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| Courage is a choice. | MountainGuerrilla |
| 2018-02-28 |
| Posted by:newc |
| #7 Injun Yep there are 26 names on the wall that are mine to remember in my heart forever |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-02-28 21:22 |
| #6 Sock Puppet of Doom: The hardest part is dealing with giving orders to men you know will likely die doing their duty. It is one thing to put your own butt on the line and "Follow Me". But to assign men to their possible death while duty demands they go without you? Anyone with honor carries those men with him foreer. |
| Posted by: Injun Bucket8891 2018-02-28 20:32 |
| #5 Yep, Courage is a choice. Courage is also a learned behavior. Few people are born courageous. I had to learn. My 1st taught me a lot and counseled me on how the men expected me to be both brave and courageous in combat. I cannot tell you how many times the first six months I was a platoon leader that I pissed myself and after the shooting stopped finding a quiet private place to puke. It got easier over time. I quit pissing myself and by the time I was a company commander I had quit puking. Eventually, you learn that if your number is up, it will get you whether you hunker down in that foxhole safe and sound or asleep in your hooch at night or running in front of your men leading from the front. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-02-28 19:08 |
| #4 People often are confused on the difference between Courage and Bravery. A kitten attacking a pit bull is brave, while a mother cat sacrificing herself to save her kittens is courageous. |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-02-28 15:24 |
| #3 The Duke's opinion on courage |
| Posted by: Bobby 2018-02-28 14:36 |
| #2 It’s long but worth the read. We seem to have forgotten core truths about family and genuine community. A good reminder of those principles ! |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2018-02-28 11:56 |
| #1 Unless you are paid for it en-masse and fail to have any. Then it's just Graft. |
| Posted by: newc 2018-02-28 01:37 |