The Ultimate sacrifice

When i think of motherland the first thing that comes to my mind is army.I wonder why is that , does the army defines a nation .Why do we celebrate all the national festivals with army at its core.And while i think about this,only one thought answer my quest.
Its not the army but the very spirit which it stands for.The Ultimate sacrifice.Its the will to die for mother nation that defines it all.
But the next thing which comes to mind is why do soldiers can make this sacrifice,what makes them do that.Do they willingly do it,or it is the moment which makes them do.Well we will never know the answer,or there is no answer.We can explain things which comes with has some reasoning to do.But patriotism,love for mother nation doesn't have a reason,doesn't need a reason and so we cannot explain it. I don't remember that somebody told me to love my mother,it comes naturally to everychild born.
So what makes these men different from us or to put it simply will we the common people makes this sacrifice.Well thats something we cant answer.But what we can do is to remember the people who had answered there call.Let us all celebrated the freedom,the pride,the nation they have given us and pray to god to give us enough strength to stand for respect and dignity of mothernation.