“No alternative.”
Isn’t the ‘alternative’ just running over shiite until you get to where you want to be? Who’s going to stop you?
Just Kidding! Don’t run me over! ;)
It was really funny, well to us tankers. One really dark night we were on maneuvers. We were doing a passage of lines to take over a position from an infantry unit. Since it was peacetime they were allowed to shine flashlights with red filters so we could see for sure where they were. You should have seen the ocean of red lights shaking at us!
Yes, I'm that old. This was before soldiers were equipped with modern night vision equipment.