Whatever your politics, it's hard to question the sacrifices that America's soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines make for this country. The all-volunteer force gets sent around the world for as much as a year or more at a time, millions of Americans stepping up to serve, often putting themselves in harm's way in foreign lands where hostility runs deep. It's a hard job and they deserve our respect and appreciation.
Fortunately, there are people who really step up and honor those troops. Take the Classic Glass Corvette Clubof Marietta, Georgia, for example, who did a partial restoration on Sgt. First Class Adam Troxel's 1980 Corvette while he was deployed in Kuwait for the better part of 2011. A stunned Troxel had no idea the work was going on until earlier this month, when he was presented with the refreshed car in the showroom of Day's Chevrolet in Marietta in front of 150 people, including 65 members of the club who brought their 'Vettes along for the big reveal.
SFC Troxel had asked his wife, Holly, to get the brakes done while he was gone, but unbeknownst to him, Holly had other ideas and approached her friend and club member Scott Oliver about how to best spend Adam's $6,000 re-enlistment bonus. Scott brought the idea to the club about taking care of a soldier, and the club went for it, springing into action and working their connections in the Corvette community. "We jumped on it," club member Calvin Cruce said. "It was something we wanted to do. We just kind of picked the ball up and ran with it. It worked out just really wonderfully for us and for him. Through club members' contacts, through the generosity of the Corvette community in general, we were able to do a mostly cosmetic restoration of the exterior and the interior."
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