Welcome back @gogogadgetupvote, One of my first steemit mentors when i first joined 6 months ago :)
Sorry to hear about your friend. I was in the navy for 9 years, so I know what you mean by carrying forward values. there's somethings you learn, that you just continue to live by.
If you would like more information on the byteball airdrop that @mineopoly mentioned, then you can check out the details about it in my vlog here.
If you'd like to claim your free $80 worth of byteballs, you can do so by downloading your wallet from my referral link below, send me your wallet address, and I'll send you 60,000 bytes so that you can attest your steemit account.
https://steem-byteball.org/#UCX6REVC3E5XLAQHC7EDSC4UXJYHWW53
Again, welcome back.
Peace.