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June 28th, 2004
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| Primus Pilus | Post; CharacteristicWhat do you think is the best characteristic for a military person to have? |
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June 28th, 2004
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | If you want an army that will engage an stay the distance, then the person better have strength of commitment. all the rest of the traits and characteristics, good or bad...support commitment. IE the most dishonest person in the world, if in combat, can still have commitment to killing the other guy..then robbing him afterwards. Now if you are talking about character...its honesty. 
__________________ “If we should have to fight, we should be prepared to do so from the neck up instead of from the neck down.”— General James H. Doolittle, USAAF |
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June 29th, 2004
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| Optio | Quote:
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June 29th, 2004
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| Optio | Well......... This is a slighty different take on it, since I am not in the military and can only look at it from my point of view. But I think someone in the military needs patience and strength more than anything. And by strength I mean mental, emotional strength. Because it takes an awful lot of it to keep picking ip the phone/write a letter/get on the net when you have a SO back home crying because she misses you so much........ I can only look at this from my own point of view...... But thats my opinion.
__________________ Daughter of a Vietnam Vet GF of a soldier in Iraq I\'m a brave woman... I sleep with a Lumbee!! I am the spider mistress...... |
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June 29th, 2004
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| Optio | Mental strength to be able to take all the crap that war and killing will send your way, yet the morals to control it, and not a want for revenge. A strong work ethic will also make a better soldier, they will do things well becuase it is their job, not becuase they have a passion for any of it (although that may be the case).
__________________ \"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy course; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.\" - TR |
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July 4th, 2004
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| Milites Gregarius | Honesty, integrity, selflessness, a sense of duty, courage, determination to name but a few...generally speaking, I've found in tha last 5 operational tours that I've fought in, a good sense of humour goes a long way.  |
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July 5th, 2004
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| Legatus Legionis  | Sense of humor and feet on the ground.
__________________ "Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it". Pericles.  |
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July 6th, 2004
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| Centurion | Post; You already know the answerHonor, Courage and Commitment....but you knew that... Semper Fi.
__________________ \"U.S. Marines are about the most peculiar breed of human beings I have ever known. They treat their service as if it was some kind of cult, plastering their emblem on almost everythng they own, making themselves up to look like insane fanatics...., which I have come to the conclusion they are!\" -- An Anonymous Canadian Citizen |
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July 6th, 2004
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| Optio | Post; characteristicsadaptability/inventivness. Heart or passion towards your allies. A good sense of humour for when things might not be going so well? and determination.
__________________ Although our task was never easy, it was made less difficult by the patriotism and passionate valour of the Australians, Which served as an example to the whole world, you saved Amiens, you saved France. Feild Marshal Ferdinand Foch 1918 |
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