PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-704
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 704
JULY 2011
30
PS 704
JUL 11
bet
he
had an
interesting tale
or two to tell.
what’s your
mos, soldier?
something
I don’t have
enough
of.
ok. two months?
so
you
haven’t been
back long yourself?
maybe because
you need to talk
to
someone.
just
one
of
those things you
listed would knock
most
people
down…
hard.
that’s
life. when
it rains
it pours.
yadda,
yadda,
yadda.
naw.
I’m ok.
nope. just long enough to help
carry rezzy’s
coffin…
and get
dumped by my
girlfriend.
oh, yeah…and
fail
to
make
rank.
man…
why
am
I telling
you
all this?
wanna talk
about it?
not
really.
your buddy?
or I
could’ve
saved
ramirez.
11b.
y’know…he never
said
and I never
asked.
kinda
wish I had.
well-meaning folks
sometimes cough up cliches
like those… but—that doesn’t
help much when you’re hurting.
and to be honest with you
here: it seems like
you’re
hurting
pretty bad.
now it’s
your
turn to be honest.
ever think about
killing yourself?
that’s
another
compliment I’ll
gladly
accept.
but, don’t think
I didn’t notice
you
avoided
my
question.
ok…so maybe you have
to
skip
a link in your
chain of command.
there’s still
plenty
of
other
folks who
want
to help you…if
you just
ask.
I
know
it’s tough…
that you’re tired of
treading water. but
maybe
this
is the
time it
will
work. do
you
really
want to
walk away from that
chance?
I
wouldn’t.
what makes you think
I haven’t tried?
I did
try… more
than
once,
in fact. but it
didn’t do any good.
you sound like
my
sergeant
now. and the
only thing I
have in common
with
him
is that
both of us think
the unit will be
better off…
without
me.
you sure
don’t beat
around the
bush, do
you, sarge?
yeah. rezzy
and me
went way
back. even
enlisted
on a
mutual
dare.
lost
him…
‘bout two
months
ago.
that
takes
some
guts.
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