Special Forces Prayer

Almighty GOD, Who art the Author of liberty and the Champion of the Oppressed, hear our prayer.

We, the men of Special Forces, acknowledge our dependence upon Thee in the preservation of human freedom.

Go with us as we seek to defend the defenseless and to free the enslaved.

May we ever remember that our nation - whose motto is, “In God We Trust” expects that we shall acquit ourselves with honor, that we may never bring shame upon our faith, our families, or our fellow men.

Grant us wisdom from Thy mind, courage from Thine heart, strength from Thine arm, and protection by Thine hand.

It is for Thee that we do battle, and to Thee belongs the victor’s crown.

For Thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory forever.

AMEN

20 February 2011

Over the weekend, I learned probably one of the biggest lessons of my life as a writer and about the assumptions I’ve made reference the audience that I had thought would be most interested in reading “The Night Eagles Soared!” I was proven wrong in that had I assumed my readers would be mostly younger people of military age, young men and women who are considering the possibility of joining the military. Not to mention, my fellow military brothers and sisters and their families.

On Sunday, I had the distinct opportunity of meeting with the Magnolia Queens Book Club in Charleston South Carolina and the demographic of the club was 100% women of my own age, all of whom where highly educated, very, very smart! I must admit that it felt good to be the center of attention of seven very good looking ladies! :) Before anybody gets the wrong idea, one of them was my wife, Brig!

Probably one of the most important lessons I learned over the weekend is that there isn’t any one group, political, ethical, you name it, that has a monopoly on patriotism! As true Americans, we all share something in common. That is a pride in our country, pride in our freedoms and pride in our military!

I went there to give a presentation and walked away learning more from those super ladies than I had could have ever imagined! Therefore, please allow me to take this opportunity to say thank you to the Magnolia Queens Book Club for giving me the opportunity to meet with you!

Thank you all for your support of my writing, and for sharing your time with me! The experience of having met you all has made me a better, more open minded person and for that I appreciate you and your club very much!

God bless you all!

S. B. (Steve) Newman, Author
The Night Eagles Soared

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The Creation of Legacy!

All this week I will be working on my speech for the event at Lake Erie College that will take place on 24 February 2011. The kind folks up there have invited me to come up and speak. So I’m trying to come up with a speech that will reflect well on the book and at the same time, reflect well on service to our great nation.

The Title of the speech is “The Creation of Legacy” and when people ask me what the book is about I always respond, that it is about the legacy of freedom which is a gift granted to us all by our soldiers. Freedom of Speech was not given to us by journalist; it was given to us by soldiers. Freedom to Worship as we please was not given to us by priests, it was given to us by soldiers. The right to bear arms, was not given to us by politicians, it was given to us by soldiers. Still, dedicating ones life to the freedom of our great country doesn’t necessarily mean that it will enable the individual an opportunity to create a legacy that he or she can pass on to those he or she cares about the most.

Now I am not talking about the creation of wealth, however if the creation of wealth is the by product of our efforts to create a legacy for our loved ones for generations to come then so be it. Isn’t that the American dream? Is it not the American dream to ensure that the lives of our children will be better than our own? If through our decision making process today we are able to ensure that our legacy will have a positive impact on those we care about for generations to come, then shouldn’t we all focus our decision making process on that?

Besides, all the normal questions we all know to ask when making a decision the one we forget to ask is, “How will this decision affect those I care about the most for the next three generations?” One of the reasons I wrote a book was so that I could leave something behind for my family to have so that they may understand a little about the kind of life I lead as a soldier. If having written a book generates some sort of wealth then my plan is to use it to improve not only the lives of my children but also the lives of their children’s, children. Does that make sense? So far, they have a book to read! J And that my friend is more than enough to accomplish what I set out to do!

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“The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is today! “ Unknown.

Steve