Topic: So true!

Welshwarrior · December 17th, 2005

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of coloured ribbon. ~Napoleon

Redleg · December 17th, 2005

True..

"A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon"
15 July 1815. To the captain of HMS Bellerophon.
HMS Bellerophon carried Napoleon from the Ile d'Aix to Plymouth
before he was transferred to the HMS Northumberland and taken into exile on St Helena.
http://www.military-quotes.com/Napoleon.htm

Welshwarrior · December 18th, 2005

Sad isn't it?

Chief Bones · December 18th, 2005

It is even more sad than than you think. In one of the other threads a young man was lamenting about having a hard time deciding which branch of the military he was going to join.

One of his deciding factors was being able to go to an "active" branch which was "active" on the battle field. Reading between the lines it almost sounded like he was interest in winning a lot of "chest lettuce".

NOW THAT"S WHAT I CALL SAD.

Redleg · December 18th, 2005

"War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it. "
- Desiderius Erasmus,
Dutch humanist, ca. 1466–1536
http://www.military-quotes.com/war-quotes.htm

Marinerhodes · December 23rd, 2005

The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

Douglas MacArthur

poacher63 · April 28th, 2006

Should'nt blame them, but blame the culture that gives them out like confetti. As we say in the British Army "Its not the beret that makes the man, but the man that makes the beret".

Team Infidel · January 20th, 2007

so true ...

December 17th, 2005	Post 1
Welshwarrior Banned	Post; So true! A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of coloured ribbon. ~Napoleon

December 18th, 2005	Post 4
Chief Bones Forums Grumpy Old Man Gear	It is even more sad than than you think. In one of the other threads a young man was lamenting about having a hard time deciding which branch of the military he was going to join. One of his deciding factors was being able to go to an "active" branch which was "active" on the battle field. Reading between the lines it almost sounded like he was interest in winning a lot of "chest lettuce". *NOW THAT"S WHAT I CALL SAD.* __________________ Fair winds and following seas > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < and long may your big jib draw. *-W.R.B. (Chief Bones) FCC(SW) USN(RET)-*

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Team Infidel Milforum's Postmaster Gear	so true ... __________________

December 17th, 2005	Post 2
Redleg The fire is everything... Gear	True.. "A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon" 15 July 1815. To the captain of HMS Bellerophon. HMS Bellerophon carried Napoleon from the Ile d'Aix to Plymouth before he was transferred to the HMS Northumberland and taken into exile on St Helena. http://www.military-quotes.com/Napoleon.htm

December 18th, 2005	Post 3
Welshwarrior Banned	Sad isn't it?

December 18th, 2005	Post 5
Redleg The fire is everything... Gear	"War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it. " - Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch humanist, ca. 1466–1536 http://www.military-quotes.com/war-quotes.htm

April 28th, 2006	Post 7
poacher63 Immunes	Should'nt blame them, but blame the culture that gives them out like confetti. As we say in the British Army "Its not the beret that makes the man, but the man that makes the beret".

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