“Gleeson, we’re ready for the det cord,” our squad leader said, telling me to ready the detonation cord used to connect multiple explosive devices. “Roger that, stand by,” I replied, quickly digging into my pack. Then digging a little further. Then a bit further. Fuck! Oh shiiiiiiiit. “Gleeson hurry up, bro!” he said again. “Dude, I can’t find it. No idea what happened. I know I packed it!” I responded with a nice blend of panic and utter embarrassment. Luckily our philosophy is two is one, one is none. One of the other guys in the squad passed forward the det cord he had packed. We set the
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