No Bullshit, there I was ... this time in Kosovo.
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Hey! Me again, lest you think that all NCOs are a particular way, I'm gonna share a story where, had it not been inappropriate, I would have kissed my NCO.
No bullshit, there we were in Kosovo, about three weeks after the first US forces entered from Macedonia, so I'm thinking early July? Anyway, hot as balls. Now I'm the commander of a small public affairs unit, 5 of us in total. I'm an Army captain, and we have an Army Staff Sergeant (E6) as well.
In preparation for this deployment, my NCO and I agreed that all of us, me included, would get certified on how to run a 5KW generator, which we owned. We thought it would be important because a) we had one, and b) we didn't know what exactly we'd be doing, so no telling who would be around to fix it.
As it was, the generator failed again, and it was us two left to fix it. So we're outside, July, sweating our asses off because it's early in the deployment and it's very austere and dirty.
We get out there and realize why our generator failed ... we're one of the only teams that brought one and every MF'er imaginable has tried to hook up to our generator to run their coffee pots.
Bill (my NCO) goes, "oh, hell no." I agree, and we start pulling the cables of all these freeloaders. Then we try to get the generator started.
That's when it happened.
I hear a voice, "Hey, you two, my captain wants to know why the hell he doesn't have any electricity any more." I look up and see some freshly pressed lieutenant standing there, hands on hips.
Me? Well, I'm about to climb off this generator and kill this kid.
I feel my face flush and I take in this huge, long breath that I'll need for this upcoming barrage.
Then I feel this light touch on my arm.
I look at Bill like, "What the ???" and he just winks and says, "Hey Sir, I got this."
He delivers this classic, "Well Sir, I'd say your commander doesn't have any electricity because he didn't think to bring a generator on deployment." Then he thumbs my way and adds, "And if he has any problems with that, he can come out here and talk to Captain Lawhorn."
I love that guy.
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