How terrible is war,

How much more terrible is it that a man loses his soul, or is too scared to stand

How terrible when a man forgets what it takes to lay his head down to sleep in peace and the sacrifices made by others that he may do so with confidence,

How terrible for a country to forget that freedom comes at a terrible price and it is not their job, nor their right, to judge the men who’ve been ordered to defend it

Men who defend don’t have the liberty to question nor fight their superiors in time of haste, that is, in time of peril, when, after much thought, leaders have decided it is time to stand against tyranny or danger.

The fact you can’t see it, doesn’t mean it’s not there, nor does it mean that we don’t care, it just means we have to go out and stand against it

How many times have you laid in the dark, scared of something you cannot see, and then felt silly when you awoke safely

Perhaps the danger was there, it just passed you by, unnoticed by you, but not by the men who defend this country

The danger detoured around the soldier who stood between you and what you couldn’t see, the danger.

Love the soldier, pray for his leaders, and sleep in the dark, in peace and security

We will stand between you and those dangers, seen, and unseen. Believed, and discarded, we don’t discriminate, we just defend.

War is a terrible thing, but not the most terrible of things.