In Battalion, Misery is served in a thousand ways.
Misery is served in buckets of rain and hours of wind. Unyielding, soul-******* cold and wet. Porous jungle boots that invite the frigid water in and soften your feet for a relentless 30 mile march.
Misery is served in a stifling aircraft flying Nap of the Earth. A nauseating rollercoaster ride that never fails to elicit chain reaction vomiting from the paratroopers rigged to jump.
Misery is served at pool PT When your arms and legs feel like lead and drowning is a better alternative than the aquatic torture that you’re enduring.
Misery is served during blistering Company runs led by the Commander who was a college decathlete. Runs where the strongest of us pulled aside, emptied our stomachs, and rejoined the formation.
Misery is served by no warning alerts separating families and lovers for indefinite periods, sometimes forever.
Misery is served by the Spec 4 Mafia Unleashing Hell on new Rangers testing their threshold for ****.
Misery is served by road marches, prickly heat, Black Palm, and sawgrass. It’s served by desert heat, Arctic cold, and the stench of the world’s worst places.
Misery is served by the loss of brothers in war and training, gone too soon to join the Great Ranger in the Sky.
Through it all, misery hardened my body and strengthened my soul. It made me a warrior and ushered me into a Brotherhood that will be with me until we all sit at the great table in Valhalla.
So on this Veteran’s Day Embrace the **** Endure the pain Invite the Misery For that’s what makes us Men amongst Men