U.S. 2001- present
Two Civil Wars...............1978................1992
Soviet 1979 - 1989
England Third Anglo Afghan War 1919-
England Second Anglo Afghan War 1878-1880
England First Anglo Afghan War 1839 to 1842
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A poem by Rudyard Kipling
Last two versus:
If your officer's dead and the sergeants look white,
Remember it's ruin to run from a fight:
So take open order, lie down, and sit tight,
And wait for supports like a soldier.
Wait, wait, wait like a soldier . . .
When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
An' go to your Gawd like a soldier.
Go, go, go like a soldier,
Go, go, go like a soldier,
Go, go, go like a soldier,
So-oldier of the Queen!