Camaraderie

I heard a story on the radio today of an AWOL soldier who had fled from Fort Carson was finally taken into custody by the military here in Utah.

Accompanied by two military officials, Pvt. Terrance Hilton would be escorted back to Colorado Springs. Clad in waist cuffs Hilton managed to escape the clutch of his captors during a layover in Denver.

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So how does a man in waist cuffs escape some of the best trained officers we have? I could understand this guy evading any of the graduates from the police academy movies, but not military officers in a crowded airport with plenty of witnesses to help narrow down the search.

This guy has got to feel like a dirt bag though, as soon as he learns of his infantry's fate. Hilton is a member of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. It was this division that suffered 8 casualties in a recent skirmish in Afghanistan.

Dishonoring your country and abandoning your comrades is such a cheap way to beat death.