Offering Yourself to be Slain

THE ROLE OF THE SOLDIER IN WARFARE:
"YOU OFFER YOURSELF TO BE SLAIN"

General Sir John Hackett

Omaha Beach
Scene from Saving Private Ryan.
(Considered one of the most authentic movie depictions of battle).
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General Sir John Hackett: “The military makes demands which few other callings do. Emotionally disturbed people talk about being trained to kill. The whole essence of being a soldier is not to slay but to be slain. You offer yourself up to be slain, rather than setting yourself as a slayer. One can get into very deep water here, but there’s food for thought in it.”