U.S. Military

There is a movie coming out about American soldiers being sent out involuntarily to tour Iraq for a second time after already returning from a tour.
Why should this be a conflict?
Upon joining the armed forces, soldiers make their military involvement into their job. They are contracted by the American government to serve and protect in their respective positions. This is their sole duty.

I just want to take a few minutes to say thank you.

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This was written in response to the police brutality at the port protests at Olympia and Tacoma this year.

I was pretty shocked at some of the responses to the police brutality at the port protests. People were basically excusing and minimizing the police's actions against peaceful protesters.

This was one of the first philosophies I remember learning while growing up and still hold onto to this day: "Don't confuse your rank in the military with my authority." Essentially, I use it as a reminder of another important piece of information that I was told while growing up in a military family: as a civilian, I outrank the military.

What does this mean? This means no member of the military can yell at me, order me around, or disrespect me in anyway. To do so they will be subject to disciplinary actions for misconduct.

Additionally, I love the military. If I could hug every man and woman that serves to protect my freedom I would, and I would invite them all to my house for a big barbeque.

Three years ago I worked for a company named AAFES. AAFES, for those of you who don't know, used to stand for Army and Air Force Exchange Service - but now has been changed to stand for Armed Forces Exchange Service - to reflect its acception of all military personnel (although, the Navy still uses NEX).

While working there, I met thousands of soldiers, marines, and officers; all being trained to kill, and all getting ready for Iraq.

You see, the Military Base where I live is one of the main training bases here in the United States that soldiers and marines see before leaving to go to Iraq becaues the climate here most closely matches that of Iraq.

So everyone I met was heading that way; and everyone was proud to be of Service.