/lit/ - Literature

And yet, even in peacetime there exists moments of great exaltation within my job. Moments when you and your fellows are pushed to the edge physically and emotionally but remain strong. All this talk of men weakening in the world, and the comforts of modern living rendering us feeble in the eyes of ancestors ages past is perhaps true for wider society. but once in awhile, a certain spark is ignited by the shared hardship of the Infantryman. When viewed, it reminds one of the glory and audacity of the great heroes of the mythic centuries.