“…There is the language of staff on the ‘frontline’, as it were, putting their lives at risk in the service of the health needs of others (see Iserson et al., 2008, p. 345; Kuschner et al., 2007 p. 16; Marshall et al., 2011; Pahlman et al., 2010, p. 9; Simonds & Sokol, 2009, p. 307). There is also the language of ‘fight’ (see Fuks, 2009, p. 58; Hodgkin, 1985, p. 1820; Iserson et al., 2008, p. 345; Jalloh et al., 2019, p. 1497), ‘war’ (see Cairns, 1985; Casarett et al., 2010, p. 256; Fuks, 2009, p. 57; Klein, 1999; Malm, 2016; Mongoven, 2006), ‘battle’ (see Fuks, 2009, p. 58; Hodgkin, 1985, p. 1820; Mongoven, 2006, p. 404), as well as illnesses being viewed as ‘enemies’ (see Malm, 2016, p. 20), and there is the language of ‘reporting for duty’ (see Balicer et al., 2010; Kagan et al., 2017; Qureshi et al., 2005). It can be the case that the ubiquitous use of such language can lead to an amnesia of its engendering warfare context.…”