I am a Serving Soldier and would like to point out my personal feelings to people like Nik Nak:
I don't wish for you to be grateful for what I do
I don't wish to have your praise
I don't wish for you to be beholden to me for anything
I don't wish for you to worry about me
I don't wish for you to even spare me a thought
I do wish for you to realise that this is my career, my choice to be in the military but not my choice to serve wherever I am asked to serve. Neither is it my fault or the fault of my peers and contemparies to be wherever we might be. I simply fulfil the wishes of the Government and hope to God that my family are cared for properly in my absence as after all I am simply doing as I am asked.
I am hugely proud to be a soldier and to do the job that I do, I am also hugely proud of the commitment made daily by our Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen and no matter what your feelings toward us, we will always have each other.