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Show Flying - 116 "Over here," says Tovar pointing to another chart, "we represent the battalion communications network symbolically, like a kind of map. A call might go from here to Atascadero by landline, from there to Korro Bay by radio, and then down to Arroyo Grande by landline again," he says, his finger hopping from point to point. "Looks like the war room at the Pentagon," says John Henry, but Specialist Tovar does not smile, and John Henry feels he has said something wrong. This is not the place for levity. ""Well, it's very complicated," says John Henry. "You will learn it," says Specialist Tovar, laying a fatherly hand on his shoulder. "But you must study hard and practice every day." John Henry wipes the sweat out of his eyes with the back of his hand and looks at Tovar. Is he for real? Could all this be one of O'Connell's jokes? "I must train you to think for yourself," says Specialist Tovar, wagging a finger at him. "Should I become a casualty, you must be able to take over the Systems Control without any loss of efficiency. Without losing a stroke, as they say," says Specialist Tovar allowing himself a smile. It must be one of O'Connell's Jokes. But why pick on me? And how was it done? He looks quite real. "The duty of a good non-commissioned officer," Specialist |
