Top Songs about Soldiers and War

this song did get to me before i deployed. got to me even more when i finally would get a letter.

wow right before i got deployed i listened to this song and it really made me think about how all of you people think of me and i very appreciate it and so does god and i want to thank everyone out there who supports us :")

Wow!! I cry everytime they say son you make me proud cuz I wud start sobbing if my dad told me that!

This song is AMAZING! trust. my brother loves this song. and he knows its trues. when we tell him we are proud of him. he breaks down. Something in his mind set is triggered. but as soon as the tears come the leave. :(

those who are talking bad about the dixie chicks are mistaken. at least they had enough guts to stand up and write music about the people who are fighting for our country and their loved ones. I LOVE this song. when my boyfriend got sent over i listened to this song all the time and i cried everytime almost I LOVE this song !!!!

I love the Dixie Chicks...even more for speaking their minds about idiot Bush II.

I applaud those who served, and serve. My husband's currently overseas. However, this is a powerful song, despite the ranting and ravings of an ignorant country singer,

Idk what u all are talking about this song is AMAZING I can listen to it 50 times in a row and cry EVERY TIME!!! There is NOTHING wrong with this song

Their use of Freedom of Speech is Terrific! And I applaud them for invoking their Right. They have Every Right to Disagree with Politics and Policies. But doing so in the Homeland (United States) is One Thing. Saying you're not proud of the Leader of Your Country... when your Overseas... has a Totally Different MEANING. It's One Thing... to protest, demonstrate, and disagree inside the U.S.....and it's a different thing when you're a public figure (like a Popular Band)... and tell Foreigners that you're Ashamed of Calling your President... a Texan. Can't anyone SEE the Difference?

Wat thy "did" is protected by the constitution I fought to defend. You belittle my service and all soliders with your rants. They have always supported the members of the armed services. We all have not only the right but the duty to call out the washington piheads who misreresent things.

"what they did"? Do you mean expressing an anti-war opinion that is inherent and present in classic country ie Loretta Lynn and Johnny Cash. I think modern pop-country like Toby Keith has caused some amnesia about country roots and voice. Does anyone remember why Johnny Cash was The Man in Black?

With what the dixie chicks did I dont see how you can put this song at #2. I truly cant stand them and neither can most people. Terrible #2 choice.

this song was touching and made me remember the sacrafice that they are making to protect this land, freedom doesn't come free.

A soilder's letter to his family that he left behind...

yeah...ace song

everytime i hear this song i think about the bravest men in our country that put their lives on the line to protect what we have. freedom does not come free. im proud to be an American and i respect our military. god bless america

freedom doesn't come free, and soldiers sacrafice themselves to protect this land and their families so we can live in peace. Family members leave the comfort and safety of their own home so we can live in freedom.

My boyfriend just went to training and my cousin is in Turkey.. they are both in the airforce. and watching them leave is honestly the hardest thing ive ever had to do. This song made me cry for like an hour. I miss them so much Thank you soldiers ! your amazing and i love you all ! .

this song is good i like it

It's a very sad song, but it's exactly like how it is over there. Trust me, i know.

When i first heard this song, i burst into tears. I'm really working on fighting off my depression and this song really nailed it. When i got home everyone called me a hero, but honestly i didn't really feel like a hero, and he is right there is a medal over my chest, but it means something totally different to me than it does to everyone else. Also, mistakes happen in war, and i think that is more what he is talking about versus soldiers violating UCMJ.

If you look at the comments, and notice those that are enlisted, they respect this song. A song doesn't have to sing praise towards us, for that is not what a soldier joins for. The song means something, it means something more then most of the others don't. You don't join to be a hero. You join to make the world a better place, in a way many people don't understand. That effort, in most cases, comes at a tragic cost. Every time I hear this song it evokes real emotions, and things I cannot express in words alone.

I'm in the army myself. I really do respect this song. This isn't disrespectful in my opinion in any sense. This is someone who left so he could be a hero of war. Someone who wanted to be bigger and make more of a difference in the world than he felt he could make in the civilian world. But what he finds out is there is a lot more that happens in war than you think. And he falls into it. In the end he regrets it all. He realises that doing all of the things he did, didn't make him a hero of war. And treating and killing innocent people like he did only made him a bad person. He regrets killing the little girl, hince why he brings the flag home. The flag is a symbol of true freedom in his mind. Not the american flag.

this is such a good song .its saying "why should we be considered heros when we have to do such terrible things "

my mother was in the army as a combat medic. she hates this song but we have different view points. she says that this song is disrespecting the soldier, i say its saying **** happen/ they didn't know what they wanted when they sighed, stress and panick may have been the issue for the video of shooting the little girl. Almost all of my family was military mostly consisting of Marines and Army so i did grow up with hearing stories and i plan on going in myself, in my opinion i think the band was trying to get the public to see that soldiers are put through traumatic experiences, they make mistakes and well, stuff happens under stress, they're not perfect but even so they r proud to serve their country.

I was in afghanistan for a year and was shot at on a daily basis and i can relate to everything in this song... you never knew who you could trust or what was goin to happen... all you knew is that you needed to live, survive, for the loved ones home... and you would do anything to get home to them... you dont know what a year of something trumatic can do to a person, and soldiers, especially infantry and recon, should be heroized for it

I love this song :)

To the second comment, i agree and am hoping to join the nrotc marine option program and be a proud member of the USMC. I could go off and make a good living in the business sector but I wish to serve our country and am thankful for all those who have sacraficed for us all

WOW! this song is amazing! My Brother is the one who introduce this song to me! He is a Air Man and really respect s this song.. And those who have to go threw Deployment and sacrifices much more greater than civilians. So stop saying this song is bad for this list! its actually ONE OF THEE BEST! * Thank you those of those soldiers who serve our country, and fight to made our freedom enjoyable!(:

Alot of you didn't like this song. However it is from the soldiers point of view and it may not be all but it may be some who like and understand and those of u who do congrats

To those bashing the USN Officer, LEARN TO READ! He said MOST soldiers, not ALL. For those Soldiers who joined because they wanted the money, I admire what you have done and sacrificed for us, but, truth is.. If you're going for the money then it's not the same. Yes, you do make the same sacrifices and fight the same way and such, but, you're there for the wrong reasons. Or, you joined for the wrong reasons, atleast. I honour and deeply admire and respect Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen alike. You've given and sacrificed so much for your country(ies) and/or state(s). On behalf of one deeply grateful, eternally thankful civillian I say, Thank You for having the courage to stand up for all of us.

I suffer from PTSD because of what's sang in this song. The comments posted about this song our from soldiers who were fobits. As an infantry soldier this song is all facts. Anyone who says otherwise sat on a fob their entire tour of Iraq. For those of us who had to fight we were put in these situations time and time again

totally agree, not a pro mil song at all...bummer too, bc I actually like Rise Against. But I know my dad's 30 years in the Army was worth it. God bless our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen.

after getting out of the military after 15 years I have to disagree, yeah I joined because there weren't many options open to me but I could have done other things but saying that no soldier but those 20 that did it solely out of patriotism did it for their country is kind of false. I've known recruits of all kinds and country was always a factor.

to the second comment, i just left ft benning about 2 weeks ago, and out of the 600 or so guys i knew there maybe 20 or 30 were doing it cuz they were patriotic, id say most were cuz they had no other options, then college, then guys just wanten to go sf or ranger to push themselves and be able to say they did what few other have done. but just a handful did it for country.

im trying to jump on my first deployment right now so i can't say from personal experiance but from what all my sgts and friends who have gone say this hits the nail on the head. Most of us arn't there cuz we like being soldiers we're there cuz we need money or we want to go to school. and when we get tossed into this war...you do stuff and you don't always do the right thing, but you do you're best. cuz i don't know anyone who'd risk there life for oil that they'll never see profit from, but i know atleast 218 men who willl lay down there lives for there wives children parents siblings random strangers or a promise that their death helped to make a better life for someone. as they say over and over i want to be a hero of war...and ps he wouldn't be tried under umcj cuz he couldn't see she was waving a flag, and she was entering a restricted area, i had a ds who shot a 80 year old man driving a truck and killed like 2 kids and they let it go, not that it matters doing something like that would kill you. we're soldiers, were not perfect, but our hearts are mostly in the right place. and i think thats what they were getting at.

For the first comment: Im also a soldier in the british army and i saw the video and heard the song and it is a contridiction not a statement. the song is saying that going to war does not make you a hero that is why the flag he loved at the end was the white flag of surrender that he brought home from the civvie that he shot. You Americans eh lol

Not only this but It's very inaccurate and inconsistent with history and the current conflicts. As a USN officer and descendant of a line of fighting men since the War for Independence I can tell you this song is very disrespectful, most soldiers and sailors didn't volunteer because they were conned into it. Most are patriotic young Americans who want to make a difference and their officers are good human beings who would never order such an event.

Yeah, beating a prisoner of war and shooting a girl who is surrendering.. Yes, this sometimes happend but i wouldnt qualify it to be the best military or soldier song. I'm a soldier and the things sang about does not make you a hero, it makes you a criminal under UMCJ and is why most soldiers will never do such a thing.

makes me cry everytime.. great song

I love this song, but it makes me worry about my own soldier.

there a candence like this

Great song ..goosebumps the entire time

I actually found a letter like this from my great uncle. He hunted before he went to the army and the note was in the back of his old dogs dog house. I started crying....

one of the best songs ive ever heard. it still gives me a chill down my spine when i listen to it.

This song really hits the heart.

this song really does remind me of my corporal. I miss him so much.

If you like this song listen to the reply by Tyler toliver called "Live our dream"

Best. Song. On. This. List. If you don't cry, you have a heart of stone.

I'd never heard this song before so i looked it up and listened with tears running down my face. I've served in Iraq and Afghanistan both and known men and women who died there leaving families back home. This song really brought home the pain I know they feel every day.

This song is so heart wrenching. :( I would cry everytime I hear it.

Chickenhawks get rich while the grunts do the dirty work

I like it

This song is great, cause I was just in the Stan and the end of september was when we left Sangin.

even though it's about his father's passing, the entire song could be interpreted to be about losing a father in war. regardless of what the song IS about, it COULD be about that to a certain person.

Although I agree that the video has nothing to do with the original meaning of the song, the whole point of music is to take from it your own interpretation. So this song could be about war if that's what it means to you.

the video has nothing to do with the meaning. He told a crowd at a concert it was about his dad dying.

by greenday

Agreed. Just because a music videos usually alter the true meaning of a song. Billie's father died on September 1, and told his mother to "wake me up when September ends."

Really? "Watch the music video"? Videos don't really have anything to do with what the songs actually about most of the time.

Watch the music video

its about his dad dying....

agreed!!!!

agreed - defo one of the best!

How is this not higher up? This should easily be top 4.

Most ppl would relate this song to Air Force Basic Training. This is a great song, gives you hope. Lets you know that you have a chance to make it back home. Thats all you want, is to get back home.

The most moving, beautiful and inspiring song a mother can listen to when her son is going into the service.

oh my gosh i just listened to that song for the first time and cried my eyes out! my fiance is in the army so it really took my heart for a spin. that is a wonderful song and its given me hope that my fiance will come back alive and well.

Ive been singing this song for as long as i can remember. Ive seen neighbors come ad go, but i never knew what it was truely like until a very close cousin of mine joined the national guard.

An actual happy ending... How refreshing. Beautiful.

This is a great song im in australia and have 3 family members tht served in ww2 tht would love this song my dad listens to it all the time

This is listed twice. I love the song, but jus' sayin'.

Doors song about the grave of the unknown soldiers

This song is a military song. It is a look into a soldiers mind and how he handles taking an enemies life. Sad song.

This sons has nothing to do with the military and the title is the only thing that has anything to do with a Soldier.

This song made me cry.... I miss my soldier!

You can't be TOO patriotic. I take offense to that. I'm a military wife & my husband is in Iraq...I can't even talk to him so I don't have the slightest clue how he's doing. So maybe you should be a little more grateful to those who are risking and even giving their lives for your freedom, even if it takes them away from their families.

A bit to patriotic

About giving your all for your country, should be higher up!

This song makes me cry everytime i listen to it, and even more so when I watch the video. MCR rocks normally, but this song really hits the strings of your heart, especilly the video.

I don't get you guys. It should be definitely on the top of this list.

Sooo true!!! Soldiers and Jesus gave their lives for me and you!!!

bad company by five finger death punch is awesome the music video has soilders, it's great. Plus FFDP is the best so...

THIS NEEDS TO BE IN TOP TEN!!!!!!

This should be top!

Extremely touching... Canada is such a patriotic country!

Such an amazing song. I cannot get it out of my head.

about a 19 year old who endures the horrors of the vietnam war

this is one of the best. so blunt but true. it pulled me through my boyfriends deployment, even if it's one of the saddest.

this song should be wayy up there on the list, this is a great song about war

THE BEST NEEDS TO BE HIGHER ON THE LIST!

This should be a lot higher on the list. Brendon's voice is amazing and the song is wonderful.

i danced to this song in my dance recital this past year. the teacher and choreographer is engaged to a military soldier. we danced this dance three times becasue everyone claimed it was so beautiful and moving. not one person in that audiance was left untouched by that dance and most people cried. this is such a powerful song.

This song makes me cry everytime I hear it

Good song of 911

Darryl Worley

This song is amazing especially if it is true.

Some Gave All

I found this songs imagery very strong, dark, cold, and haunting. Thank you METALLICA.

Written by Jerry Cantrell (lead guitarist) about his dad in Vietnam. Well worth a listen, lyrics and music are both haunting and harrowing, my favourite song of the bunch, with a lot of my family in the armed forces and I myself wanting to join soon

It's an amazing song. I always cry when i here it. :'(

this song made me cry

definatly... as soon i heard the part where the boy let his brother see his tear run down his face.... i teared up!!!!

awesome awesome song!!!!

This song was really moving, I cry every time I hear it. It describes a man telling a woman the love of her life had died at war, and bears the thoughts of every male soldier who has lived another day at war, the next day is no gaurantee .

This song is awesome, I didn't cry but its so touching because it really makes you look at war in another way. Well writen.

This is right up there with Lee Greenwood! Why don't more people know about this??

great song

this one is great, i borrowed my brother's ipod the other day (he's a marine just back from overseas) and this was the most played song on his ipod

It can be. It's helped me get through my husband's deployment.

This song fires me up