The following excerpt is taken from The Armed Forces Officer:

“The warrior ethos is Washington, almost single-handedly sustaining the Revolution by maintaining the will of the Continental army through his indomitable example; going over to the attack at Trenton and Princeton in the depths of the winter of 1776. It is Ulysses Grant at Fort Donelson, his line broken and troops driven back, riding to the front and telling his soldiers, “Fill your cartridge-boxes quick, and get into the line; the enemy is trying to escape, and he must not be permitted to do so.” It is Captain Guy V. Henry, lying wounded on the battlefield of the Rose Bud, telling a friend, “It is nothing. For this are we soldiers.” It is Admiral Chester Nimitz, ordering Admiral Raymond Spraunce to be governed by the principle of calculated risk before the Battle of Midway, then sending him into battle against a superior Japanese fleet. It is the indomitable spirit of Admiral James Stockdale and Lieutenant Lance Sijan, continuing to resist the nation’s enemies in spite of injury, captivity and torture. And, it is the spirit that guided Captain Nathan Self and his platoon of Army Rangers, fighting their way to the top of a mountain called Takur Ghar in Afghanistan to recover a lost comrade, Navy Seal, rather than leave him behind. Warriors will always place the mission first, will never accept defeat, will never quit, and will never leave a fallen comrade behind. The Code of Conduct will be their guide and standard. “I am an American, fighting in the forces which guard my country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense.” (NDU Press and Potomac Books Inc., © 2007, pp. 94-95, emphasis added)

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