250TH
BIRTHDAY
OF AMERICA
VETERANS DAY POSTER
(National Semi-Finalist)
CREATED BY BRIAN JON GARVEY
VETERAN'S DAY 2026 POSTER (Semi-Finalist)
(2026 Veterans Day National Poster Contest – National Semifinalist)
In this 2026 Veterans Day poster I designed, my father, a proud Navy Veteran who served aboard the USS Blueback, is the man in the hat holding my son Sean’s hand, and I am the sailor standing among the ranks.
FOR 250 YEARS, WE HAVE STOOD
I grew up watching my father put on a Navy uniform for 28 years.
He didn’t speak much about sacrifice. He lived it. Deployments. Missed moments. Quiet strength. When the flag moved, he stood taller. When the Anthem played, his hand never hesitated.
That example became my compass.
So I joined the Navy. I became a Rescue Swimmer — a frogman — trained to drop into violent seas to pull others home. In the dark. In storms. In waters that don’t forgive.
Up there, before you hit the ocean, something becomes clear:
COURAGE ISN’T LOUD. IT’S STEADY.
IT’S CHOOSING TO GO WHEN OTHERS CANNOT.
And when I think about America at 250 years, I don’t see just history books.
I SEE FATHERS LEAVING HOME.
SONS AND DAUGHTERS GROWING UP AND DOING
THE SAME.
GENERATIONS STANDING IN THE GAP.
MY FATHER STOOD.
I STOOD.
AND FOR 250 YEARS, MILLIONS HAVE STOOD —
SO THE NEXT COULD RISE FREE.
That legacy lives in me.
IT SHAPES HOW I LEAD.
IT SHAPES WHAT I BUILD.
IT SHAPES WHY I BELIEVE AMERICA’S GREATEST
DAYS ARE STILL AHEAD.
~ Brian Jon Garvey
(In these images, (Left) I graduated Rescue Swimmer School, in Pensacola, Florida - 1985. I am in the very center, in this photo. (Right) Helicopter Rescue Swimmer training in the Coronado Bay, San Diego, California.
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BRIAN JON GARVEY'S SONG - OFFICIAL TOP GUN 3!
BRIAN JON GARVEY'S SONG - 'I'M HOLDING ON, I'M LETTING GO'
FROM BRIAN JON GARVEY'S SCREENPLAY 'MY LAST BREATH'