{"id":2446,"date":"2009-12-29T07:11:14","date_gmt":"2009-12-29T15:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=2446"},"modified":"2009-12-29T07:11:14","modified_gmt":"2009-12-29T15:11:14","slug":"soldiers-see-once-in-a-lifetime-sights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/29\/soldiers-see-once-in-a-lifetime-sights\/","title":{"rendered":"Soldiers See Once in a Lifetime Sights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US Navy used to have a slogan that said, &#8220;Join the Navy, see the world.&#8221;\u00a0 While\u00a0the catch phrase\u00a0has long since been abandoned, &#8220;seeing the world&#8221; remains a significant reason that some people join the US military.\u00a0 Within just a few months of starting their military service, they may be sent to places as widely varied as Europe, Asia, and\u00a0Africa.\u00a0 It is true, too, that in this present time many will likely soon see Iraq, Afghanistan, and the surrounding regions.<\/p>\n<p>An Army press release notes the experiences of a group of soldiers who were given the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.army.mil\/-news\/2009\/11\/18\/30595-soldiers-visit-historical-ruins-of-ur\/\">opportunity to see the ruins of Ur<\/a> in Iraq.\u00a0 Ur is the historical birthplace of Abraham, <!--more-->sometimes called the &#8220;father&#8221; of the &#8220;Abrahamic&#8221; religions of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity.\u00a0 More than 230 soldiers got to visit and walk through an archaeological site that few people in this world can visit.<\/p>\n<p>Lt. Col. Gene G. Henke, a unit Chaplain, said<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It is a once in a lifetime opportunity, one of those opportunities that would not be afforded us without the military.\u00a0 It is really one of the unspoken benefits or blessings that the military provides. We are&#8230;able to encourage and provide support for the establishment of freedom and democracy&#8230;and at the same time it takes us to a corner of the world&#8230;I would never have the opportunity to go to.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The tour wasn&#8217;t purely for personal edification, as it offered the opportunity for the Soldiers to better understand the culture of the local nationals they are defending.<\/p>\n<p>The tour of Ur is probably one of the few &#8220;touristy&#8221; things the Soldiers will do in their lifetimes while\u00a0carrying loaded automatic weapons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Navy used to have a slogan that said, &#8220;Join the Navy, see the world.&#8221;\u00a0 While\u00a0the catch phrase\u00a0has long since been abandoned, &#8220;seeing the world&#8221; remains a significant reason that some people join the US military.\u00a0 Within just a few months of starting their military service, they may be sent to places as widely varied as Europe, Asia, and\u00a0Africa.\u00a0 [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[58,52,36],"class_list":["post-2446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","tag-afghanistan","tag-iraq","tag-navy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}