[Seruzawa]

Heh heh. I thought that the Platoon Leaders were too buried in paper work and undergoing sensitivity training and pronoun protocols orientation seminars to bother with niceties like combat readiness and basic hygiene.

[Night Hides Not]

Well, I did have a few “extra duties” as a Platoon Leader, such as NBC Officer and Energy Conservation Officer. During Tac Evals at Hahn, I was the Army Liasion Officer. I was in the Wing CP all 4 days. I’d catch 40 winks at night, no big deal.

I had great platoon sergeants, all 3 had at least one tour in Vietnam. When we had our own alerts and field exercises, that’s when I did my thing.

There was one time when a senior NCO asked for my advice…lol. We had a new First Sergeant, Infantry, 3 tours in Vietnam. It was during my Battery’s Tac Eval, where I was acting XO. He came over to me, “LT, what am I supposed to do? I know nothing about ADA.”

”Top, you know how to run a CP?” You do that, and I’ll take care of the ADA bull$hit.” The way we worked together was a big reason why we passed, and that was said to me by the Chief Evaluator. The CO just didn’t have it, he read maps about as well as Captain Sobel of Easy Company.