4 ms·

Also there is a comment by Major Winters that this is a stupid rule, because Lipton is one of the best and most respected platoon leads in the company.

• sorokod 3y ago
  True, Winters indeed said that but the interesting question is why would the Army have such a policy in the first place (I assume that here as in other things BoB sticks to the realities of the time).
  • pbae 3y ago
    The new LT would have to continue to interact with SNCOs in the battalion who had outranked him, which might cause friction.
  • esafak 3y ago
    Emotional detachment? Military officers have to send their troops into harm's way.