[WarriorDiplomat]

Serving in Special Forces is identical to the OSS James Ward quote, You can choose the job the career chooses you hence why so few enlisted are in it for the long run. I have hated my job and my unit and I have loved my job, my unit and the mission intensly.

How my experience has changed me, as all here have stated the career chose me I was compatible and this is what I was born and bred to be. My Uncle does our ancestry and have traced relatives back almost a 1,000 years to the crusades buried in Jeruselam all the wars in between to include Vikings on my mothers side to the sons of the American revolution, the Civil War 2/3 fighting for the North and 1/3 for the South, WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam etc...if there is any truth to Eugenics and I believe there is my pedigree is that of a soldier period.

My views have changed somewhat I am more cynical however my core beliefs have never shaken, I can see clearer through my early idealism the realism of the world and the people within.

I have developed compassion for people and dislike towards politicians. We fight wars with people who are completly outmatched and politicians call everything we do heroism, yet the enemy outnumbered and overpowered will stand and fight and never quit in the face of overwhelming adversity. I have gained a greater respect and admiration for the resiliency of the people we call bad guys. How many would stand against a giant and welcome death for the cause? I have learned not to hate the enemy but respect and admire their willingness to die for their belief. We come home to a country allowing liberals to suppress ours and impose their beliefs on us disgusts me. I do not want to get into semantics on this we all have our thoughts and feelings.

The Infantry is blessed by God, they are warriors through and through no confusion on what they do boots on the ground to hunt the enemy. Watched a Bradley drive into a gunfight heard bullets hitting the side ping, ping the ramp came down Sarge stepped out and gave the order "follow me" and everyone of his soldiers followed him without hesitation. I have never felt so proud of our soldiers than to see the soldiers follow their leader under fire without hesititation now thats leadership."God Bless the Infantry".

My belief in what we stand for is stronger I love America deeper than I ever have, freedom is precious we have all seen enough things to know how sweet freedom really is. This deeper devotion I have to my country has made more critical of our leaders to understand the great responsibility they have to lead the greatest country on earth.