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Another long chapter. So far the response to the story has been quite good. I’ve had a few veterans say it reminded them of their service. In a lot of ways, I say two things; thank you for your service and it must have really sucked. My descriptions of what Grim went through are probably not as bad as what it was really like.

Lots of things happen in Chapter 26, and it’s a longer than average chapter. I think for the first time we are seeing the toll that combat takes on a man, and not just in the physical sense. More on this to come. Enjoy!

Now we really start to see the true meaning of the nickname, Grim Reaper. This is a relatively short chapter, but the next one will make up for it. Enjoy!

Here is Chapter 24. It is about to get very, very real for Grim. This is no longer training. Enjoy!

Grim is now in the Army and has found himself assigned to the Fourth of the Fourth, part of the Second Brigade Combat Team. Just like there is no Matucket County in Georgia, there is no Fourth of the Fourth. The Second Brigade consists of all the units I listed, but only has two infantry battalions, not three (as of the time this was written, 2015; since then a third infantry battalion has been added, just not the Fourth of the Fourth.) Otherwise, all descriptions of infantry squads, platoons, companies, etc. are accurate, or at least as accurate as I can make them. I have tried my damnedest to get it right, and if there is an error, it’s on me, not my editors. They suffered massively helping me!

Enjoy!