MILITARY PROFESSIONALISM
MEN WHO ADAPT THE PROFESSION OF ARMS SUBMIT TO THEIR OWN FREE WILL TO A LAW OF PERPETUAL CONSTRAINT OF THEIR OWN ACCORD. THEY REJECT THEIR RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHERE THEY LIVE, TO SAY WHAT THEY THINK, TO DRESS AS THEY LIKE, FROM THE MOMENT THEY BECAME A SOLDIER, IT NEEDS BUT AN ORDER TO SETTLE THEM IN THIS PLACE TO MOVE THEM TO BE SEPERATED FROM THEIR FAMILIES AND DISLOCATE THEIR NORMAL LIVES. IN THE WORLD OF COMMAND THEY MUST RISE, MARCH, RUN, AND ENDURE BAD WEATHER, GO WITHOUT SLEEP OR FOOD, BE ISOLATED IN SOME DISTANT POST, AND WORK UNTIL THEY DROP. THEY HAVE CEASED TO BECOME THE MASTER OF THEIR OWN FAITH. IF THEY DROP ON THEIR TRACKS, IF THEIR ASHES ARE SCATTERED TO FOUR WINDS, THAT IS ALL PART AND PARCEL OF THEIR JOB.
7 MOTTO'S
1. WHAT YOU SEE, WHAT YOU HEAR, WHEN YOU LEAVE, LEAVE IT HERE.
2. ALL OFFICERS ARE ALWAYS RIGHT.
3. DO NOT DO WHAT I DO, WAIT UNTIL YOU BECOME.
4. TODAY YOU WILL FOLLOW, TOMORROW YOU WILL LEAD.
5. OBEY FIRST, BEFORE YOU COMPLAIN.
6. MY RIFFLE IS MY WIFE, AND THE ENEMY OF MY RIFFLE IS MYSELF.
7. DO NOT ASK THE UNIT WHAT IT CAN DO TO YOU, BUT ASK YOURSELF WHAT YOU CAN DO TO THE UNIT.