For as much as I truly love BoB as a series, this is easily my least favorite episode.
The worst BoB episode is still amazing so it doesn’t bring the series down by any stretch.
I will shout out my medic I had on the back half of my deployment though.
He was awesome and we often found ourselves in the gym together.
One heck of a Soldier.
Ok that was a long way of saying I don’t love this episode.
Let’s get it.
Imagine being nearly 60 years removed from an experience and having the memory still fresh in your mind?!
We were in the field for a training exercise in central Texas and unexpectedly got slammed with snow.
Shaving
It’s frigid outside and Winters is making sure he stays within regulations by shaving in the morning.
So did Winters have to shave every day?
I doubt anyone would’ve given him a hard time, especially because he was a great Soldier.
Nevertheless, he did the right thing always.
Even today, we are expected to shave every day while deployed with few exceptions.
You will often see special forces units (SEALs, Delta) in pictures with full beards.
When you’re special, sometimes you play by different rules.
Also let’s be real for a second - having a great beard absolutely makes you look tougher.
No, I was not in special forces.
Yes, I do still have a great beard.
Speaking the local language
Winters speaks German to the nazi who wandered into their camp.
My guess is Winters didn’t take a German course but rather picked up the language over time.
POWs
You noticed that the nazi looked confused as hell and definitely scared.
We get back and we put this kid on the steps of our HQ building.
He couldn’t have been more than 19 or 20.
He is sitting there blindfolded with his hands zip tied.
Sorry, just some more artillery nerd stuff.
Nurse
Although it was not much time spent, relationships form fast on deployments.
You find a common bond and connect to someone else more so than one might back home.
They attempted to save a man’s life together and instances of that nature ingrain themselves with you.
When COL Sink comes by with the General’s message of “NUTS!”
to the Germans, it lifts everyone’s spirits.
Dear John
Buck’s girl sending him a letter that she is breaking up with him is devastating.
This is a common occurrence in the military, unfortunately.
Yes, that happened to one of my Soldiers.
He ignores all of that and just tells them to do their job.
All I can do with that part is chuckle.
Like I said, not the best episode but we rebound well with the next one.
ICYMI
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