You obviously weren't in combat...pilgrim. A desk jockey rather than in a foxhole. Smokes are one of the greatest stress relievers known to man. They even used to offer them to men about to be executed by firing squad. FO.
No need to be rude.
I was in the TOC* at the time. Women weren’t allowed to hold a combat MOS when I was in the Army, though plenty of us died, anyway. I’ve never claimed to be in direct combat; I was always in a Support Battalion (providing ‘Bullets, Beans and Gasoline’ to the front lines; which is also a ‘good’ way to die via IED) and later that Battalion’s Brigade, but that didn’t mean we weren’t in the field. In the mud. In the rain. In the snow. In foxholes. Getting shot at. ;)
Taking out the TOC would be a total WIN for the enemy.
*Tactical Operations Center for those civilians reading from Rio Linda. *SMIRK*