Semper Veterans

If "war is a violent teacher" (Thucydides, 460-394 BC), then a Veteran is a wise one. Naturally, the quote attributed to Heraclitus: "Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn't even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back" can be paraphrased to describe also modern "warrior society". Careerists definitely shouldn't be here, static or dynamic blue falcons can be useful only as range targets, but we are blessed to have many genuine heroes: our true defenders. As for "the one", the warrior who will bring the others back—if you met one, your life has never been the same. Wherever you were—lost in foolhardiness or despair, he brought you back to the core of virtue, on the life's real battlefield where the only true winner is the integrity of a fighting soul.