{"id":3956,"date":"2012-05-28T15:08:23","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T19:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3956"},"modified":"2012-05-28T15:15:33","modified_gmt":"2012-05-28T19:15:33","slug":"thanks-to-everyone-who-has-served","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3956","title":{"rendered":"Thank You to Everyone Who Has Served"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/e95d_arlington.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"3957\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=3957\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/e95d_arlington.jpg?fit=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"e95d_arlington\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/e95d_arlington.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/e95d_arlington.jpg?fit=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3957\" title=\"e95d_arlington\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/e95d_arlington.jpg?resize=400%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/e95d_arlington.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/e95d_arlington.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Like a lot of people, we often get swept up by life&#8217;s distractions and convince ourselves that completely trivial things (like conference realignment for example) are more important than they actually are. Holidays like Memorial Day snap us back into reality and cause us to remember what actually is important. And that&#8217;s exactly the point. So whatever you do today, we hope you take the time to thank the men and women of our armed services. Hopefully you&#8217;re out and about celebrating with family and friends. If you&#8217;re not though, you might want to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esquire.com\/features\/things-that-carried-him?src=soc_fcbk\">give this classic piece by Chris Jones a read<\/a>. Happy Memorial Day everyone. And our sincere thanks to all of the members of our military.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D3956&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like a lot of people, we often get swept up by life&#8217;s distractions and convince ourselves that completely trivial things (like conference realignment for example) are more important than they actually are. Holidays like Memorial Day snap us back into reality and cause us to remember what actually is important. And that&#8217;s exactly the point. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8550,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8550","url_meta":{"origin":3956,"position":0},"title":"JMU Softball Earns #7 National Seed in NCAA Tournament","date":"May 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The take-no-prisoners, anyone, anytime, anywhere JMU Softball Dukes won't actually have to worry about the \"anywhere\" part of their mantra during the next two weeks. That's because when Coach Mickey Dean's squad earned the #7 national seed overall in the NCAA Softball Tournament. In turn, that means they will not\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"softball walk off","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/7687840_G.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7684,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7684","url_meta":{"origin":3956,"position":1},"title":"Friday Ramblings: Let&#8217;s Go Streaking","date":"May 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"As you are probably aware, JMU softball is a bit of a juggernaut. Coach Mickey Deane and the Dukes avenged an earlier loss to Virginia Tech by sweeping the Hokies in a double header Wednesday night. 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First, we want to send\u00a0our thoughts and prayers out to the family and friends of fifth-year senior cheerleader, former Duke Dog, and incredible\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":553,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=553","url_meta":{"origin":3956,"position":4},"title":"This Sunday is Justin Brown Day at Veterans Memorial Park (corrected)","date":"April 5, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Sorry folks, I mixed up the dates. Please see the changes below and a special thanks to Kevin for pointing out the mistake. We've mentioned the special relationship the Diamond Dukes have with their #1 fan, Justin Brown before. 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