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Most of the UK population is panicking right now, but veterans are mostly holding it together. There are several reasons for this;
1. Soldiers know that no plan (lockdown) will survive the first contact with the enemy (Covid).
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1. Soldiers know that no plan (lockdown) will survive the first contact with the enemy (Covid).
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2. Most soldiers have come to terms with the fact that their life isn't always in their own hands. Civilians, on the other hand, are coming undone as they've never had their lives controlled to this extent before.
3. Soldiers are very, very good at finding ways to constructively use their time when faced with long periods away from friends and family.
4. As a result, most soldiers have grown to enjoy, appreciate, or at least comfortably tolerate extended periods in their own company.
5. Soldiers are very well accustomed to promises being broken. Whether it's Christmas at home, a promotion, a summer holiday, R&R - all have been snatched away at the last minute on many occasions. Most promises are now taken with a pinch of salt.
6. Soldiers are used to doomsday scenarios. Not only have some actually been thrust into them, but all have spent their whole careers training for them.
7. Most soldiers have learned to accept that worrying, stressing and outright panicking is completely futile. If life deals us shit, we make a shit sandwich.
8. Most soldiers have lost at least one close friend in combat or through suicide. This gives us a sense of perspective that few others have, and makes us truly thankful for the little things.
9. Soldiers have spent their whole careers being deliberately pulled away from comfort zones. Whether it's a posting in a foreign country or an unwanted instructor course, comfort zones are an alien concept to most of us.
10. Most importantly of all - soldiers are continually taught to live by the ethos that success in life is achieved by putting others first. It's not about us. Learn to look after others, and you'll feel better about yourself.
