6 | Alotto
This is War
English - May 02, 2018 06:55 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 2.8K ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture Science Social Sciences heroes navy air force war active duty veterans military Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Duty is above the letter of the law. It’s a way of calibrating what you want to do with what you’re responsible for and matching that up against how you see yourself as a person. Joe Alotto had wanted to be in the military since he was a little boy. Having become a soldier he knew his duty primarily was to hold himself accountable to the expectations his fellow soldiers had of him, and the expectations he had of himself. When you’re a soldier, though, sometimes you have to bet your life that you’re doing the right thing, and that your comrades are as well.