RE: So...We're Expecting Al-Qaeda to Build Cruise Missiles?
December 21, 2014 at 9:52 am
(This post was last modified: December 21, 2014 at 9:53 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Sept 26th, 1983-just past midnight. A malfunction in the soviet early warning satellite system causes the alarms under the watch of one Stanislov Petrov (on call that day - not scheduled to be there) to fire off. A missile has been launched from the US, and is headed towards the Soviet Union. Petrov decides that it must be an error, the US wouldn't launch a single missile. Then it showed a second missile. A third, a fourth, and a fifth. He waited, then decided not to issue the alarm that could have terminated in a retaliatory strike from the soviets.
Balls of steel.
Balls of steel.
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!
