Johnson said the willingness to return a soldier at any cost dates back to the nation's birth.
President George Washington, the first head of the US military, thought that "the allegiance of the Army to the nation was directly tied to the allegiance of the nation to the Army," he said.
"You don't stop being a member of the US military because you die," he added.
Personal Disclosure: Wow .. that has spooky afterlife implications!
I wonder if that means the USA military is active in the afterlife and on the astral plane?
