OP-ED: Please stop building the terrain model next to the slit trench
The following is an opinion piece written by your platoon leader.
Hey everyone. It's your platoon leader here. I just wanted to talk with you guys real quick about a tiny problem I'm having. It's probably nothing, but I wanted to make sure we are on the same page when conducting patrol base operations.
I would really appreciate it — like, super duper appreciate it — if you would stop building the terrain model next to the slit trench.
I know, I know. I am "totally being a dick" and pulling rank here.
My bad, guys. Really.
But, I have not even been to combat yet and I have seen enough shit, literally, to last me five lifetimes.
I got it — we need to "take care of soldiers." I totally respect your experience and will heed your advice to keep the slit trench in a central location. I agree, as you so eloquently put it, that we "don't need to write letters to families about their soldier getting their assholes blown off."
I am by no means implying that we should not take care of soldiers. What I …
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