Hey when I joined up to get my own country’s armed forces to pay for my college, most of the ads highlighted our own regular-force army swinging (rappelling) down from helicopters to bundle people up for extraction; or marshalling aid in some random warzone; or wading through rubble.
The training backed it up. We were, back then, primarily a unified force to be deployed for support, and only rarely armed. And, since we do not have a national guard, that’s the role we needed to sometimes fill. That, and so many sandbags after a bit of a long walk. ;-)
The worst day picking up trash or searching for an escaped felon - why are all bases near prisons? Weeeeird - is still better than the best day getting unknown mud in your teeth and wounds. ;-)
There’s an “it ain’t much” meme in there for sure!
Picking up trash is honerable
Hey when I joined up to get my own country’s armed forces to pay for my college, most of the ads highlighted our own regular-force army swinging (rappelling) down from helicopters to bundle people up for extraction; or marshalling aid in some random warzone; or wading through rubble.
The training backed it up. We were, back then, primarily a unified force to be deployed for support, and only rarely armed. And, since we do not have a national guard, that’s the role we needed to sometimes fill. That, and so many sandbags after a bit of a long walk. ;-)
Picking up trash isn’t glamorous and thrill inducing, but it’s still honorable and (sadly) necessary.
The worst day picking up trash or searching for an escaped felon - why are all bases near prisons? Weeeeird - is still better than the best day getting unknown mud in your teeth and wounds. ;-)
There’s an “it ain’t much” meme in there for sure!
I mean, multitudes do it for free, on daily walks or nature outings. But do you.