promotion???
As a child, I had a vivid imagination. My voracious appetite for action flicks had me make-believing everyday that I was fighting off ninjas and pumping lead into swarms of enemy soldiers. Of course, as I grew older, I shed those dreams of adrenaline pumping situations to prepare myself to become a regular cubicle jockey climbing the corporate ladder.
But it seems fate keeps leading me closer to being in the "shit". I join the Army. Then I branch infantry. Then I become a victim of my own success and am selected among other lieutenants to be the scout platoon leader. Scouts are put out on the front-line for reconnaissance missions. My Battalion Commander says that he wanted an aggressive platoon leader. He also said scouts have higher probabilities of getting shot at or blown up. Super. I've never thought of myself as aggressive, but only when I'm needed to be.
Now I have new things to learn, and a new platoon to get to know and work with. Damn, it's strange how my childhood aspirations are actually becoming somewhat of a reality.
But it seems fate keeps leading me closer to being in the "shit". I join the Army. Then I branch infantry. Then I become a victim of my own success and am selected among other lieutenants to be the scout platoon leader. Scouts are put out on the front-line for reconnaissance missions. My Battalion Commander says that he wanted an aggressive platoon leader. He also said scouts have higher probabilities of getting shot at or blown up. Super. I've never thought of myself as aggressive, but only when I'm needed to be.
Now I have new things to learn, and a new platoon to get to know and work with. Damn, it's strange how my childhood aspirations are actually becoming somewhat of a reality.