This is a brilliant story. Much like your other story i liked, can't remember which.
I figured that if i read the Author's comments at the end of every chapter of each story... I could piece together your entire service history.
That goat shit blade was nasty.
Author's response
Thank you. If you want to re-check, I have several to look through.
You might, though you'd have 23 years to read through. I only include the parts of my service that are relevant to the story.
Re: Goat shit: It was a popular tactic in quite a few places.
Alorkin