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That is very cool. So whatchasayin Don? That he wouldn't have waxed so eloquently if he was speaking about a platoon sloggin' through the mud? :)
Felt inspired- Take seat and let me tell you about these grunts. I never knew of these unadulterated battles until I bared witness from their intimate perspective. They hump their packs over hill and dale as sure-footed as the wisest mountain pack mule. They traipse through water and mire clandestine to the most skilled tracker as they recon the nights patrol base. I watch them utilize the tools of their craft in consternation. Their rifles, their mortars; their machine guns speak to each other in symphony. They are the nightmare of battle. The proficiency with which they engage in combat tests the tenacity of the hardest insurgent. They are truly artisans of death dealing. For this I am at a loss for words because one of them I could never be. My hands would not guide my rifle to fire fast enough and my feet would not carry me to cover soon enough. The trained ear of the infantryman guides his eyes to the sound of gunfire and through his iron sights he visualizes the fall of his foe and so they do fall… one by one… by one. Until the resolve of the last enemy fighter has been conquered the infantryman will stand. If he falls, which is uncommon, one more will stand in his place without the slightest cease of report from a rifle. There is no joy in witnessing the work of the infantryman. However, I must admit, I wept with admiration for these men, for they are cut from the rarest of cloth.
So, Bobby...being the calculating trained warrior NCO that you are. Take the appropriate action, Execute!
your standard grunt level CQB is just putting rounds and rounds on scary stuff till it stops scaring you!
Steinbeck was actually wounded in the taking of an island or two from the Germans in the Med during WW2 FWIWAnd well said Bobby
HC- just how often do you get "reprimanded" for filling out reports with similar eloquence? I know I've filled out a few behavior reports with creative verbage a time or two- just wondering if you get to sip in a few, "street corner pharmacist" type giggles.YOU could be a writer should you desire- nicely done there HC, or should we say "Blainebeck"?