|  xRight-Is-Rightx | Apr 10, 7:32am | xRight-Is-Rightx 7:02am 1
The average age of the military man is 19 years.
He is a short haired, tight-muscled kid who, under normal circumstances is considered by society as half man, half boy. Not yet dry behind the ears, not old enough to buy a beer, but old enough to die for his country.
He never really cared much for work and he would rather wax his own car than wash his father's; but he has never collected unemployment either.
He's a recent High School graduate; he was probably an average student, pursued some form of sport activities, drives a ten year old jalopy, and has a steady girlfriend that either broke up with him when he left, or swears to be waiting when he returns from half a world away.
He listens to rock and roll or hip-hop or rap or jazz or swing and 155mm Howitzers.
He is 10 or 15 pounds lighter now than when he was at home because he is working or fighting from before dawn to well after dusk.
He has trouble spelling, thus letter writing is a pain for him, but he can field strip a rifle in 30 seconds and reassemble it in less time in the dark.
He can recite to you the nomenclature of a machine gun or grenade launcher and use either one effectively if he must.
He digs foxholes and latrines and can apply first aid like a professional.
He can march until he is told to stop or stop until he is told to march.
He obeys orders instantly and without hesitation, but he is not without spirit or individual dignity.
He is self-sufficient. He has two sets of fatigues: he washes one and wears the other. He keeps his canteens full and his feet dry.
He sometimes forgets to brush his teeth, but never to clean his rifle.
He can cook his own meals, mend his own clothes, and fix his own hurts. If you're thirsty, he'll share his water with you; if you are hungry, his food.
He'll even split his ammunition with you in the midst of battle when you run low.
He has learned to use his hands like weapons and weapons like they were his hands. He can save your life - or take it, because that is his job.
He will often do twice the work of a civilian, draw half the pay and still find ironic humor in it all. He has seen more suffering and death then he should have in his short lifetime.
He has stood atop mountains of dead bodies, and helped to create them.
He has wept in public and in private, for friends who have fallen in combat and is unashamed.
He feels every note of the National Anthem vibrate through his body while at rigid attention, while tempering the burning desire to 'square-away' those around him who haven't bothered to stand, remove their hat, or even stop talking. In an odd twist, day in and day out, far from home, he defends their right to be disrespectful.
Just as did his Father, Grandfather, and Great-grandfather, he is paying the price for our freedom.
Beardless or not, he is not a boy.
He is the American Fighting Man that has kept this country free for over 200 years.
He has asked nothing in return, except our friendship and understanding.
Remember him, always, for he has earned our respect and admiration with his blood. |
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Sponsor |  stringo | Apr 10, 7:48am | | Hey moron, what's a moran? Someone who trolls forums with crap? |
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Sponsor | | ntltrmllgnc | Apr 10, 7:58am | 1: That's very nice. I've met soldiers. They're the most polite people I've ever met. They're nothing like you.
They don't go around pretending they're someone else.
They don't try to play Mini-me by talking about how much they love
soldiers.
They don't try to surround themselves with patriotic materials to prove that they're patriotic.
They're not groupies.
They don't join cliques.
They're a lot smarter than you when they're giving false intelligence to a target.
They know counter intelligence is something every culture and every nation has done to an enemy.
They know better than to pretend to be women and then say "Know your place".
They care about morality and would never say who cares when it comes to a website about lawbreakers.
They have more than two brain cells firing and would not post something about soldiers so they can feel better about themselves.
Get behind me, Satan. Get off your high horse. It doesn't make you bigger man than you ever will be if you keep on like this. I know soldiers. You only know about soldiers.
Learn to spell "moron", moron. |
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Sponsor | | Laukev7 | Apr 10, 12:58pm | Yeah, that's exactly the same message the Soviets have forced down the throats of their citizens about the Red Army.
And the PLA (China).
And the Wehrmacht (Nazi Germany).
And the Khmer Rouge (Pol Pot).
Funny how the 'army' only saves your life from other armies, whilst killing innocent civilians on the other side and their own.
The army is like the Mafia, and their 'protection' of your freedom (which are more often than not robbed by the government that controls the army) is like a protection racket. |
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Sponsor | | ntltrmllgnc | Apr 10, 6:32pm | #1. He's not in America
#2. You don't love America to begin with, normie
What you got is pride, unconditional pride, self-hypnosis of the political nerve. You don't love America, normie. |
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Sponsor | | MarkPogue | Apr 10, 6:35pm | "If you hate america so much why don't get out"???
What is your point?
Sell your "Nazi-type nationalism" to someone else....perhaps a neighbor. |
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Sponsor | | ntltrmllgnc | Apr 11, 5:10pm | | There's a difference between making a point and stroking your ego. |
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