RE: That Gay Thread
June 6, 2022 at 12:25 pm
(This post was last modified: June 6, 2022 at 12:42 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
The cause of veterans killing themselves back home has more to do with what is and is not true back home. Unemployment, homelessness, and poverty - and substance abuse. These are the things that await the majority of groundpounders in any age, of any sexual orientation, back home - compounded in their specific cases (as a majority white and rural demographic) by homophobic communities. Many joined to escape those things and avail themselves of the meals, and bed, and marginal pay. The military refused to acknowledge that the gay ones even existed (when they weren't actively denying their advancement on account of what they wouldn't officialy acknowledge), denying their honor in a frankly shameful display of antipathy towards brothers in arms.
No one takes the tools of killing more seriously than professional soldiers....but we still like to paint on our vehicles. We're not automatons. We have human emotions and compulsions. Did you know that we tend to paint our faces our very own way too...? That we name our equipment? That we can fall in love with a drone like it was a pet dog (to the point where soldiers have advocated for drones being awarded medals).
No one takes the tools of killing more seriously than professional soldiers....but we still like to paint on our vehicles. We're not automatons. We have human emotions and compulsions. Did you know that we tend to paint our faces our very own way too...? That we name our equipment? That we can fall in love with a drone like it was a pet dog (to the point where soldiers have advocated for drones being awarded medals).
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!
