Sitting at the bus stop, spending our last few minutes together for what will seem like forever, he turns to me and asks "are you going to be alright with me gone?" I have no idea of how to answer him. I think of Driver's long missions, Wolf's rants about privates fresh out of training, Ky's all-night shifts... but I don't mention them. Instead I stutter and stumble over my words. "I'm bummed. It sucks."
What am I supposed to do? Ask him to stay, just for a few more days? Pout? Beg? The Army doesn't work like that. He is needed elsewhere and he will go. I am needed here and I will stay. This is how the Army works. Mission first. Drive on, Soldier, drive on.
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