American Flag - Airman Poem Retirement Gift

To Retiring Master Sergent

Today, We Salute MSgt Cody Mitchell for Your
Twenty Years of Service to the United States Air Force.
October 1997 – August 2017

It is the airman, not the reporter,
Who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the airman, not the poet,
Who has given us freedom of speech
. It is the airman, not the campus organizer,
Who has given us freedom of democracy.
It is the airman, not the lawyer,
Who has given us a right to a fair trial
. It is the airman, like MSgt Cody Mitchell,
Who salutes the flag,
Who has served under the flag,
And Whom is now honored
for these freedoms in retirement.

We congratulate you on your retirement and the start
of your new journey. We Love You! ~Dan & Sarah