Stoicism is lost on our generation. You have guys like jocko former bad ass seal speaking out loud about bad ass stuff.

Sorry dude, you should be in the dark. All of your kind should be in the dark.

I think about my grandfather. Given the order the night before that his platoon was charging the mountain side in the morning.

Liberation of Luzon.

The japanese were entrenched in the side of the mountain and had support tunnels everywhere. Pillboxes on high ground everywhere.

A friggin nightmare.

What did my grandfathers commanding officer say to him?

You have to keep your men pushing forward otherwise you will bottleneck the men behind.

Basically, a death sentance.

Only reason he survived was a shrapnel hit that knocked him out and the induced 30 day coma from the belly of a crappy boat back stateside.

He never mentioned a lick of that battle until just before his death when he told the story to my older brother.

Jocko has no clue what war is and we have no clue what war is. We listen to people like him as if they know.

Lol, there is a hell on earth we are completley oblivious to.

People should read Meditations by Aurelius. He knew the hell of war.