Douglas Alexander: “I suppose this must be said of every part of our military today, but no one can go to Fort Campbell without being…”

“I suppose this must be said of every part of our military today, but no one can go to Fort Campbell without being enormously impressed with every single military person one meets, especially the family members. Among those was Holly Petraeus, who is the wife of the commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division. We talked about a great many things on Saturday. We talked about the bravery of the men and women from the 101st and from the Army Special Forces Divisions who have been in Iraq even longer. We talked about the number of Tennessee reservists, American reservists, and National Guard men and women who have been deployed since 9/11. If I remember correctly, the Secretary of the Army estimated that nearly two-thirds of all of our reservists and National Guard men and women have been activated in one form or another since 9/11. We owe them enormous gratitude. We talked about one other thing at Fort Campbell last Saturday, and that was the debt we owe to our allies because we are not in Iraq alone.”