 Post; Are you crazy?
jmc -
I don't want to dampen your enthusiasm - but - are you crazy?
Why in the world would you go out of your way to enlist in ANY military service and wish for battle?
Do you REALLY understand what it is that you are wishing for?
You do understand - the other guy is trying to kill you just as hard as you are trying to kill him. (RIGHT?).
Peace keeping would be alright if peace were to continue, but it becomes pure hell when guerrilla warfare breaks out in the area that you are responsible for patrolling and it lead to deaths of fellow crew-mates, friends or relatives. ARE YOU READY FOR THIS KIND OF ACTION?
I will be the last person to tell you to chose a different line of work as I enjoyed most of my 20+ years of military duty, but I still have my "ghosts" which sometimes trouble my sleep even after almost 40 years.
I will HOWEVER tell you to make absolutely sure that the military life is the life that you really want to pursue. It CAN be very rewarding but it can also lead to the adventures out of which living nightmares are made real.
As a father and grandfather it is my VERY ERNEST wish that my sons, daughters, grandsons and granddaughters will NEVER NEVER NEVER have to go to war.
As a veteran, if peace were to break out in every corner of the world and no more wars were to be fought, I would thank a benevolent god that not one more young man or woman (friend or stranger) would have to die or be maimed because of war(s).
I realize that this wish may seem to be a little unrealistic, but it is my heartfelt prayer - peace in my lifetime and no more wars.
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