{"id":15889,"date":"2020-03-04T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T18:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/?p=15889"},"modified":"2020-07-06T18:50:04","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T01:50:04","slug":"guest-repost-hug-a-gi-day-by-paula-cas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/guest-repost-hug-a-gi-day-by-paula-cas\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Repost: Hug a GI Day by Paula Cas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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March 4 \u2013 National Hug A GI Day<\/p>\n

Sylum Snippet by Paula Cas<\/p>\n

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Bored \u2026 Bored \u2026 Bored \u2026 Though being bored while traveling through a war zone was not a bad thing, but it felt like his bones were rattling inside his skin. He shifted in his seat trying to get all the extra gear to settle on his stocky frame. Scanning his surroundings, he found nothing had changed from the previous scans he\u2019d done during the seven hour ride.<\/p>\n

Not used to doing nothing and being in full combat gear for extended periods of time, he tried not to fidget and tug at straps and buckles, while wishing he could pull out one of the cigars carefully wrapped against breakage in one of the pockets somewhere in his vest \u2026 Instead he took a bottle of water from his aide and stared out the side window instead of the back of the deuce and half they\u2019d followed from Baghdad.<\/p>\n

~ \u2022 ~ \u2022 ~<\/p>\n

The radio crackled on the table across from where he was studying maps in comparison to the reports in his hand.<\/p>\n

\u201cDust cloud heading this way approximately ten klicks out.\u201d<\/p>\n

His aide didn\u2019t even look up from his reading. \u201cSupply convoy. It\u2019s on the calendar.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGod forbid we get a fly-in like everyone else.\u201d The General muttered as the radio operator relayed the message.<\/p>\n

\u201cIndiscriminate anti-aircraft fire.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like to show them what to do with that.\u201d He growled.<\/p>\n

Satisfied that his maps and reports were up-to-date, he returned to his office \u2026 His aide passing him papers to read as they walked.<\/p>\n

Settled with a fresh pot of coffee and his computer, he started wading through the pages of emails that bureaucrats loved sending soldiers in the field trying to tell him how to do the job he\u2019d been doing since 1840. He snorted at the continued hubris of politicians. His thoughts were interrupted when the smell of cigar tickled his sensitive nose. His soldiers smoked a lot of things in their off hours, but none of them smoke cigars with that particular scent.<\/p>\n

He walked around his desk to track down the source of the smell when a flurry of activity shattered the quiet of his office. Before he could demand answers, he was engulfed in a hug that surrounded him in the smell of cigar and Mate.<\/p>\n

\u201cUly?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou expecting someone else that would do this, Cump \u2026\u201d Lips covered his and he was lost to everything else.<\/p>\n

When he recovered his wits, his Mate had stripped off his protective armor and was poking around Sherman\u2019s office. The two Generals caught each other up on what was happening in their respective commands and any gossip from home. Finally, their aides quit fluttering around like nervous wrens and left the two men alone.<\/p>\n

\u201cDamn, I hate strapping all that stuff on just to take a ride through the countryside.\u201d Grant grumbled as he helped himself to a cup of coffee.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot that I\u2019m not glad to see you, but what are you doing leaving Bagdad to spend the bigger part of two days cooped up in an APC?\u201d<\/p>\n

Chuckling Ulysses S. Grant set his cup down on the desk and pulled his Mate to his chest.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s National Hug A GI Day. You just happen to be the GI I wanted to hug.\u201d<\/p>\n

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