How do soldiers overcome their fear of death?

By realizing that you're already dead. You go into battle to reclaim your life.

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>fear of death
Once you realize that a heroic death is the only possible way out, you don't fear it you welcome it.

Same. The only time I was scared was before the mission. But during, I was in combat mode. "Train as you fight" is 100% true.

The yellow men wearing black pijamas they wanna harm us.

They never do.
Fear can make a man fight longer harder and faster.

Religion.

>The will to protect your comrades/family weighs more than your need for self-preservation
>understanding death is either afterlife or nonconsciousness neither of which should be feared.
>develop enough life experience to feel that whatever death is it will bring relief from painful memories that plague you and avoidance of future pain, so it can be welcomed.

I don't know.

But I had a dream that some guy was yelling at me about something stupid. He showed off that he had a gun like some big shot. I told him to shoot me then. He just pointed the gun at me.

I still have fear for my life.

The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already dead. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll be able to function as a soldier is supposed to function: without mercy, without compassion, without remorse. All war depends upon it.

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They want to harm us
They all up on us
Bang, bang, bullet hit my chest, feel no pain

Pretty much this. Don’t know it if just me but you can feel it in the air before shit pops off. Those times didn’t get me scared but you can just feel that shits about to go down and I did feel that. Once the bullets start flying you just react.

this. I knew that the training I received would keep my alive, so thats what I focused on.

Faith in God, then we're right, and we'll fight with all our might,
and the army goes rolling along!

>It's in the theme song

Most of the time youre too tired to give a fuck until it starts to pop off. I think sleep and tobacco are #1 concerns.

You stay down and wait for the air support, that's how !!

to my left, the captain caught a bullet right in his brain

this

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Victory is life!

Uncommon

They accept Islam.

They cut that part out.

Rot in hell you satanic nazi garbage.
youtube.com/watch?v=4VC8goX1XL8

Just don’t worry about it.

You go numb

Testosterone, constant stress and anger.

adrenaline

Ex-Soldier
Combat Vet

Lemme let you in on a secret
I didn't overcome a fear of death. I just sort of assumed it wouldn't happen to me.

The easiest way is to want it, but fight like you don't.

Easy if you already wanna die but too pussy to do it yourself

This completely makes sense. I am sure surgeons do the same. This pretty much sums up stuff like the black hawk down, story. Do your job the way you trained and shit will turn out better than if you run around like a pumped up lunatic.

This...I know that feel all too well

Just be yourself.

I’m not afraid of dying, but I’m afraid of dying the wrong way. I don’t want anyone to have to clean up after my mess or question my sanity. I would unironically rather take a bullet in a war zone with my home pristine and abject of scrutiny than I would die alone in a shithole one bedroom apartment with a trashcan full of beer.

I nearly broke down in tears at the sight of sick and dying kids but okay, go ahead and call me a Nazi.

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By remembering the meaning of life.

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Knowing my jewish overlords will profit yet another day.

Can't speak for combat, but having been in sketchy situations myself...here is my take.

What people have said is true. You aren't thinking about things. You are doing what your training taught you. Train enough and it's like muscle memory. It's like clarity because your mind is focused on processing all of the information you have been taught on how to deal with the situation you are in. It's the same whenever I'm on a critical call and saving someones life or if it's a ripping structure fire, once your body hits a certain level of "holy fuck" and you get that adrenaline dump, you just switch into a different person. I feel more focused, situational awareness + tunnel vision at the same time. It's a weird/great feeling. Death is the farthest thing from your mind, you resort to the basics.

Evola, Metaphysics of War

>"vita est militia super terram" (life is military [duty] on Earth)

If you take life as a mission (transcending humanity and achieving divinity) and not an end in itself, then you will be able to relativize and minimize everything.

Kurt Eggers, "live bravely and die courageously"

Death is just the cherry on the top of life, if you live bravely then you also have to die of a death that is befitting to who you are. Death is not just the end, but the apex of one's life.

Just noticed the involuntary Reddit spacing, someone kill me