CPT Hardcore (Open Thread)
Here is a fictitious scenario prepared to solely elicit thoughts:
Courtesy of The New York Times, Soldiers have been able to get a glimpse of the “Baker Report” that is calling for “a gradual pullback of the 15 American combat brigades now in Iraq but stop short of setting a firm timetable for their withdrawal.” The Soldiers were “impressed” that such strategic thinkers as Sandra D. O’Conner and Vernon Jordan were involved.
Soldiers have also read that “President Bush will take weeks rather than months to start making changes in Iraq policy.” It is amazing that this is the first war where American Soldiers have news at the same time as their families. Hell, they can listen to live talk radio with streaming.
That brings us to the xyz Infantry Battalion currently conducting operations in Iraq. After reading the above information most of the Company Commanders are adopting a “wait and see” approach before being overly “gung-ho” in executing current offensive operations. Most of those Company Commanders have already written letters to family members expressing their personal condolence of unit members that have perished. They will carry out their responsibility, do their job description but they are packing away the “hooah.”
One of the Company Commanders, CPT Hardcore wants nothing to do with this wait and see attitude. He is hardcore right down to the underwear that he buys at Clothing Sales. In oder for him to bein Iraq, he signed a one year promotion declination.Until he gets orders, in writing, notifying him of a pullback, he is going to push his men 110%, period. Hell, he plans on conducting offensive combat operations right until the last hour. CPT Hardcore, no wife/children, figures that the men signed a contract and volunteered so it is his “duty” to make sure the taxpayers get their moneys worth.
— Oak Leaf