[NP-Clinical] responding to comment on safest branch of service

[DRKeahey at aol.com]

I was in the Navy and  my husband retired from the Marines. I agree there is 
no safe branch of military  service. If one joins the service he/she should 
have a clear understanding  of the number one job requirement -- serve your 
country -- meaning the  person may die for their country.  
I went to visit  my sister and brother-in-law back in 1974 in Hawaii. My 
brother-in-law  was in the Army. A short time later I called home asking for my 
father's  permission to get married. Before the military Chaplin would perform 
the  marriage my husband and I had to go through some classes. Chaplin Rimmer  
told me your soon to be husband is a member of the United States Marine Crops, 
 do you understand what that means? Before, I could answer the Chaplin said - 
this means his  number one priorities are the United  States and the USMC. 
You and  any children the two of you will have will always come next. Chaplin 
Rimmer also  told me my husband's job included war and with war came death, he 
asked if  I I fully understood the meaning of this and was I willing to  
sacrifice my husband for my counrty. We were married a few days  later.  
We were married 12  years when I enlisted in the Navy Reserve. We had 4 
children and I was a  LPN. When I signed the papers and took the oath, I fully  
understood, my job included defending my county and giving my life if  needed. 
To make a long story  short - it does not matter which branch of military 
service one joins  defending the US is the number one job  requirement - this 
means going to war - and giving one's life  if needed. No one should join any 
branch of service if unwilling to commit  to this requirement. 
Diane Ruth  Elbers Keahey, APRN-BC, FNP
214-264-6394
 
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