A Special Call To Service

November 14, 2007

Pursuit of Happiness: Work and Play

It crossed my mind during the Veterans’ Day celebrations that in the many years I have been focused on the field of creative career choice I can’t remember any discussion of the military.

For some people, joining the military is just a means to an end. It might be a decent job with skills training instead of college. It might be a way to go to college for people who can’t afford it. It might be the way to get specialized training that leads to a chosen career, like an airline pilot.

But for many people the military is their calling. There is a special bond that career service men and women talk about. There is a particular sense of pride that comes from valuing duty and honor. There are opportunities that no other job in the world can offer. I have heard tales of security and rescue operations for the State Department, intelligence gathering by monitoring broadcasts from stealth locations in submarines, and large scale construction projects that can only be planned and accomplished by the military.

Military service is certainly not right for all people. But for some, a career in the military gives meaning, fulfillment, excitement, challenges, and adventure. In an age when all the armed forces are volunteers, I am especially happy we are protected by people who are called to defend the freedoms and rights of our republic, including Life, Liberty, and

The Pursuit of Happiness.

Posted in Pursuit of Happiness: Work & Play, Zine 2: November 2007, Zines in 2007