Sgt. Capwell said:
Anyone who’s spent some time in leadership in the 29th can tell you, your enjoyment of that position can depend greatly on who is assigned as your counterpart. I was quite lucky in this respect as I landed with 2Lt. Dawdy, who requires no introduction but I’ll do it anyway. 2Lt. has been a fixture in DP3 for a very long time, even before he was moved to platoon and commissioned roughly two years ago he was a well regarded squad leader, who lead by example and ran a damn good squad. He then carried that on after becoming our platoon leader and has guided DP3 through some tough years. So imagine my delight when I found out a month ago that this would be the guy to show me the ropes as I move up to platoon leadership! And since then? Correct, I have been sorely disappointed in every way and my life is now terrible… No of course not, 2Lt. Dawdy has made my transition to platoon HQ extremely smooth both in mentorship on how to get the job done and as acting as a sounding board for all of the ridiculous ideas I constantly throw at him. So, before I waffle on any further and make this quote an essay, thank you for being DP3’s rock, 2Lt. and I count myself lucky to get to learn the job from someone like you. Congratulations on 6 years with the unit, and your 12th AOCC and third WW1VM to celebrate it. Ever forward!
cheers to 6 more bud!