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Needed leadership and they needed a morale boost. the second reason was more on the personal side. i needed to know for myself as an infantry officer that i would be mentally capable of continuing to perform my duties as an infantry officer. you can say you're fine all you want back in the states, but the true test happens when you are sitting in that truck and you are ready to leave the fob to go out on a mission again, and i thought i was fine up until the point that i left the wire at which point my first patrol back i completely froze up. >> once again. captain mantz preparing to return to...