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Brothers: Major (Rtd) D Swami
 
The Courageous
Who Have Looked At
Death In The Eye
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No Atheists
In A Foxhole
“When you're left wounded on

Afganistan's plains and

the women come out to cut up what remains,

Just roll to your rifle

and blow out your brains,

And go to your God like a soldier”

“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”

“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.”

“Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.

“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace,

for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”

“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .”
“The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

“Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.

“Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man."
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died.
Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

The Soldier stood and faced God


Which must always come to pass

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He hoped his shoes were shining

Just as bright as his brass

"Step forward you Soldier,

How shall I deal with you?


Have you always turned the other cheek?


To My Church have you been true?"


"No, Lord, I guess I ain't


Because those of us who carry guns


Can't always be a saint."

I've had to work on Sundays

And at times my talk was tough,

And sometimes I've been violent,

Because the world is awfully rough.

But, I never took a penny

That wasn't mine to keep.

Though I worked a lot of overtime

When the bills got just too steep,

The Soldier squared his shoulders and said

And I never passed a cry for help

Though at times I shook with fear,

And sometimes, God forgive me,

I've wept unmanly tears.

I know I don't deserve a place

Among the people here.

They never wanted me around


Except to calm their fears.


If you've a place for me here,


Lord, It needn't be so grand,


I never expected or had too much,


But if you don't, I'll understand."

There was silence all around the throne

Where the saints had often trod

As the Soldier waited quietly,

For the judgment of his God.

"Step forward now, you Soldier,

You've borne your burden well.

Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,

You've done your time in Hell."

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Major (Rtd) D Swami
Saturday, May 21, 2005
Escorting Convoys World Food Program in Somalia
The Champions
Sniper Cert
In Somalia, with a M4A1, M79, HKP9S, the magazine carrying jacket belongs to Lt Col Ivan Lee
Major D.Swami joined the Army as a recruit on the 30th Nov 1972.  

Joined 2nd troop, 2nd Squadron , Engineers Regiment as a Sapper. 
 Promoted to Corporal in 1976. 
Joined Officer Cadet School in Sebatang Karah, Port Dickson, in January 1980. 
Commissioned into the Corps of Rangers on the 24th Jan 1981. (7th Rangers) 

Contingent Commander during the passing out parade
Promoted to Lt 24th Jan 1985.
Promoted to Captain 24th Jan 1986 
Promoted to Major 1st Oct 1994
Beside a Paki Tank during QRF duties
Courses attended :
1. Combat Engineers
2. Mine Warfare and Booby Traps
On Exercise Southern Tiger with 6 RAR, Jimna State Forest 1993
3. Platoon Commander's Course  - Kota Belud, Sabah
4. Orientation Commando - Special Warfare Training Center, Sg Udang
5. Instructor Unit Combat Intelligence - Special Warfare Training Center, Sg Udang
6. 81 MM Mortar - Army Combat Training Center (Pulada)
7. Unit Emplaning Officer
8. Regimental Signals Officer
9. Small Arms Coaching - Decentralized Australia in  Army Combat Training Center (Best Student)
10. Staff Duties
11. Company Commander - Army Combat Training Center (Pulada)
12.Squadron Leader (Armour) - Armor School, Port Dickson
13. Training Development Officer
14. Sniper
Units Served
1. 2nd  Engineers
2. Signal School
3. 7 Rangers (Pl Comd to 2 ic Company) 1981-1986
4. Territorial Army Training Centre (OC Weapons Wing)1986-1990
5. 7 Rangers (Mor Pl commander to 2ic Company to OC B Coy to OC Hq Company before leaving the service) 1990-1998
Overseas. 3 training trips to Australia
Malbatt 2 - Operational - Somalia Tasks - Quick Reaction Force - Escort World Food Programme - Sniper Employment Officer
Commands : 1. No.5 Platoon, Bravo Company (1981 - 1984) + 2. UCIS Platoon (1981 - 1984 - two commands)
3. Mortar Commander
4. 2 ic Company
5. Intelligence Officer
6. Adjutant
7. Operations Officer
8. Company Commander
Sniper Employment Officer
Seventh Rangers Sniper Team, Col Mukhtar, me and the US Special Forces from the 2nd Battalion 5th Special Forces Group.
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