Reply #47: Cavalry Scout?

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Ummm... OK, I had more than a few guys in my unit who were clearly developmentally disabled, including one guy who would have been called autistic or at least severe Aspberger's if his family could afford to take him to a shrink.

Guys like them want to serve, and that's great. But you find the right role for them. Clerk in HQ company. Signals intel hacker. Not "walking in front of a tank, peeking around the corners of buildings to see if anybody's going to try to blow up the tank". There's this myth that the scout and the point man are cannon fodder. They only are if you want the rest of the patrol to die too. You need your absolute best guy out there.