RE: Quick Poll - Do you believe in God?
July 15, 2014 at 12:54 pm
(This post was last modified: July 15, 2014 at 12:56 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
If you didn't remind yourself so often, would you run the risk of forgetting? I often see stuff like this and wonder how much of it is a self reinforcing performance act. Church every set day, bible study before breakfast, constant call and response affirmations. Meh. Military indoctrination works the same way. That's how you get from shooting people and destroying homes to engaging targets and assaulting objectives. Intentionally manufactured dissonance.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!