For years, I have looked down my nose somewhat at claims by Army and Navy veterans that they were the meanest fighting forces ever seen. This is because of the fact that the Marine Corps seldom brags, because they know who they are, and the Air Force (my branch of service) were snake eaters and survival experts before the Navy invented the ‘Seals’ and ‘Seal Teams’, and the Army invented the ‘Special Forces’. This was because as a flyer, you had the possibility of being shot down anywhere on the surface of the Earth, and you had better be ready for escape and evasion as well as fighting it out and long-term survival under the harshest conditions imaginable. This included ‘Bugging Out’ through a battlefield covered with radioactive debris.
Well, I have become convinced that the kids serving today to protect our country may be superior in the ‘Badness Department’ to my former comrades in arms. This is because they made a simple video of themselves waging a firefight in Afghanistan while simultaneously engaging in a barbeque cookout. Here is this awesome short Youtube video:
It is sad that only one percent of the population of the USA has taken up arms to defend and protect the country. Recruiters are having a tough time right now signing up replacements for those that are discharged from active duty. This doesn’t say much for our materialistic dog-eat-dog culture, and I hope the liberals who are trying to defund our military in order to fulfill the dreams of our wishful thinking Democratic president and Congressional representatives watch this and reflect on the havoc they are wreaking on the best military force the world has ever seen.
So, I urge my fellow citizens to make being a veteran a real hallmark of worth in the corporate world when they are honorably discharged for service to the country.
