For Rainbow Snippets
Gunny heads back to the platoon to discover he's missing Marines.
Gunny counted ten men staring at him from formation. By his count, he was missing about forty-five men including his squad leaders and his staff sergeant. How in the hell could you lose forty-five Marines? “Marianus!”
“Yes, sir?” A nervous Lance Corporal stepped forward.
He was the highest-ranking noncom at the moment. Gunny’s eyes narrowed. And the Lance Corporal blanched.