Thoughts on my 6 weeks with an infantry platoon
I try to keep the stuff here fairly anonymous. It's not hard to figure out who I am, or what unit I'm with, but I try not to make it easy, either.
And I realized after I started my stories with the infantry that there was no way to really keep up the funny without sounding mean-spirited. I mean, I had about one or two hilarious experiences per week, but I have decided against publishing the rest online. Even anonymized, it may give some people the wrong idea of who soldiers are. So while I gave the most embarrassing story of my own (peeing all over myself), I am not prepared to tell the stories that make fun of the guys I was with, even though they were willing to make fun of each other and themselves about them.
I was pretty sad to have to go back to my "day job" - much longer hours and far less satisfaction. But it's all good. I had an interesting experience.
And I realized after I started my stories with the infantry that there was no way to really keep up the funny without sounding mean-spirited. I mean, I had about one or two hilarious experiences per week, but I have decided against publishing the rest online. Even anonymized, it may give some people the wrong idea of who soldiers are. So while I gave the most embarrassing story of my own (peeing all over myself), I am not prepared to tell the stories that make fun of the guys I was with, even though they were willing to make fun of each other and themselves about them.
I was pretty sad to have to go back to my "day job" - much longer hours and far less satisfaction. But it's all good. I had an interesting experience.
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