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Whispers of War

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I’m asking You God, to give me what You have left. Give me those things that others never ask of You. I don’t ask You for rest, or tranquillity. Not that of the spirit, the body, or the mind. I don’t ask You for wealth, or success, or even health. All those things are asked of You so much Lord, that you can’t have any left to give. Give me instead Lord what You have left. Give me what others don’t want. I want uncertainty and doubt. I want torment and battle. And I ask that You give them to me now and forever Lord, so I can be sure to always have them, because I won’t always have the strength to ask again. But give me also the courage, the energy, and the spirit to face them. I ask You these things Lord, because I can’t ask them of myself.

Written by Lieutenant Andre Zirnheld, circa 1942 Translated from the original French by Robert Petersen

#French Army#Life#Hardship#Military#France#WWII#History#Paratroopers#french foreign legion#Death
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So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide. Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, even a stranger, when in a lonely place. Show respect to all people and grovel to none. When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself. Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision. When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.

Tecumseh

#Tecumseh#life#war#death
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Warfighting: Nature of War

Friction.  

Countless factors make war difficult to conduct. When the simple is difficult, and the difficult is impossible, we have friction. Friction can be mental or physical. It can come from enemy actions, terrain and whether, or be self-imposed. War is a human endeavor. Friction has a psychological effect. The main weapon against friction is the human will. Training and experience will teach us how to fight in an environment of friction.

#Warfighting#USMC#Marine Corps#Warfighting Manual#Friction#Struggle#Life#Lesson#Knowledge
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No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training…what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.

Socrates

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If you had told me in my youth that later in life I would become so fervently grateful for experiences that made me miserable beyond words, induced relentless pain, caused suffering and loss in exchange for a few fleeting moments and a glimpse of what it feels like to be immortal, I would have told you to fuck off. I spent more than a decade chasing a dragon that can never truly be caught. One that brought me and people that I love through the depths of hell and back all for the sake of belonging to some sort of tribal, fierce, and grossly misunderstood brotherhood. A group of obsessive, self- deprecating elitists. If you told me this when I was young, I would have told you to go sell crazy somewhere else. To capture the essence of what this subculture of warriors represents, and what would make someone choose this path in life is difficult to say the least. Maybe impossible. When it’s all said and done, I guess you just have to live it to truly know.

Nico; Sex, Drugs and The Endless War

#Sex Drugs and The Endless War#war#military#life#experince#adventure#book#books#warfighting#operator
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