There are 7 values in the Army that as professionals we strive to uphold. Those values form the acronym LDRSHIP (everything in the Army must be an acronym).
1. Loyalty
2. Duty
3. Respect
4. Selflesss Service
5. Honor
6. Integrity
7. Personal Courage
My favorite is the last, personal courage. But what exactly is personal courage?
Personal courage is when GEN Ordierno, the commanding general in Iraq, asks you what will happen to attack levels in your battlespace when US forces leave and you give him your honest opinion:
"Sir, attacks will significantly drop. Attacks occur because we are here."
Giving the honest answer, even when it's not popular...especially when it's not the popular answer...is personal courage.
This place is hard, challenging, frustrating, and painful. But I leave soon.
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