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Originally Posted by dragoon500ly
Much has been made of those who fall short, and these criminals are justly punished. But you never hear about the marine who gives his dinner to a starving child. Or the seamen on liberty that, instead of getting drunk and laid, volunteer their precious leave time to build a new roof for a orphanage. Nobody mentions the soldier who pulls trapped civilians from a collapsed building following an earthquake. And nobody cares about the airman that grabs a man as he falls and renders CPR until the paramedics arrive. That too is a face of the military that is never mentioned.
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I think that dutiful, decent soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines are the silent majority in most militaries. Unfortunately, as you pointed out, it's the bad apples that get most of the attention.
Discussions that focus largely on negatives, such as this one, can sometimes make people feel that those involved have nothing good to say about the subject of discussion- in this case, military folks- especially when people have strong, personal connections to that subject. Please keep in mind that pretty much everybody here has, on some level, respect and admiration for military folks. Otherwise, we likely wouldn't be so wrapped up in an RPG like T2K.