3-7 CAV

While stationed in Ft Stewart GA I was one of the luckiest soldiers ever. I had the best NCO channel and some of the best officers I have ever seen in my 8 years of service. One of the guys in my platoon was having some severe issues at home and trying to deal with the loss of friends from his recent deployment. He got terrible intoxicated and went AWOL. Normally he was one of the go to soldiers we had. Our command was shocked and had no idea what to do. They got together and called him. The soldier knew he was in trouble and did not want to answer the phone calls. They left him a message saying that if he was to answer the call they would work it out. They ended up putting him on an illegal as hell four day pass giving him 2 days to work things out and get back to work. When the soldier came back he was as grateful as could be. This is the greatest example of looking out for your soldier as I have ever seen. Also why I today say that 3-7 Cav was one of the best units the Army ever had.