[Servant of the Nine]

The prohibition may very well have been sensible, but the childish punishment administered to a relatively senior officer tells me that Col. Collins may be a little flakier than he's made out to be here.

Sounds to me like a professional combat officer who had run out of patience with an insubordinate REMF who disobeyed one order too many. Other reports say the two had clashed before.

And yes, brilliant combat officers, like masters of most dangerous fields of endeavor tend to be prima donnas.

So9

[Travis McGee]

I know who I would want to serve under, and who needs a horse whipping.

[opbuzz]

Civil Affairs is one of the eight operational missions of *GASP* "Special Operations"!

Although there may well be SpecOps REMFs.