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OPINION: On D-Day, stand up for veterans
On June 6 — D-Day — tens of thousands of U.S. military veterans and their family members will rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. and throughout the country. It is a demonstration to Unite for Veterans and to Unite for America. As a veteran, I urge every American citizen to understand why we’re marching.
The rally is a direct response to unjust cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs and the federal workforce — where veterans make up nearly one-third of all employees. These cuts are broken promises to those who have shouldered the heaviest burdens of our defense over more than two decades of war.
When we wore the uniform, we didn’t ask who you voted for. We served the Constitution and the people of this country. Now, we are calling on our fellow Americans to honor those commitments. Efforts to privatize or weaken the VA are dangerous, and America has a duty to care for wounded veterans. This duty must never be outsourced.
We’re also standing up for veterans’ jobs. The DOGE cuts are disproportionately hurting those who’ve already paid the price of our freedom — veterans patriotically serving their country a second time as civil servants.
President Ronald Reagan once said, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” This rally isn’t about politics — it’s about preserving American values: honor, duty and loyalty. We ask our fellow citizens to stand with us and demand better from this administration.
On D-Day, veterans return to Washington — not for war, but to protect the peace we fought for.
For more information, visit www.unite4veterans.org.
Semper Fidelis.
