The power of controlling your situation, to be able to stop the war and rest, is something that our soldiers are quietly desperate for.

Because the inn's restaurant is closed until Memorial Day, they often eat dinner at a nearby Chinese restaurant, they said.

The report says the Army is failing its soldiers by missing signs of trouble or by looking the other way as commanders try to keep to tight schedules required to meet deployment schedules.

So this weekend, as we commemorate Memorial Day, I ask you to hold all our fallen heroes in your hearts, and if you can, to lay a flower where they have come to rest.

But I also hope that as you do so, you' ll take some time to reflect on what Memorial Day is all about; on why we set this day aside as a time of national remembrance.