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Originally Posted by danielf
So basically, (some) soldiers are just looking for a 'bit of action'. Smashing...
Where exactly is the respect thing come supposed to come in?
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I can't believe I'm back in a thread I wanted to leave, but here I am....
All kinds of people join the army for all kinds of reasons....
A guy I was in the army cadets joined the Royal Engineers to get a trade, while he was in the army. Perfectly valid reason if you ask me....
Other people join up because they are bored of the jobs they where doing in civistreet, and decide they want to do something else.... Perfectly reasonable reason to join up I think....
Other people join up because they have nowhere else to go.... Again a perfectly valid reason to join up....
Me on the other hand.... It was a calling, or vocation or whatever its called.... I decided at about 12 or 13 I was gonna be a soldier, and then dedicated myself to attaining the very high target I set myself. If I hadn't broken my right shoulder, four ribs, my left collar bone, my jaw and fractured my skull I'd most likely still be in the army. Perhaps I might have even passed Selection which was my goal....
As for *some soldiers looking for a bit of action*.... What do you expect.... You join up, and if presented with the opportunity to test the skills you've trained for years, then you crack on and see if you can do the job you took The Queens Shilling to do....
To be completely blunt about it, and maybe ever shatter some people's rose coloured spectacles.... The first skills an soldier learns are those that enable you to kill other humans.
Killing is the most basic function of a soldier. If you can't grasp that concept, then you really will never understand what I'm trying to say....