I did not realize that some platoons deploy to non combat environments Even when there is combat going on and that was a surprise to me Not exactly what I expected But I'm a new guy and so you just you go where you're told. Platoons don't often get to control where they deploy even the commanding officerThe team doesn't get to control that there's a there's a strong element of chance in all this stuff, he says.

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