A year or so after Desert Storm, when I was back with my home
unit the 88th MP CO, I was having a problem with my platoon leader. The guy was inept and an
absolute jerk. On top of that I didn’t have
any of my close friends in the platoon with me. So one morning as we were forming up I decided
to ask my platoon sergeant if it would be possible to get transferred to another
platoon. She looked at me kind of funny
and said, “Sorry Rich but other than the LT. you’re the only white guy in the platoon
and we need you to stay.” Puzzled, I
turned around, looked at the platoon, and for the first time, I saw the truth of her statement.
It had been that way for several months and I hadn’t even noticed. I
busted out laughing, and suddenly the whole platoon was laughing as well. By the time I did
leave the platoon the ratio had reached about 50/50 and that LT had been booted
out.
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