It is not enough that we know how to wage war. We must never forget that the ultimate purpose of war is to achieve peace. And for that peace is to endure, we must also learn how to build and nurture it.
to live, to love, to learn, to leave a legacy… and to laugh along the way
It is not enough that we know how to wage war. We must never forget that the ultimate purpose of war is to achieve peace. And for that peace is to endure, we must also learn how to build and nurture it.
Before the Academy, my life was a jumble of momentary thrills, lacking any definite path, lacking a purpose in life. The Academy nurtured something deeper: a profound sense of discipline and a maturity that I hadn’t known I possessed. It was as if a door had cracked open, and light began to spill in, revealing a landscape of golden possibilities I had never dreamed of. I walked in a boy looking for an exit; I walked out a man who had found a calling.