captain_spalding said:

Kingy said:

captain_spalding said:

An order for which no-one required clarification, i presume.

I did have to make loud noises to the guys on the end of the fire hoses a couple of times, in order to make them listen to me.

I do not normally yell at the vollies, I encourage them, and guide them, but I do tell them during training that I would only yell at them to listen to me when I YELL AT THEM.

It is only to save their lives, (or to give me an alibi when they don’t make it out).

I used to tell people ‘served under me’ that my primary goal was to keep them alive and safe.

They would beam at this, and then i’d tell them that it was because i dreaded the amount of paperwork that their demise(s) would generate.

Yep.

Also the lack of sleep.

And the paperwork, court cases, investigations, etc.