"Soldiers Creed" R. J. Wright
"I'm an American soldier. I'm a warrior and a member of a tea, . I serve a country that does not value my voice, simply close captions me to fit whatever narrative they deem patriotic. America be so star-spangled awesome. It sees people wearing skin like mine as crimes in progress. If you've never put on a uniform, don't tell me what I'm fighting for.
I learned early the ideal of mission first people always and soon after the reality of mission first, mission always. You don't know pain till you know the remorse of survival. Soldiers hide shrapnel the battlefields we never leave under our uniforms and in our memories. Uncle Sam might molest you but he pays for college.
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