“Come back with your shield - or on it”
Or not. Whatever, dude.
As a USAF Cold War veteran, I've never understood how my untrained fellow civilians suddenly became so comfortable with “acceptable attrition rates” when they obviously don't understand the entire concept.
I wonder if they would support the USMC if/when “they” decided to act on their ultimate primary duty, and launched a military coup in the USA?
I haven't heard a lot of public calls for that yet, so like you I say:
Whatever, dude.