Brian D. Allgood

West Point, 1982

Be Thou At Peace

Posted by CH (COL) Allen Randy Nabors on February 5, 2007:

On behalf of the members of 3D MEDCOM who met COL Allgood in 2006, while we came to Korea to observe an exercise of the 18th MEDCOM, we send our love, prayers, and shared grief. Our encounter with your husband and father was brief, but long enough to quickly gather he was an exceptional man. His quiet spirit, his ability to assess and discern quickly, his sense of responsibility, and willingness to lead were all there for anyone to see. It may sound strange to say thank you to his family for giving him to us in the Army, and even stranger to thank you for the sacrifice of his life -since no one wanted to see him go -but his decision to volunteer, and your decision to stand with him and behind him as he did so - is very much an offering to our nation. Every military family's loss, before they suffer it, is an offering of love and faith to our nation. "Here is my son, my father, my husband, my brother, my daughter, my wife, my sister, my mother, I give them for America and the best that she represents. For justice, for freedom, and though they be soldiers, I give them for peace. Use them well, for though they seem like an anonymous mysterious group, all dressed alike, called by their last names and counted as numbers - they are the people we love, that we raised, that we kissed, and touched, that we dreamed with, that we missed and longed for; and they were no insignificant person. War seems to have made their lives cheap and wasted, but their faith and their service were real, and honestly and truly given. 'Who more then selves their country loved, and liberty than life.' They lived and died for bigger things than safety, prosperity, and comfort. This is no waste, but a payment in blood to the generations yet to come. These are the heros on whom our future is built, and we must honor them well for no nation can long stand if her sons and daughters live only for themselves, and hide in the illusion of self-protection." It was an honor to have met Brian Allgood. May the Lord be with you, Chaplain (COL) Allen Randy Nabors

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