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* UnusualEuphemism: In the story about Zach passing out during "mandatory fun day", Mike asks him if he got "the silver bullet", which is military slang for a rectal thermometer.
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* UnusualEuphemism: In the story about Zach passing out during "mandatory fun day", Mike asks him if he got "the silver bullet", which is military slang for a [[AssShove rectal thermometer.thermometer]].
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* VetinariJobSecurity: In the above-mentioned story, where he was [[{{Unishment}} sent to Anger Management]] for literally telling his direct superior to go fuck himself, Zach notes that, in hindsight, this probably happened because he was the only small-arms repairman for the ''entire base''. Zach figures that he probably could have gotten away with anything short of murder since, if they discharged him, they wouldn't have anyone left on base who could fix guns.
--> '''Mike:''' And that was the first time you had ''job security''!
--> '''Mike:''' And that was the first time you had ''job security''!
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* LeftForDead: ''Bradley'' is a story of a [[NewMeat rookie driver]] ending up being left alone in a Bradley in the middle of Iraq. The gunner and commander moved to a different vehicle in the convoy after hitting one too many [=IEDs=], and didn't bother to check on the driver after it hit another [=IED=], knocking out both the driver and the comms. The rookie survived with a concussion, but unaware of his situation, and the vehicle was spotted going up and down the road by some gate guards. The story is one of the few times Zach sounds genuinely enraged at the parties involved, even for his usual acerbic demeanor; given the sheer amount of [[TheNeidermeyer command incompetence]] which allowed this incident play out, it's hard to blame him.
* NoLongerWithUs: The Bradley story opens with Zach being woken up to clear a Bradley APC. When he asked about what happened to its crew, the response he gets is "they're gone". It turned out they weren't dead, but the situation was [[LeftForDead messy enough without that]].
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* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: The reason Zach knows that the US Army considers Bushmaster chainguns to be small arms is due to a real life aversion of this. During his time in Iraq, he was once asked to clear the main gun on a Bradley, with no explanation for why the crew couldn't do it other than "they're gone". It turned out that what happened was the Bradley had been part of a convoy, and had been hit by three [=IEDs=]. After the third, the gunner and commander decided to ride in a different vehicle, but left the young, [[NewMeat rookie driver]] in the Bradley. It was then hit by a ''fourth'' IED, which knocked out the driver and his radio, and rather than bother to check on him, they assumed he was dead and ''left him alone in the middle of Iraq''. When he finally woke up, he assumed that the convoy must have been nearby, because he thought there was no way they would just abandon him. Luckily, he ended up drawing the attention of the gate guards, who realized that something was wrong when they saw a lone Bradley driving back and forth along the main road, and they managed to get him to stop and got him medical attention. The story also owns the dubious title for one of the few times [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Zach sounds genuinely enraged at the parties involved]], even for his usual acerbic demeanor; given the sheer amount of [[TheNeidermeyer command incompetence]] which allowed this incident play out, it's hard to blame him.
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* {{Unishment}}: How Zach describes being sent to Anger Management after mouthing off to a supervisor - it was a comparatively light punishment for telling a superior officer to fuck off, and he found himself among other people that empathized with him.
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* {{Unishment}}: {{Unishment}}:
** How Zach describes being sent to Anger Management after mouthing off to a supervisor - it was a comparatively light punishment for telling a superior officer to fuck off, and he found himself among other people that empathized withhim.him.
** In ''Meds / Raven Drone'' Zach describes a recurring scenario where the position of an armorer is [[KickedUpstairs given to someone as a punishment]], to get them out of the way. He then points out that it gives them the ability to mess with everyone's equipment or just sell it illegally.
* UnusualEuphemism: In the story about Zach passing out during "mandatory fun day", Mike asks him if he got "the silver bullet", which is military slang for a rectal thermometer.
** How Zach describes being sent to Anger Management after mouthing off to a supervisor - it was a comparatively light punishment for telling a superior officer to fuck off, and he found himself among other people that empathized with
** In ''Meds / Raven Drone'' Zach describes a recurring scenario where the position of an armorer is [[KickedUpstairs given to someone as a punishment]], to get them out of the way. He then points out that it gives them the ability to mess with everyone's equipment or just sell it illegally.
* UnusualEuphemism: In the story about Zach passing out during "mandatory fun day", Mike asks him if he got "the silver bullet", which is military slang for a rectal thermometer.
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* UnusualEuphemism: In the story about Zach passing out during "mandatory fun day", Mike asks him if he got "the silver bullet", which is military slang for a rectal thermometer.
