A tribute to my brothers in 2nd Commando Reg. Australian Army.
Special mention to my "Ballistic Brother" .. nickname "Wesley".
Finest Sniper i have worked with .. A dangerous dude.



The Silent Soldier
By G.A.Codling

A soldier crawls along a forest floor
A match grade barrel to do his chore
Blending with the woodland scene
He leaves no trace of where he's been

A single task occupies his mind
To the outside world he is blind
One single task, one single goal
Only his mission occupies his soul

He moves into the open grass
The enemy patrol makes a searching pass
although they look, they can not see
the man moving out from a distant tree

One hour, two , three then four
He only moves a few feet more
Zero hour is getting near
He knows his target will soon appear

A single man he has been sent to kill
and on his hands this man's blood will spill
The moment is now, the target's in site
Taking up the first pressure the shoot feels right

One ounce more on the trigger sear
The bullet races away like a high speed spear
It races throw the air with a thunderous crack
There's a fountain of blood as it exits the man's back

The silence is deafening theirs not a single sound
as the shooter removes the case of the single spent round
His task now done he fades back in to the wood
His only trace is a body wear a man once stood.



To the boys still serving from all countries.. God bless.
I will be seeing you all very soon !

FORAS ADMONITIO

but what the soldier didn't know
until it was too late
is that it was his
own life that he took

rise up mighty men of the earth
for ye shall witness the vanity
of pysical strength

This for what it took to give.



This for what it took to live.



THANKS FOR SERVING,,Thanks for this talented poem.


And welcome to the traces of our minds spent,,,here. splattered,lol

True Courage is not seeing around the corner but going anyway !!

The fact that we can cause such death and descruction to a person ... Completley change the way he looks by a bullet down range and still function as human beings is astounding.

Thank God for men strong enough to do what MUST be done.

GOD BLESS all that put themselves in harms way
(need a praying symble)

Cheers !!
Im glad u agree it is a MUST

Awesomeness.



Still waiting for that salute emoticon. xD