>>11086531That's awesome.
I remember one field problem where we parked the humvee out in the fucking woods somewhere overlooking what was going to be a battlefield later in the day. It might have been Marne Focus, but anyways 2-7 was supposed to perform a blocking mission across some giant fucking open area.
So I get out and start smoking, checking the area like I usually did, wiping down the headlights, chekcing the tires....and Rutter just sits there. And sat there he doesn't move a muscle. Staring at a map in front of him. He didn't move for literally 45 minutes. So I'm walking around, thinking my battalion commander has passed out or died or some shit and I'm gonna have to get on the horn to Able7 and call him over.
I stood there staring into the humvee, chain-smoking for a good 15 minutes.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, Rutter's hand shoots out, grabs a handset, and starts throwing out a fuckload of orders to every Able element in the area. It was like watching a wizard or some shit. He had been STARING at this map the whole time, planning the entire battle, every fighting position, laying everything out in his head and then stringing it all out in one fuckhuge Op Order to every company commander in the field.
Now, honestly, I thought Rutter was a bit of a dufus. i always did, he was a goofy guy. But he knew how to fight.
