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Posts from BGS, Chicago

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I used to have this profound respect for service members. I thought they were some sort of man that I could never be. I enlisted in the Army. The quickest realization I had was that Soldiers were not unlike myself. They are just regular people, with regular jobs...sort of. While patrolling the streets of Baghdad, my convoy came under a complex ambush (none of my team was injured badly). At no point during the firefight did I think I was shooting to protect the families sleeping at home. I was killing to protect my team. I have two points in all this: (1) "Rough Men (and Women)" are regular people, so even though 1 out of every 250 Americans are currently serving actively or in the guard/reserves, 250 out of 250 would fight to the death to protect the most important thing to them; and (2) (not to be negative) this quote is an eloquent way to make people feel better. The Soldiers feel better about being referred to as "rough men" and the public feels better believing they are protected. I sleep peaceably at night because I know there is horrific violence and war all over the world and there is nothing I can do to stop it; BUT, God save the man who decides to bring it to my front door.

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