maybe silly, but it seems like I heard that this is such a post of honor and the call to serve there is rather short that when you get the chance to do so, no one walks away from it .... course that could also be something I tell myself!!! Some traditions may have risk, but there is also decades of history built into them as well. I'm glad I don't have to do it, but somehow, the fact that someone is doing it seems intensely patriotic to me.