Military Man Blogs About His Own Death

[Bobc01]

Originally Posted by papagmp

I disagree - I considered myself a "real soldier" and I never "jumped at the chance" to go to war. Yes, I went, and did it without complaining, but to assume all real soldiers are war mongers is way off.

I served for a few reasons:

1. It was a good job that let me travel and get my education at the same time (I was a communications system tech so most of my time was spent in facilities not much different than those of AT&T - however, I did see enough field duty to know what it's like)
2. I agree in concept that citizens have the right and responsibility to protect a way of life.
3. I love my country.
4. I had to prove to my dad that I had what it took.... (It's a long story)

I never wished that anyone would ever have to die - but I accepted it as a fact of life and a potential part of the job - even if that meant I might be put in harms way. Thankfully, I survived all of those encounters.

Well no not war mongers but isn't war what we all trained for?
What i was saying is if you're in the military then war is going to be a possibility and if you take a sniper round between the eyes then that's the risk that goes with the job.
Obviously the only way to make sure that doesn't happen is to consider other jobs.