COG FLTC Being exactly in FLTCs shoes 3 yrs ago I suggest waiting to cast your nets in earnest after you exfil from your current responsibilities. Keep a line out with worm on the hook.
I threw out the nets as often as I could and honestly it distracted from my mission. I was lucky all my Marines in my platoons I personally served in made it home however I could have performed better, I have in the past, and I regret it. To this day I consider myself lucky though some of my squad leaders did praise me. It is not perfection trust me but very high standards are critical to mission success and adherence to duty.
I do not hold this against my X since I created my own mess just consider it a Tatical error reguardless of the end result.
COG You are to be admired for your persistance and I am glad for the results. I pray FLTC gets the same results in a fraction of the time.
we agree the holidays were the toughest part of any deployment. USMC stands for U Suckers Missed Christmas (just a little humor)
"All I want is a weeks pay for a day's work" Steve Martin
