Stand For Thee!
Hyack @ Thu Aug 09, 2007 12:33 pm
[align=center]Stand For Thee![/align]
[align=center]Uniforms, parades and guns,
Orders, forms, salutes, and runs.
Endless days of preparation,
As you stand ready for confrontation.
Barely a thought of consequence
Nor concern for where you’re sent.
For as a soldier, EME, and
As a Royal you have learned,
To do your duty, without concern.
Whether by chance or voice divine
Early in life you stood in line.
A job, a career, or profession
For over 30 years it’s been my obsession.
Prepared to give your all, and pay the ultimate price,
So that others can live without fear or strife.
Freedom for all, no matter who,
Muslin, Christian, Jew – and atheist too!
As I stand, again, for another ramp ceremony,
I wonder, how to feel, what to say, lost for words,
Another brother/sister going home in Glory.
To Rwanda, now to Afghanistan, you must go,
Far from family and friends at home.
As we go to war and bear arms,
It is the soldier ONLY, who has given us freedom
May God keep us safe, and bring us home unharmed.
Arte et marte, by skill and fighting
Pro patria, for country.[/align]
by MWO Stephen Quilty
MWO Quilty is ETQMS NSE Maint Coy TF 1-07 Afghanistan
kaetz @ Thu Aug 09, 2007 12:38 pm
Hyack Hyack:
[align=center]Stand For Thee![/align]
[align=center]Uniforms, parades and guns,
Orders, forms, salutes, and runs.
Endless days of preparation,
As you stand ready for confrontation.
Barely a thought of consequence
Nor concern for where you’re sent.
For as a soldier, EME, and
As a Royal you have learned,
To do your duty, without concern.
Whether by chance or voice divine
Early in life you stood in line.
A job, a career, or profession
For over 30 years it’s been my obsession.
Prepared to give your all, and pay the ultimate price,
So that others can live without fear or strife.
Freedom for all, no matter who,
Muslin, Christian, Jew – and atheist too!
As I stand, again, for another ramp ceremony,
I wonder, how to feel, what to say, lost for words,
Another brother/sister going home in Glory.
To Rwanda, now to Afghanistan, you must go,
Far from family and friends at home.
As we go to war and bear arms,
It is the soldier ONLY, who has given us freedom
May God keep us safe, and bring us home unharmed.
Arte et marte, by skill and fighting
Pro patria, for country.[/align]
by MWO Stephen Quilty
MWO Quilty is ETQMS NSE Maint Coy TF 1-07 Afghanistan
[align=center]Uniforms, parades and guns,
Orders, forms, salutes, and runs.
Endless days of preparation,
As you stand ready for confrontation.
Barely a thought of consequence
Nor concern for where you’re sent.
For as a soldier, EME, and
As a Royal you have learned,
To do your duty, without concern.
Whether by chance or voice divine
Early in life you stood in line.
A job, a career, or profession
For over 30 years it’s been my obsession.
Prepared to give your all, and pay the ultimate price,
So that others can live without fear or strife.
Freedom for all, no matter who,
Muslin, Christian, Jew – and atheist too!
As I stand, again, for another ramp ceremony,
I wonder, how to feel, what to say, lost for words,
Another brother/sister going home in Glory.
To Rwanda, now to Afghanistan, you must go,
Far from family and friends at home.
As we go to war and bear arms,
It is the soldier ONLY, who has given us freedom
May God keep us safe, and bring us home unharmed.
Arte et marte, by skill and fighting
Pro patria, for country.[/align]
by MWO Stephen Quilty
MWO Quilty is ETQMS NSE Maint Coy TF 1-07 Afghanistan
maaan, Switzerland must be one fo the most unfree countries in the world according to this...
pathetic!
Hyack @ Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:45 pm
I found and posted this piece from a member of the Canadian Forces
now serving in Afghasistan, and all you can do is pick it apart.
Yes I agree...YOU are pathetic
kaetz @ Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:48 pm
Hyack Hyack:
I found and posted this piece from a member of the Canadian Forces
now serving in Afghasistan, and all you can do is pick it apart.
Yes I agree...YOU are pathetic
now serving in Afghasistan, and all you can do is pick it apart.
Yes I agree...YOU are pathetic
i'd rather say i'm cynic... but call as you choose
the fact that he's serving in Afganistan doesn't make him a good observer of world history though
and his poem IS pathetic!
Brenda @ Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:56 pm
Personally, I think he worded his thoughts perfectly.
kaetz @ Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:57 pm
Brenda Brenda:
Personally, I think he worded his thoughts perfectly.
no disagreement here
sasquatch2 @ Thu Aug 09, 2007 5:54 pm
But it is not poetry it is prose.
What passes for poetry these days IS PATHETIC.
HOCKEY PUCKS
Tricks @ Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:13 pm
Brenda Brenda:
Personally, I think he worded his thoughts perfectly.
Agreed. And a great message.
denmns @ Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:27 pm
Very good
Means a lot to military people
remember it all!!!!
Tricks @ Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:30 pm
lily lily:
Good prose, but I agree with kaetz...
That's ridiculous.
Is it?
$1:
It is the soldier ONLY, who has given us freedom
That's ridiculous.
Tricks @ Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:41 pm
lily lily:
Yes.
Are you going to elaborate?
Tricks @ Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:45 pm
lily lily:
If I must.
I object to the use of the word "only" in the statement.
Why?
I object to the use of the word "only" in the statement.
Tricks @ Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:48 pm
lily lily:
Because.
8O Great defense of your opinion.
Tricks @ Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:51 pm
lily lily:
Oh for goodness sake, Tricks. I don't need to "defend my position". It's a bit of writing, which is very good, but I don't happen to think "only" soldiers are responsible for freedom.
If you do, fine.
You feeling ok? That's not like you at all If you do, fine.
Tricks @ Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:54 pm
lily lily:
It's exactly like me. I've "never" liked absolutes.
No I mean for you not defend what you are thinking and not try to argue anything lol