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Originally Posted by Abbott Shaull
Probably one of the few time when Officer has to allow this to happen. For if he tries to discipline you and if you Platoon Sergeant allows him to pursue they both look foolish as well as making your CO and Company First Sergeant looking like fools too. Sometimes it works out where as an enlisted man you can say anything you want as long as you include "Cur" in the phrase.
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There is a story out of the 1st Air Cav in Vietnam of a PL ordering an airstrike on his own position in error. The legend goes that while F-100s were dropping 250lb bombs on the dug-in platoon, his SFC looked over and said "I wonder what fucking dipshit pulled this one....sir!"
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