SHEEPDOGS

This was taken by a book titled On Combat by Lt COL (Ret) Dave Grossman, and is best explained in a letter by Major Charles Grennel, US Army, written to a student at the University of Washington.(Jill Edwards and other students had planned to protest the honoring of Medal of Honor recipient Colonel Greg Boyington, USMC)

But you are not a critter. As a human being, you can be whatever you want to be. It is a conscious, moral decision. If you want to be a sheep, then you can be a sheep and that is okay, but you must understand the price you pay. When the wolf comes, you and your loved ones are going to die if there is not a sheepdog there to protect you. If you want to be a wolf, you can be one, but the sheepdogs are going to hunt you down and you will never have rest, safety, trust, or love. But if you want to be a sheepdog and walk the warrior's path, then you must make a conscious and moral decision every day to dedicate, equip and prepare yourself to thrive in that toxic, corrosive moment when the wolf comes knocking at the door.