@Wordsmith, Why is your military So Hated Around the World
?(you did not answer your question)… Because, they are lost in cheap esoterism, propaganda and lies they call “The only truth”(and they think so much of themselves…). Not even worth Stalinian or Nazi propaganda.

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Kathryn Aquino
hi,
you are super PEOPLE

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On behalf of NJROTC from Patrick Henry High School,

We appreciate all that you guy have done for us, we’re giving back by organizing a food drive for our troops to make your holidays more festive and filling. We hope support the men and women who are serving our country, waiting for family and friends in Afghanistan to come back safely.

Happy Holidays from PHHS

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A majority of people don’t understand that the ability to project *real* power globally is the deterrence that keeps the greater peace…it serves as a barrier of entry to those states who would otherwise easily overpower their neighbors to get what they want — they must build their forces to the highest possible obstacle to their ambitions, if that obstacle is Vietnam and/or the Philippines (for instance) then that is much easier to overwhelm, isn’t it?

Now if the other side of your equation is Vietnam, Philippines, United States…whose forces are going to present the biggest obstacle to your ambition?

In the long term it is cheaper in blood and gold to maintain this kind of global deterrence then sit around and wait for the repercussions of not doing so to compel action that requires national mobilization and massive global conflict.

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Hey dee,

Sorry for the late response. I prioritized it at the bottom of my “to do” list. Thanks for taking the time to read and comment. Please indulge in another cosmetic, moronic read:

Mr Avery,

While a majority of e-mails pertaining to your distaste for US care packages will likely be hostile in nature, I assure you that my message will strive to be anything but. As a US soldier and an officer in a light infantry brigade, I have seen both the dark side of humanity as well as sacrifice in its most pure form. Though not as educated, nor as knowledgeable as you in a vast number of areas, I may speak from experience when noting our operations overseas. While it is true that armies deal in death, we also strive to protect life, as a medical platoon leader in Afghanistan we served both civilian and hostile force with the same diligence and care as we would an American causality. On numerous occasions we treated children screaming from the shrapnel of a misplaced footstep as well as those who proved to be the genesis of the aforementioned injury.

Professor Avery, we do not deal solely in death, as if we did I would not find this career to be a suitable alternative to the academic realm of which I one day wish to return. In fact my job is honestly the antithesis of death, as it is for a vast majority of those who adorn the regalia of a soldier in a modern army. Unlike our enemies, we care for those who bleed, regardless of their affiliation, unlike those who wish us harm, we attempt to abide by the laws of war, and unlike those who leave explosives in crowded streets, we attempt to protect those who cannot protect themselves. While you may see this as an ignorant and idealized version of war, I could say the same for the comments you yourself had made. I am not a murderer Mr. Avery, nor do I condone the slaughter of civilians, I am a man who made a choice to protect living beings in a land that I would otherwise have never seen. True I have witnessed death, from the labored respirations of a dying member of the ANA, to the metaphorical demise of innocence, found in the tear strewn face of a soldier who had lost a comrade before their eyes. You see Mr. Avery, we were not the agents of death, but rather the nemesis of it. Even when the biological limitations of an individual were on the verge of collapse, we only relented in our battle with mortality when our clinical limitations and beleaguered efforts, could not overcome the inevitable. I am not asking to be called a hero sir, a title that would be better applied to the remarkable men who served under me, I’m simply asking to not be labeled a murderer. As a man of law you can see the distinct difference, if your generalization of those in uniform were to be true, and if all men and women were guilty by association, one would ultimately be forced to surmise that there would be no one left to guard the institutions, as we would all be interned. True, many of us are unremarkable, and unlike those with an outstanding intellect and pension for academia, we found a career in which we can excel. However, regardless of political ideations, we are often taken from home to fulfill the call of duty, both the one were a legally bound to answer, and the one we ourselves intrinsically create. We leave our wives, children, pets, parents, loved ones, bills and personal strife behind us, for a penance of what we should be paid, in a land we seldom know. You see sir, a care package is not a message of death, nor is it a cluster of bullets in a chamber pointed at a child, if anything, it’s a reminder that we are remembered and we are longed for.”

I’m curious to know which photos in this blogpost you deem to be cosmetic as opposed to candid. Thanks for your time. I hope you continue to sleep peaceably at night….

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All cosmetic.

And look at the replies, tons of morons bought it.

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Word THANKS Beautifully Done!
Semper Fi

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I really appreciate all the work the U.S. military has done for people all over the world

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WORDSMITH, yes fantastic pictures also, thank you for telling it as it is,

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My son was working the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln during the relief mission
in Indonesia after the tsunami that struck in late 2004 .. The scope of what the task force
did and the missions carried out is just a faded memory now. Those young men and women
went to it out of orders and duty.. but, what you do not hear is how they made a shipwide
decision to stop taking showers, so that the helos could deliver more fresh water to the
stricken islands. The deck crew re-routed the ship’s plumbing to the flight deck so the sailors
could fill dozens of containers at a time from the ship’s desalination plant. Then they ran 24/7
missions to provide relief and thousands of flights … for a people who did not ask – and a
government who had only derision for the USA. But, I do believe those people, in those wrecked
towns and villages will never forget.

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