Your alarm goes off, আপনি hit the snooze and sleep for another 10 minutes.
He stays up for days on end.
আপনি take a warm ঝরনা to help আপনি wake up.
He goes days অথবা weeks without running water.
আপনি complain of a "headache", and call in sick.
He gets shot at as others are hit, and keeps moving forward.
আপনি put on your anti war/don't support the troops shirt, and go meet up with your friends.
He still fights for your right to wear that shirt.
আপনি make sure you're cell phone is in your pocket.
He clutches the ক্রুশ hanging on his chain পরবর্তি to his dog tags.
আপনি talk trash about your "buddies" that aren't with you.
He knows he may not see some of his buddies again.
আপনি walk down the beach, staring at all the pretty girls.
He walks the streets, searching for insurgents and terrorists.
আপনি complain about how hot it is.
He wears his heavy gear, not daring to take off his শিরস্ত্রাণ to wipe his brow.
আপনি go out to lunch, and complain because the restaurant got your order wrong.
He doesn't get to eat today.
Your maid makes your বিছানা and washes your clothes.
He wears the same things for weeks, but makes sure his weapons are clean.
আপনি go to the mall and get your hair redone.
He doesn't have time to brush his teeth today.
You're angry because your class ran 5 মিনিট over.
He's told he will be held over an extra 2 months.
আপনি call your girlfriend and set a তারিখ for tonight.
He waits for the mail to see if there is a letter from home.
আপনি hug and চুম্বন your girlfriend, like আপনি do everyday.
He holds his letter close and smells his love's perfume.
আপনি roll your eyes as a baby cries.
He gets a letter with pictures of his new child, and wonders if they'll ever meet.
আপনি criticize your government, and say that war never solves anything.
He sees the innocent tortured and killed দ্বারা their own people and remembers why he is fighting.
আপনি hear the jokes about the war, and make fun of men like him.
He hears the gunfire, bombs, and screams of the wounded.
আপনি see only what the media wants আপনি to see.
He sees the broken bodies lying around him.
আপনি are asked to go to the store দ্বারা your parents. আপনি don't.
He does exactly what he is told.
আপনি stay at প্রথমপাতা and watch TV.
He takes whatever time he is প্রদত্ত to call, write home, sleep, and eat.
আপনি crawl into your soft bed, with down pillows, and get comfortable.
He crawls under a tank for shade and a 5 মিনিট nap, only to be woken দ্বারা gunfire.
আপনি sit there and judge him, saying the world is probably a worse place because of men like him.
If only there were আরো men like him!
If আপনি support your troops, send this on.
If it gets to a veteran who hasn't received it yet, it will bring back memories.
Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you,
যীশু Christ and the American G.I.
One died for your soul, the other for your freedom.