Here's something we can all do this holiday season: show heartfelt support for our men and women in uniform.

There are currently about 2.1 million serving in the armed forces — 1.3 million on active duty and about 800,000 in the reserves. Roughly 170,000 Americans are stationed overseas.

Most of those serving abroad are stationed at long-standing bases in Europe, Japan, South Korea, and other allied nations, training with partner forces and maintaining readiness.

Others serve aboard naval vessels or at regional hubs in the Middle East, supporting air, intelligence, and logistical operations.

A smaller number — several thousand — serve where the danger is immediate and real, including counterterrorism missions in Iraq and Syria, where U.S. forces still face hostile fire and where two young American soldiers and a civilian interpreter were recently ambushed and killed.

One can debate the rightness or wrongness of military missions, but we should........

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