I'd go the other way with it. Let service confer benefits over and above the baseline...but allow that service to be civil or military.
As a former infantryman in a pretty rough span of time...I don't want any chance that the folks standing next to me aren't volunteers. Hell...I used to tell all the nastygirls (who signed up thinking they'd never be deployed) to stay in the fucking humvee. I value my life.
As a former infantryman in a pretty rough span of time...I don't want any chance that the folks standing next to me aren't volunteers. Hell...I used to tell all the nastygirls (who signed up thinking they'd never be deployed) to stay in the fucking humvee. I value my life.
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!
