HOLDING ON

ENTERING MILITARY BASIC TRAINING IS A DECISION MADE by most women. Women are not obligated to enlist, but many do. They enlist for travel... education... socialization... a change of life direction and to support family ideal. Waking up to perform 2 a.m. guard duty is a "least worry" issue of details relegated regardless of title enlisted to. Guard duty in the frigid cold in the middle of a warm cozy night's sleep is quite different. That's a slap in the face that endures over the entire span of hours spent pacing and peering into the frozen airspace around the length of traveled way. Choke it down if you're out here for the "family ideal." You're doing it for them... the children, that lovin' man back at home or to impress mom and dad. You are there to make the difference... there, to hold the family head high as any other military family has over the decades of civil existence. You are doing a "noble thing." Open your eyes and walk.

On the flip side of enlistment, the family proper... picket fence fancy or not... support has to be stable on every side for the entirety to function. One in the military does the civil duty. One left back home totes the civilian duty of holding the first amendment... "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances" to remain true and evident. In all seriousness, this is the perfect world view of our agreed rights of actions in America. Other nations hold their own similar code of civil rights. These are brought together as a world view through the entity of UNITED NATIONS... a civil gathering of earth's population... The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. Currently made up of 193 Member States, the UN and its work are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter. They each have their own national code of allegiance. They each have their own economic standard and civil rules with a military of some form to enforce and protect it. There are 195 countries in the world today. This total comprises 193 countries that are member states of the United Nations and 2 countries that are non-member observer states: the Holy See and the State of Palestine. While the UNITED NATIONS assembles with hope of maintaining peace through civilized communications for all nations. NATO exists as an alternative for maintaining military balance for a peaceful world. The United Nations Organization or just United Nations is an intergovernmental organization whose purpose is to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations through discussion.

The purpose of an international collection of countries under the title "NATO" is to create a safe buffer of allies for member nations. Security in our daily lives is key to our well-being. NATO’s purpose is to guarantee the freedom and security of its members through political and military means.

POLITICAL - NATO promotes democratic values and enables members to consult and cooperate on defense and security-related issues to solve problems, build trust and, in the long run, prevent conflict.

MILITARY - NATO is committed to the peaceful resolution of disputes. If diplomatic efforts fail, it has the military power to undertake crisis-management operations. These are carried out under the collective defense clause of NATO's founding treaty - Article 5 of the Washington Treaty or under a United Nations mandate, alone or in cooperation with other countries and international organizations.

When a family fails to support its family member or members supporting it, the nation fails in a domino effect. Either way, someone has to be ready to perform, preferably in a more humane way to avoid a cold slap in the face... a third world war.