Question for the Vets that Know What Honor Is!

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Robert Dickerson - May 10, 2020

I think this student’s question is a total non sequitur. First, no one enlists in the Marine Corps to get rich, it is an honor to serve as a U.S. Marine. Not everyone is qualified to fulfill that honor. Second, if comparing salaries is your game, include all professional athletes on one side of the ledger and include teachers, teachers aids, nurses, medical technicians, and providers of elder care on the other as folks who do vital jobs but are vastly underpaid to do them. About those NFL players, most of them play for less than a dozen years and most spend the rest of their lives living in pain inside a body or brain that has been permanently damaged – I don’t envy them at all. In my community a large number of those active NFL athletes spend considerable time giving back to their (our) communities in various charitable and volunteer ways. Also on the subject of the NFL, those athletes protesting the institutional racism in our legal system have every right, as set forth in the 5th amendment to do just that. Protesting injustice is every bit as patriotic as serving in uniform. I proudly served as a Marine specifically to preserve that very constitution. Finally, insofar as serving in combat again, I know full well that at my age and basic level of strength and endurance I would be a hindrance on the battle field and would not want to compromise the safety of other Marines by having them have to look out for my enfeebled self. The soul is willing but the flesh is now weak. I serve today by honesty in all of my dealings with others, pulling my weight at work and in the family, by staying informed and voting. Semper Fi, Marines.

The Deuce - May 10, 2020

Yep, I’ll ship for 6.

Bulldogman – L/CPL - May 10, 2020

Go again at 74. Can’t run for sh*t but my heart still beats to my DI’s cadence!

Patrick McBride - May 10, 2020

Of course I would go back and defend the country. Even if there are those that are un-happy about how things are going in the US. They have that right because WE fought for that right. SEMPER FI BROTHERS and SISTERS.

Patrick McBride - May 10, 2020

The only hero that played in the NFL is Pat Tillman. He left everything behind to serve his country.

H.Neil Berke - May 10, 2020

I would go back in a heart beat, the NFL knee shit heads should have been deported, they are all ungrateful cowards.

C. Stoney Brook - May 10, 2020

I don’t care what NFL, NBA, or PB&Js do with their time, money or attitudes. I have the right not to watch the games, no buy over-priced sports wear or to swear at them on the field. I ‘get it’ they feel it’s about abuses and all that. What offends me more are arm-chair patriots who will sit in the stands, not uncover and / or chatter away on their phones during the National Anthem and then bad-mouth player for taking a knee. I’m also offended by a draft-dodger who wants parades and disses the players as un-patriotic.

Dan Miller - May 10, 2020

I would definitely go back and fight for this country (@61 years old) in a heartbeat. As far as the nfl, protesting should be on their OWN time and NOT when they are at work (even though they get paid hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars for playing a game). They all know if they did this on the street or any place else besides a stadium, where they are “Protected”, they would get mobbed for autographs, memorabilia, body parts, etc. Hell, they would probably need OUR help to keep them safe. Semper Fi! and carry on. 9-74/9-76 0311 in 3/4 and 2/5 and an Honorably Retired Police Officer as of March 30, 2018 🙂

chris a wesling - May 10, 2020

My father retired after 30 years in the Corps as a MGY/SGT E-9 after being in the pacific in WW2, then KOREA & Vietnam. He went to his grave saying ” I will always be a Marine” RIP DAD.

Sam Epaloose - May 10, 2020

I served Cold War time.78-81. Was always ready. Still am!