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Footsoldiers
"The only reason I'm here is to go with soldiers to war."
"Every day’s a good day to be a soldier."
THESE EIGHTY SOLDIERS AREN’T JUST IN THE ARMY. AS PASTORS, RABBIS, AND PRIESTS, THEY’RE ALSO IN GOD’S ARMY.
(woman comes over wall) "Huhhh, hope you’re havin fun..."
THESE CHAPLAINS SPEND TWELVE WEEKS AT FORT JACKSON IN SOUTH CAROLINA...TRAINING TO BE ON THE FRONT LINES...AND LEARNING WHAT MAKES MILITARY PEOPLE CLICK.
"Soldiers are not gonna listen to someone comin’ up to them in a civilian uniform. If you haven’t been through what they’ve been through, you have no credibility."
AGE IS NO EXCUSE AT THIS BOOT CAMP. EVERYONE HAS TO HANDLE OBSTACLES, LIKE THIS 75 FOOT TOWER.
2nd Lt. Demetria Ledare: "Are you prepared to go to war? If that’s what I have to do , yes sir."
2nd Lt. William Butler: "Right now I’d say I'm emotionally ready but there are more things I think this course can offer me."
IT’S ALL PART OF UNDERSTANDING THE DAILY CHALLENGES SOLDIERS FACE … TO HELP THEM ON BOTH THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL BATTLEFIELD.
General G.T. Gunhus, U.S. Army Chaplain Corps:
"I think that my greatest reward was that, being able to see soldiers die with hope in their hearts. In their life, when everything else was desperate and hopeless, and you could bring them the good news that God loved them and there was a place for them after death."