#soldier

He trains hard for both the Sgt and his man and it shows.

Eyes locked are open but aren’t really seeing anything as he’s mind-his will, his whole being-are locked and lost in his Sgt’s voice, changing him into the best Solder he can be for the Unit, for his Owner.

All it took was a single word from the Sgt and he was slumped on the ground, drifting away into his Sgt’s eyes…relaxed and blissful…

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So handy to have around.

A good Owned man be he a Soldier or anything else, should always have many skills to offer his Owner.

He belongs to the Army. He knew it before the Sgt claimed him, he’s known it his whole life. It was who and what he was meant to be. So when the Sgt approached him he was a bit cocky. Of course the Unit would want him.

Little did he know the Sgt was used to dealing with Soldiers like him and would have him broken and ready to be reforged within the month.

Sometimes the Sgt has to remind one of his Soldiers why he’s in charge.

A smart Jock doesn’t lift alone, and when a Airmen is part of the Unit he never has too.

At first it was just a way to cool down and unwind. Or at least that’s what they thought it was for. And it was, in part. But it was also a way for the Sgt to get to know them, talk to them, get to know more about them. Get into their heads.

Gearing up doesn’t always mean wearing a shirt.

Τους πόνους γαρ αγαθοί τολμώσι, δειλοί δ’ εισίν ουδέν ουδαμού.

- Euripides, Iphigeneia in Tauris

The brave will dare the effort (of war), cowards are nothing nowhere.

Non nobis solum nati sumus ortusque nostri partem patria vindicat, partem amici.

- Cicero, De Officiis  (On Duties)

We are not born for ourselves alone; a part of us is claimed by our nation, another part by our friends.

Photo: Gunner prior to inspection for duties Queen’s Life Guard

Aren’t you a little short for a soldier?

(Joseph Scherschel. 1942)

I forgot about this life drawing I did last year during the lecture about Ukrainian People’s Republic! Adding this one to the previous three. 

8/11

Portrait of Aboriginal Private Harold Arthur Cowan from NSW, Australia, who served with the 6th Light Horse Regiment. 

Original image source: Australian War Memorial 


GWICwill be posting one portrait each day until November 11th.

6/11

Portrait of a German soldier in a prisoner of war camp. July 1917.

Original image source: Canadian Library and Archives

GWICwill be posting one portrait each day until November 11th.

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Portrait of Lieutenant R.C. Lister, Canadian Field Artillery and recipient of the Military Cross. Date unknown.

Original image source: Canadian Library and Archives


GWICwill be posting one portrait each day until November 11th.

Austrian war painter Lieutenant Kainradl at work in a snow tunnel on the Italian Front, circa 1916.

Original image source: Austrian National Library

A member of the Canadian Cyclist Corp smiles for the camera, September 1917.

Original image source: Canadian Library and Archives

An Austrian soldier stands in a trench built along the Isonzo Valley, on the Italian front in 1916.

Original image source: Austrian National Library