What's a soldier, or anyone to do? I think in this country we are so insulated from the confusing messages we send to the rest of the world, let alone our own people. We preach equality and democracy all over the globe; sometimes with bloody force. Here at home? Oh, well, we're capitalists and it'll all work out, 'ya know? In other countries, the leaders who abuse their people are tyrants and need taken down. In our country, the leaders who abuse their people are success stories who hide behind their political careers and successful companies. What happens to them? They get re-elected and they get richer.
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They say it ends when you are discharged.
I don't think many soldiers see it that way.
If you are willing to sacrifice your life for something, then a chance to live for it and see it realized is impossible not to pursue.
U.S. Army motto, "This we'll defend." Perhaps they need to define "this" and add some fine print at the bottom reading, "…until you are discharged, then just stay out of the way." I want the men and women who join the armed forces to believe in their commitments at a core level, and I believe most of them do. That's one of the reasons I really loved this photo.
I can say I don't feel that will ever be the case, from my time in the Military. The Armed Forces get it right a lot more than they get credit for. Not the people running things, perhaps, but the people in the trenches and the people directly commanding them.
While the people directing our military should really be questioned about what direction that really is, and the Service has its bad eggs, the vast majority of the men and women I met and served with were some of the finest people I've ever met in my life. It was an honor to have a chance to serve for the short time that I did.
One Sergeant told me a secret; he told me who really runs the Army. He warned that you can't let them find out and then said "You want to know who really runs the army? Privates."
If it is true, it is probably why the Army is Neurotic about maintaining morale. If the people serving lose faith in their commanders, they aren't going to lose faith in each other. That bond will still be there, and that, that's scary to the people holding the reigns.
Our military forces are quite capable of being a danger to any threat, domestic as well as foreign. And with the way the public supports the soldier, and not the war, we may find them not so quick to turn on our civilian population.
I could be wrong, but I have faith in the servicemen and servicewomen as a whole. I still stand by them. I trust they'll stand with us.
Thank you +Jera Wolfe. Totally agreed and I appreciate the time you took to leave the comments!
Though I myself have never served, my father, mother, step-father all served, as well as currently my brothers. I have the up most respect for all whom serve though some orders from on high, are less then ……moral. I have and always will support our troops, but the governments polices that is a different story.
cc-ing +Talon Larson.