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In this morning's episode of "Combat!", a private makes a rather boneheaded mistake, something he knew in advance he shouldn't have done, and as a result another private is wounded in a skirmish with the Germans. Afterwards, the private apologizes:
Littlejohn: "I'm sorry, Sarge."
Sgt. Saunders: "Shut up."
No "Army of One" touchy-feely silliness there. No protests about the soldier's feelings being hurt. No grief counselors, either.
This is how the Army is supposed to be. I wonder how much of the Army's senior leadership, like me, grew up watching "Combat!" in either primetime or syndicated reruns?
I wonder how much of the Army's junior leadership has never even heard of it?
Posted by Russ at 05:33 PM, November 22, 2003 in Nat'l Security
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