My Gunny keeps this on our minds every time he gives us one of his “moto” speeches. He says they are not meant to be moto but they motivate me. I have been thinking, how will I react the first time I hear a round crack inches from my head? How will I react when my brother standing next to me gets shot? How will I react to killing another human being the first time? How will it affect me mentally and spiritually?
I have been trained to be part of this nation’s most elite fighting force, I have been trained to kill with out a second thought… but how will it affect me?
Part of me can’t wait to experience the rush of combat… but another part of me is terrified, one mistake can cost me my life… or even worse, the lives of my brothers or civilians. Will I have the courage to stand and fight? Or will I cower in the fetal position as I am being shot at?
All I can rely on are my brothers and the training I have received. I have been trained how to take out a point target from five hundred yards, I have been trained how to work as a fire team, I have been trained in hand to hand combat… but is it really enough?
I guess no one knows how they will react. All we can hope is that our instincts take over and we work together like we where trained.
I have been trained to be part of this nation’s most elite fighting force, I have been trained to kill with out a second thought… but how will it affect me?
Part of me can’t wait to experience the rush of combat… but another part of me is terrified, one mistake can cost me my life… or even worse, the lives of my brothers or civilians. Will I have the courage to stand and fight? Or will I cower in the fetal position as I am being shot at?
All I can rely on are my brothers and the training I have received. I have been trained how to take out a point target from five hundred yards, I have been trained how to work as a fire team, I have been trained in hand to hand combat… but is it really enough?
I guess no one knows how they will react. All we can hope is that our instincts take over and we work together like we where trained.
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OORAH!! Simper-Fi
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