The Call Of Duty
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"Soldiers know what a hero is. They watch them fall, they watch them continue in harm’s
way, they see heroes stealthily moving in fluid unison towards uncertainty, with no uncertainty.
They are the ones who never tell the world how they are changing themselves forever with every
push, with every mile and hill, and with every bold promise of sunrise, because those exact a
perspective unachievable by the common man. Their reality is to awaken with the knowledge that
today is a day through which they may survive. And they must make all necessary preparations to
do so. While the world goes about its business, soldiers go about business of a different kind,
a kind they are not at liberty to evaluate in terms of right and wrong because their leaders
will make those immortal decisions for them. But one thing is certain: There is a great place
and it’s called home, and every home needs to be protected. Soldiers are holders of a more acute
perspective than anyone else because of the stakes involved in their undertakings. Enlightened
to life’s extreme flanks, soldiers know Hell yet pray to return because they have seen worse.
But they also know when things don’t get any better. Such certainty is difficult for others to
grasp unless they, too, have awakened to the trumpet’s blare, weapon’s crack, or worse. In
competition, winning and losing on the playing surface are clearly definable. But on the
surface of the earth, the great protectors measure winning and losing in more extreme units:
In the lives of their countrymen, in the lives of the ones standing beside them, and in the
lands of their home. And while it’s the unforgettable call of home that rings in soldiers’
ears throughout their service, there is a higher call that drives them perpetually forward
during times of unthinkable circumstance. Although it offers itself to all, only a sacred
few choose to hear, and answer, The Call Of Duty."
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