Comments on: American Military http://www.anamericanmom.com/2009/03/08/american-military/ Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:41:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Katy Castro http://www.anamericanmom.com/2009/03/08/american-military/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Katy Castro Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:41:45 +0000 http://www.anamericanmom.com/?p=7#comment-2 I understand your perspective. From time to time however, it is easy to see how one's perspective of the military may be changed based on the person they know currently enlisted. For example, I know someone now who's purpose to enlist was only to get off drugs. GREAT! But, the end result was that I'd rather have that person back on drugs than the power-tripping, bloated-head ego he currently has. It's never lost on me that one may have joined the military because they want to serve their country, for the honor, for the pride. But, the methodology simply cannot be applied to each solider because they end up serving not out of want or desire but because of duty to remove themselves from what they left behind by joining the military. I understand your perspective. From time to time however, it is easy to see how one’s perspective of the military may be changed based on the person they know currently enlisted.

For example, I know someone now who’s purpose to enlist was only to get off drugs. GREAT! But, the end result was that I’d rather have that person back on drugs than the power-tripping, bloated-head ego he currently has.

It’s never lost on me that one may have joined the military because they want to serve their country, for the honor, for the pride. But, the methodology simply cannot be applied to each solider because they end up serving not out of want or desire but because of duty to remove themselves from what they left behind by joining the military.

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