Word: platooned
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...merry men on New York's trains. Perhaps the T's age is gone; maybe that of the D C Metro has succeeded. But, fortunately, the T is safely encased below Boston, and its glory will not fade anytime soon--at least, not so long as every small platoon of liberty, the unique stations, musicians and the rest, remain. Boston had the best subway at the beginning of the 20th century, and the same is true at the beginning of the 21st...
...anywhere - I mean anywhere - without a "battle buddy" and you're at the mercy of any drill sergeant who happens by; technically you can be considered AWOL for walking past the barracks alone. Inside, there is someone everywhere; outside, the PX across the street is unattainable without a whole platoon of your fellow soldiers and a drill sergeant or two to help them in line...
...Sunday, and the platoon was stuck with a training session because Saturday had been swallowed up in 16 hours of KP duty...
...laser-based sighting technique that's supposed to speed up the calibration and learning process. Our one day with it proved only that the drill sergeants aren't any better at learning our tricks than we are - and probably worse. It was total chaos, and half our platoon never even got to switch the things...
...platoon was about half white, another third Hispanic, and the rest black. All classes (except rich kids), all ages (17-28), all parts of the country, from the Bronx to North Dakota to Southern California. Some smart kids, most who didn't have "school" but wanted it, some who'd gone there and dropped out for all the usual follies...