My mother was a Civil Service Mathematician working for the Navy. She used to write instructions for the fleet on the deployment of new systems. She said the hardest part of the job was preparing casualty probability estimates knowing that in the field Commanders would at least partially rely on those estimates in decisions regarding deployment of a given system. She told me that she did the best she could but it never ceased to bother her that she had some involvement in deployments resulting in casualties.
I'm astonished that the combat pay did not disappear when combat status ended. I guess they wanted someone to reup. I'm surprised, Will, that only the pols were immoral in your combat story.
My mother was a Civil Service Mathematician working for the Navy. She used to write instructions for the fleet on the deployment of new systems. She said the hardest part of the job was preparing casualty probability estimates knowing that in the field Commanders would at least partially rely on those estimates in decisions regarding deployment of a given system. She told me that she did the best she could but it never ceased to bother her that she had some involvement in deployments resulting in casualties.
Writing is your gift. Always insightful.
I'm astonished that the combat pay did not disappear when combat status ended. I guess they wanted someone to reup. I'm surprised, Will, that only the pols were immoral in your combat story.
Give it time. I'll have more to follow.
Worth reading. Thank you.