This is not his first rodeo, Ree thought, as if the way he handled the weapon and moved in the armor left any doubt. Most armchair generals and old-school miniature geeks didn’t have practical experience in battle because really, in twenty-first-century America, most people didn’t have combat experience, unless you were in gangland or live on a military base. But Grognard talked like a veteran sergeant or master chief. “Got it?” he asked. Everyone nodded.