GySgt John O'Donnell 784078 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>During our time of service there were many motivational prose/poems about military life. Post the one that motivated you. Here is mine.<br /><br />PERFECTION<br />Beyond the eyes of the Lord lies a man,<br />A man of perfection, pride, and determination.<br />He cannot be just any man,<br />He is the few, he is a Warrior.<br /> <br />He is a soft gentleman of great politeness and courtesy.<br />But to his enemies,<br />He is the fiercest thing on Earth.<br />He is the nightmare to the one he despise,<br />He is an eagle searching for the mice.<br /> <br />He is a Marine.<br />Hard-driven, well disciplined,<br />Who is ready to fight anytime, anyplace,<br />For the duty of their country.<br /> <br />And for this.. he will always be remembered!<br />Unknown Poet 2015-07-01T17:09:26-04:00 GySgt John O'Donnell 784078

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>During our time of service there were many motivational prose/poems about military life. Post the one that motivated you. Here is mine.<br /><br />PERFECTION<br />Beyond the eyes of the Lord lies a man,<br />A man of perfection, pride, and determination.<br />He cannot be just any man,<br />He is the few, he is a Warrior.<br /> <br />He is a soft gentleman of great politeness and courtesy.<br />But to his enemies,<br />He is the fiercest thing on Earth.<br />He is the nightmare to the one he despise,<br />He is an eagle searching for the mice.<br /> <br />He is a Marine.<br />Hard-driven, well disciplined,<br />Who is ready to fight anytime, anyplace,<br />For the duty of their country.<br /> <br />And for this.. he will always be remembered!<br />Unknown Poet

2015-07-01T17:09:26-04:00 2015-07-01T17:09:26-04:00 SSG Izzy Abbass 784096

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;<br />For he to-day that sheds his blood with me<br />Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile,<br />This day shall gentle his condition;<br />And gentlemen in England now-a-bed<br />Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here,<br />And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks<br />That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.<br />Shakespeare

2015-07-01T17:14:04-04:00 2015-07-01T17:14:04-04:00 COL Jon Thompson 784312

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Not necessarily a military poem/prose but Psalm 121 is one for me. I was in Ranger school at a chapel service before going to Mountain phase and I read this in one of those little Bibles all chapels have. It starts off with, "I look to the hills, from where does my help come? It comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth..." That was so applicable for me at that time and I have remembered it ever since.

2015-07-01T18:51:40-04:00 2015-07-01T18:51:40-04:00 Capt Mark Strobl 785192

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>"Body and Spirit I surrendered whole to harsh instructors --and received a soul." --R. Kipling

2015-07-02T02:21:13-04:00 2015-07-02T02:21:13-04:00 CWO2 Davin Jantzen 785259

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>JFK "response when asked what he would say his greatest achievement being a member of the United States Navy "

2015-07-02T04:35:21-04:00 2015-07-02T04:35:21-04:00 2015-07-01T17:09:26-04:00