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"What? To shreds, you say? Well, that's what he gets for mouthing off to the battalion S-3."

"Good. Very good. Maybe you are actually understanding what the personnel regulations are there to safeguard. Keep it up and you might salvage a career out of this trainwreck just yet."

"You goddamn shavetail sonofabitch, do you seriously not get how building esprit de corps by aggressively taking care of the pilots' needs and morale would lead to Hansen getting promoted to squadron command sooner than you?"

"I don't fucking care who the pilot was before their enlistment, what you did is a court-martial offense…no, no I don't want to hear it, Captain. You are going to spend the rest of this tour in the stockade. Now, march."

"Do not test me, Lieutenant, and do not violate Handler doctrine or military law again. Break another pilot, and I will unmake you."

"You will remove your cover in this office and stand at parade rest, Captain. This is a disciplinary hearing, and I am not one of your pilots, I am your fucking battalion CO. You are not the god of this unit, you are one of several Handlers, and I *will* replace you. Is that clear?"

"Well, sir, you can see in my record that I'm prior enlisted-- I applied to Handler School after basic officer training so that I could be the responsible Handler mine should've been. And by gods that is what I intend to become."

"It's alright, kid. They've been reassigned pending disciplinary action. You're safe now. The private here will see you to the chow hall, and after that, we'll convene for the debriefing. Rest assured, your former handler will face consequences."