Anyone now serving in the Military is call a hero which is ok but it kind of dilutes the action , in my 6 years in the military I never met a hero did get to know some people that were good to know .

Thank you for your service, Tetvet. Your generation paved the way for my generation to carry on the watch.

Originally Posted by tetvet

Anyone now serving in the Military is call a hero which is ok but it kind of dilutes the action , in my 6 years in the military I never met a hero did get to know some people that were good to know .

Lets be accurate here Americans tend to turn everything into a flagfest replete with tears and anthem singing, soldiers, firemen, police, doctors, nurses and anyone that has survived the common cold is considered a hero whereas the rest of the world are a little more circumspect about what constitutes a "hero" and for the most part you have to have actually achieved something to receive the title not just signed up for a profession.

I would say, that a hero is a person who spontaneously transform compassion into action and as such you will find heroes in many professions.

Absolutely agree with the ruination of the concept of "hero."
Some real heroes I have rubbed shoulders with. A couple I knew personally, others in the course of SF events.
Aaron Bank
Ola Mize
Fred Zabitosky
Bob Howard
Roy Benevides
Gordon Yntema
Jon Comini
Roger Donlon
Drew Dix
Many others who didn't get the bling.
I am privileged to have had these contacts.

I never latched onto the concept that has been mass media slewed of the modern rendition of what a "hero" is.

I Go more on personal respect held for others who I feel truly deserve it. Vietnam era veterans being among them.

Respect does not need a Bud Light Sponsored Half Time show and a fancy title to be given.

Our founders held it for one another and then none of this mattered and the civilized world was busy proclaiming them terrorists.

No true hero asks to be put in a bad situation that makes them as such, they just perform, many don't live to talk about it. Civilian or military, war or peace.

It's an honor that speaks quietly on it's own.

Hero's fought at Caen, Monte Casino, Arnhem, Iwo Jima, Saipan, Tarawa, Khe Sanh, Pusan to name a few, as well in Iraq and in Afghanistan. I hold the definition of a hero to simply be an average man that performs an extraordinary act to help his fellow men at arms. Often they are thy are the poor soul that doesn't make it.
I was never in combat, but rescued a women that under attack one time, certainly don't consider myself a hero.

i don' t know the concept of hero but it brings to mind the british soe agent Didi Nearne.she operated in france before being captured and sent to ravensbruck..i don't need to say more on that.after the war she returned to civi life and when she died in
torquey where she had lived for many years. her friends and neighbours were astonished at her full military funeral...when a man from the home office was asked about this he replyed "well she wasn"t trained to talk"...she didn't see herself as a hero...so i don't know, we can think of people as heros but may be the question should be.do they deserve to be treated differertly than anyone else weho has done thier duty

The true heroes that I know, are the ones who never made it home.

Originally Posted by Kesse81

The true heroes that I know, are the ones who never made it home.

I have a question and it isn't meant in a derogatory way but what is it about dieing that makes you a hero?

Heroism is not necessarily an action that has to involve death and not all who die are hero's.