Who will and why would they be willing to become a soldier or police officer when you consider what they will face in today’s culture. As a police officer you are now targeted for violence or murder, often outnumbered and sometimes outgunned, underpaid and under appreciated. Even worse when you do a difficult job facing violent criminals, having to make split second decisions, all the while knowing that at times the slightest hesitation can mean you die. And if you make the wrong, or perceived to be wrong, decision you may face criminal prosecution by the very people who hired you. I don’t know who you are,but THANK YOU! I would not want the task of recruiting!
When you look at the military now, if you consider what you may face as a combat soldier it would be both frightening and frustrating. Where and how you may be asked to serve can both be very bad. You may be sent thousands of miles from home to fight an enemy you can’t readily recognize, in a very difficult environment, and with an even more difficult set of engagement rules, effectively tying your hands. As with police officers if you make a slight mistake in judgement you may be killed or prosecuted and treated as the worst kind of criminal. My years of service in the Air Force were as an aircraft mechanic, generally not near any combat activity. For those of you in a combat role, once more, I don’t know who you are but,THANK YOU! For those willing to risk it, may God protect you from “enemies both foreign and domestic” !!