Nothing To Be Scared Of

After my very first formation (there were more formalities after “platoon” was called) we had to report to our classrooms. I was a little late getting in as all of the Platoon Sergeants had to meet with the 1SG (is it just me or is the word “platoon” starting to look odd?)

When I got to my classroom our Instructor was not there yet. I thought it was odd when I first walked in that all the guys were standing at their desk at the position of Attention! When I walked in one of the guys yelled in a deep, loud, thunderous voice, “COMPANY!”  And then in unison all of the guys answered in squeaky little mousey, girly, quiet, high-pitched voices, “platoon”. Then they all laughed.

Very funny, guys!

It was all in good fun and I laughed along with them –I knew exactly how I sounded that morning –it was weak. So then one of the guys said to me, in his big brother looking out for me kind of way, “But seriously, you’re gonna have to do better than that! You need to get loud and deep and don’t sound like you’re so scared.” But I was scared, I told him and he said, “Well don’t be. There’s nothing to be scared of –just a bunch of stupid CAV soldiers –nothing to be scared of.”