"Roberts Under the Hat"
Well, boys and girls, I would like to take this time and give you something most of you do not get on a regular basis. We are called many things sheepdogs, warriors, heroes, Americans, patriots, modern day knights and Spartans. LTC (RET) Dave Grossman once said while addressing a group of police officers, which if you are in a war then you are a warrior. Did He say to these officers are we not fighting a war against crime? Is there not a war on drugs? Warriors take on many forms. Combat happens in many different environments, shapes, and sizes. "Anytime somebody is shooting at you; that's war" (Bill Herbert USMC, Warriors in their words). Ladies and gentlemen, you are the only reason our society can continue to progress. Without sentries within our society, we would live in a society of chaos that would inevitably destroy itself. I want to share with you two awesome quotes that are very true. Hans Heinz, a United States Marine said in the book, Warriors in their words that "By golly, you need wars. You need warriors and by gosh, you need somebody to defend this country and if we don’t watch out, the problem is going to be…we are going to create a society that is so soft that it’s going to implode just like it happened to the Roman Empire”. The other quote is by Loren Christianson who is often quoted by LTC Grossman in his books; it says “Dear God, where do we get such men? What loving God has provided, that each generation, afresh, there should arise new giants in the land. Were we to go but a single generation without such men we should surely be both damned and doomed?” These quotes don’t just apply to the military. These quotes apply to every person who steps up and straps on a gun and body armor and says, today I will make a difference. They step up and say I will go where the call sends me, and I will run towards the gun when others run away. Many in our society hate us for what we do. We are the mean snarly dog that keeps them right, and when the wolf comes they can’t hide behind us fast enough. Despite the positive or negative opinions of our society, we are essential to our society. We are the breath of society that is taken for granted until it is absent from us. This article is to say simply; thank you. Thank you for standing on the wall and keeping the wolf at bay on the streets of your jurisdiction as an officer of the law or soldier in a far away land. Paul Howe once wrote that the best defense is a layered offense. For our society to survive we must employ such layers. You are the layers. You are what keeps our society together. Police Officers are steadily bringing down crime rates and paying for it with their lives and a cost well paid, no doubt. Our military are keeping the wolf bay and the paying the same cost. You all are the finest a society could ever hope to offer. Many people in our society save lives and do great things, but only the warrior does in despite of the self-sacrifice. We have all said that I will die doing my job if required. That my friend is what sets you apart. You are, the finest society has to offer. You wake up, strap up and eagerly determined, and without falter - hunt out, close with, and destroy the enemy that threatens your flock. You all are giants among men, Titans of our society, Keepers of the flock. As well as the human wall that divides civility and chaos. Because of you, lives are changed and saved. At a high cost, you give society the comfort of security and peace. Regardless of the uniform a warrior wears, none the less you are all warriors and deserve the appreciation and respect we seldom get or even ask for. In your mind, a hero is not befitting to you but many you are just that. A hero. Continue to be humble, continue to train, and continue to keep that wolf on the other side of the wall. Warriors, from one sheepdog to another thank you. Thank you for what you do. Staying moral, ethical, and honorable. Thank you for ensuring that our society remains forever. ~ Robert Heckler
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Robert HecklerFormer US Army infantryman and combat veteran. worked in law enforcement as a patrol supervisor, instructor, and SWAT operator. Holds a BS in criminal justice management and currently working towards his masters Archives
August 2015
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