RE: Soldiers life threatened by his own side.
June 11, 2012 at 10:18 pm
(This post was last modified: June 11, 2012 at 10:22 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I just finished reading back through this entire thread, I've gotta say I'm pretty damned disappointed....
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This is old news in this thread, but the point of being a soldier, and what you are paid to do, is win. If you have to kill to win that's unfortunate, and this is coming from infantry btw, about as bloodthirsty as you're gonna get. Nevertheless, I'd have rather spent my time in the service not shooting at people, but it doesn't always work out that way (though I have a bunch of buddies who never fired their rifles). You put the bullets downrange and hope that you are one of the living at the end of it all.
This is old news in this thread, but the point of being a soldier, and what you are paid to do, is win. If you have to kill to win that's unfortunate, and this is coming from infantry btw, about as bloodthirsty as you're gonna get. Nevertheless, I'd have rather spent my time in the service not shooting at people, but it doesn't always work out that way (though I have a bunch of buddies who never fired their rifles). You put the bullets downrange and hope that you are one of the living at the end of it all.
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!
