Sunrise

Yesterday three British soldiers were killed in Iraq. I didn't know any of them and I doubt we ever met. At the time that we join the army I don't think many of us consider the possibility that we may pay the ultimate sacrifice. I certainly didn't. We join for a variety of reasons. For some it's the pure economics of getting a job. For others the search for something more exciting than a mundane 9 to 5 job leads them to sign on the dotted line. There are very few of us who join for an ideal. At the end of the day it doesn't matter why we join it's what we do when we have that counts.