CHAPTER 8
Be All … There
One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.
—E. M. FORSTER
“All present and accounted for, sir!” It was the roll call response a platoon leader would give the military company commander to signal that no one in the platoon was absent and all soldiers were in formation. As an army platoon leader, I remember it was expected the phrase be spoken loudly and with authority … like a pledge or guarantee. Then I took over an army reconnaissance unit and the phrase had a new meaning.
My 82nd Airborne commander instructed his unit leaders to put an emphasis on the word “present.” It was an emotional roll call that communicated the entire unit was in their most gung ho, “warrior” frame of mind and ready ...
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