The helicopter lifted off immediately.  Chavez fell hard onto the steel deck, where Vega grabbed him.  Ramirez came down next to him, then rose and followed Zimmer forward! 'A green lieutenant and a green squad leader is too much burden for any platoon to bear' - that's what the new S-3 said.  He was out with us.  Of course, the captain didn't exactly see it that way.  Lost a little weight yesterday - he chewed off a piece of my ass for me.  God, I wish I had Chavez back.
Huh?
Squad leader I lost.  He - that's the odd part.  He was supposed to go to a basic-training center as an instructor, but seems he got lost.  The S-3 says he was in Panama a few weeks ago.  Had my platoon sergeant try to track him down, see what the hell was going on - he's still my man, you know? Robby nodded.  He understood?