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Warrior Strength

By Matthew Hall

What is a warrior? A basic definition of a warrior is a one who shows or has shown great vigor, courage or aggressiveness. The military, one of the most prominent and important forces of American society, is considered to be a producer of warriors.

    These are the warriors who provide protection and defense for Americans and put their lives in the line of danger in order to provide that protection. As defined by Cadet Second Class Fredrick A. Bullard, assigned Division 2, USCC, a warrior in the military is “an American committed to values of duty, honor and selfless service . . . [putting] the welfare of others above their own each and every day and the train of thought that allows them to never accept defeat and never quit.”

     If you look with a broader perspective you can see another type of warrior in society. There are warriors like those in the military fighting to keep their lives, which are in constant danger of being taken by other humans, but then there are those warriors who are kind of hidden behind closed doors. These are the warriors who fight for their lives by themselves. The only differences between these two kinds of warriors is that when one warrior gets “hit” they still have that hope of assurance that they can still be cured, but for the other warrior once they get “hit” all they have is a sense of faith.

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