RE: Happy Veterans Day...
November 11, 2022 at 2:51 pm
(This post was last modified: November 11, 2022 at 2:59 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(November 11, 2022 at 10:19 am)Tomato Wrote: I look forward to the day, not likely in my lifetime, when there is no need to celebrate Veterans Day because there is no need for the soldier beyond boot camp training.
There will always be a need, even if it's only to stand between people and those who would otherwise do them harm, to go halfway across the world and dig wells, lay bricks for schools - the best detail a soldier can ever pull in the draw of the hat.
I look forward to the day that a soldiers job is perceived to be the unyielding defense of the entire human race. As opposed to killing the enemy. What enemy? Those are your friends over there on the other ridgeline. They like what you like and do what you do. They came from the same kind of towns and are used by the same kinds of people with the same kind of indifference and callousness. You'd never have a better buddy.
Love you guys, but you know that.
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!
