I'll bet whatever that fellow did in the Marines, he didn't leave the service as a Colonel.
I hadn't thought of that, but it makes sense. Especially since (at least according to Generation Kill, which I'm reading now) First Recon's officers tend to be intelligence specialists and other rear-echelon types. Of course, we only have his word for it that he was in First Recon.
In H. Beam Piper's very excellent 'Uller Uprising' - which takes as it's inspiration the Indian Mutiny
Sounds good! And I see it's on Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19474)... excellent.
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I hadn't thought of that, but it makes sense. Especially since (at least according to Generation Kill, which I'm reading now) First Recon's officers tend to be intelligence specialists and other rear-echelon types. Of course, we only have his word for it that he was in First Recon.
In H. Beam Piper's very excellent 'Uller Uprising' - which takes as it's inspiration the Indian Mutiny
Sounds good! And I see it's on Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19474)... excellent.