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JUNE 1973Our signal battalion had a command post exercise, and we went off to the evergreen woods around Fort Lewis for a few days. Certain problems were to be sent down from Group HQ for us to react to.
Because nothing was going on, I, the S-1, went on a solo hike through the woods down to the Nisqually River, our S-3 went hunting, and our XO went fishing. When I got back, I found that a problem had been sent down while I was out in the woods in dereliction of duty. I was worried and asked my SP4 clerk, “What happened?”
“Aw, nothin’, LT,” he said. “We just applied the solution and sent it back up to Group.”
I learned just how unimportant an officer could be.
That night the CO sent me off to the PX for a beer run, the S-3 roasted his grouse, and the XO roasted his trout. While everyone else was eating at a field mess tent run by Group, we sat down in our tent for a feast.
Life sure is tough in the field!
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((HUGS))Good morning, Kathy. How's it going?
