RE: Fuck.
March 9, 2016 at 4:30 pm
(This post was last modified: March 9, 2016 at 4:39 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
They don't do it for the politicians, and most will never see medals. The pennies, however, pretty choice...especially since our armed forces are mostly made of the lower crust..best paying job they've ever had or will have...shitty as that is. More than just a few joined for three hots and a cot. Even more to repay a debt. If that means they have to shoot at Charles, or weather a shell from Arthur... from time to time, they're game.
Know what infantry do for 90% of their careers? Mow the lawn..wash the windows, haul bags of cement, drink themselves silly. Pretty much the same thing they'd be doing back home, but for slightly better pay and benefits....and "some" of them are just as likely to get shot back home too.
Back to the will to fight. I've been wondering for some time why we fail so hard there when it comes to training foreign nationals. Are we bad at picking winners, good at picking losers...why doesn't it work? Works for us. I suspect theres a failure at the NCO or CO level that accounts for it...but it's unlikely that we'd ever get any honest data on that. We'd have to ask the NCO/COs.......
Know what infantry do for 90% of their careers? Mow the lawn..wash the windows, haul bags of cement, drink themselves silly. Pretty much the same thing they'd be doing back home, but for slightly better pay and benefits....and "some" of them are just as likely to get shot back home too.
Back to the will to fight. I've been wondering for some time why we fail so hard there when it comes to training foreign nationals. Are we bad at picking winners, good at picking losers...why doesn't it work? Works for us. I suspect theres a failure at the NCO or CO level that accounts for it...but it's unlikely that we'd ever get any honest data on that. We'd have to ask the NCO/COs.......
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!
