The one word you use in military flying is duty. It's your duty. You have no control over outcome, no control over pick-and-choose. It's duty.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Duty is that mode of action which constitutes the best application of the capacity of the individual to the general advantage.
Flying is one of the safest jobs in the Army as long as you don't drop out. If you do drop out, you are a dead man, and dropping out means, usually, that you have made a mistake or let go of your grip.
When I was picked to fly the X-1, it was my duty to fly it, and I did.
I am an Air Force brat - that's the terminology they use for military kids who are traveling constantly.
Depart from discretion when it interferes with duty.
I know of only one duty, and that is to love.
Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.
But if you're going to go out on a military unit, you've got to allow yourself to be under the control of the commander because you really could put the troops in danger.
I don't like this terminology that you have no choice. You always have a choice.
Duty is too often what one expects from others and not what one does.