As Marshal Konev once asked his generals, before the start of the Vestul Offensive: there are two kinds of men, the first wishes to die of old age in bed, surrounded by his friends and relatives. The second wants to die in battle. Which are you?
There is such a profession, as the defense of the Rodina.
And then the Great Marshal Konev of the Soviet Union sent his troops out to clear German Mine fields by running through them uncleared.