RE: Do you think American soldiers are put on too high of a pedestal
January 20, 2017 at 9:04 pm
(January 20, 2017 at 2:38 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: Soldiers are people who do a job. It can be dangerous and difficult, often it is none of those things.
Out of the millions of soldiers the US has how many of them actually served in the gulf etc?
-Long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror.
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!
