I was a pretty boy in a blue uniform for most of my Army time, though I did get to spend some lovely time in Africa getting shot at, just to prove that no matter how bad it gets, you can add bullets to make it worse. I wouldn't consider 'The Old Guard' an easy assignment. 12+hr workdays, 3000+ funerals (by my own count), insufferable perfection considered 'normal', and pretty much no recongnition at all. It's unsurprising to me at least that there were over 150 divorces and 13 suicide attempts (9 successful) in my 2yrs stationed there, this from a unit size of only 750 or so.
