09/27/2021
I was the company armor when I was in. Great additional duty for a medic. I remember this one time I had just got all four of my wisdom teeth pulled and felt high as a kite on pain meds. My 1st Sergeant comes gets me out of the barracks to open the arms room. I’m like, “First Sergeant, I cannot open up the arms room, I’m high!” He proceeds to motivate me to get up, get dressed, and walks me down to the company area to open the arms room. I was terrified I’d mess up the codes. If I was off by even 1 number, the MPs (Military Police) would be there in a heartbeat! Thankfully, I closed one eye, attempted to stop swaying long enough to get the arms room open. I don’t remember what was so important that it couldn’t wait, but I’m just glad the MPs weren’t called.
~Marco Perez, 1st Cavalry Division