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Originally Posted by Seaver
I dont know how else to explain this. But if I were to die in Friendly Fire, I WANT the Army to tell my family I died heroically in battle.
Make up some story about me charging a machine gun nest solo, or covering my friends as they retreat. All he has left is the memory of his family. If he was murdered hang high the man who shot him, otherwise let the hero Tillman rest.
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That is a BIG negative, ghostrider.
Allowing a pleasant memory to replace the reality of the situation opens the door for non-combat related incidents. For instance fragging your Lt. for no better reason than you do not like his leadership style. (During Vietnam guys would kill any leader that tried to do his duty, and attack the enemy. Most guys were not interested in anything more than surviving long enough to get back home. Or so i have been told.) So, IMHO embracing a pleasant lie in order to avoid an uncomfortable truth is NOT the way to run a military force.