Tomás Banks tells me this on a recent afternoon as we sit outside a restaurant next to McPherson Square. On the table between us, he has placed proof of his service: a sheet of paper that lists when he joined the military, Oct. 7, 1985, and what he accomplished while actively serving for four years before receiving an honorable discharge. It describes him as working as a dental assistant specialist and earning an outstanding unit award and Good Conduct Medal.

“I loved the military,” says Banks, who was born in D.C. and grew up in Hawaii. He talks excitedly about the dental work he did while in the Air Force and the jobs he held after his service ended. He describes working in retail, climbing his way up to managerial positions for several companies, and traveling to work in stores in California, Nevada, New York and eventually the D.C. region. [MORE]

According to FUNKTIONARY:

Soldiers - tools (living human resources—walking fodder); corporate mercenaries used by the legistraitors, wordsymthologists, journalists, and politicians to impose the will of their corporate masters and imperialistic soothsayers (i.e., crimethinc). [more]

Duty - a dirty four letter word. 2) a concept of slaves; a tool of doggy. 3) external motivations and sanctions from an alleged or purported “authority.” 4) a word used to excuse our unqualified delight in hurting others. when duty calls the sheet falls. (see: doggy, humanslaves, orderlies, authorities & draft).