask for much.
We ask for our country to keep its promises: the benefits we earned, the healthcare we deserve, and leaders in Washington who remember what sacrifice actually looks like.