In the summer of 1993 I was a 1st lieutenant in the army engineers. My unit was on a training exercise in a god-forsaken piece of the high desert. We were going to be out there for two weeks, working by ourselves and in conjunction with other units. Pure field exercise, there wasn't anything around this place for miles. Any entertainment we were going to get would to have to be provided by ourselves.
The first day in we set up our camp and went through all of the usual briefings and discussions. That day is always a pain. It wasn't until 11 that night that everything was settled in and I was finally free of the captain and the xo. Luckily I knew my NCOs would make sure everything was squared away for me. I headed back to my platoon's area to check on things.
My men were relaxing and sitting around shooting the shit. I made a quick glance over, just to be sure that everything looked good. As I'd guessed there wasn't any reason to worry. I stopped and asked a few questions, said hello, all those little things they teach you about interacting with your men. I liked my platoon and got along well the guys. I'm pretty sure they liked me as well.
I made my way over to the tent we used as the platoon command. As I entered my platoon sergeant Jim Henderson started to stand. I cut him off with a quick "as you were." and took a chair myself. Jim was a total professional and one of the best soldiers I've ever served with. He'd done a great deal to get me up to speed after I was assigned the platoon and I really admired him. He was in early thirties then, tall, athletic and with a steady command presence. We all figured he was sure in as the next first sergeant for the company.
I set down the next day's operation orders on the table between us. He picked it up and gave it a quick once over.
Then he looked over at me and with a bit of a resigned look said "Well Sir, I figure we should probable take a drive over and check out the site for that tank ditch we have to dig."
I smiled and responded "Yes, better check it out now, it's going to be a bitch to get it ready in the time the CO gave us."
I heard a groan from PFC Kerr, my driver. He started to roll off the cot he'd clearly just recently stretched on.
"Stay where you are Kerr." Sgt Henderson said, "We can drive ourselves."
Kerr thanked him and rolled back over. Jim grabbed his gear and rifle and headed out the tent to our humvee. He hoped in the driver seat and started her up. I climbed in and we headed out.
He looked over at me and smiled "Figured you'd want this to be a private recon Lt."
"Yes, that sounds good to me"
We drove out a couple of miles into the desert, reaching the small gap in the ridgeline where the exercise would be taking place. We parked our vehicle and walked out a ways. There was nothing and no one around at all. Perfect place really.
I turned around to see Jim tossing a blanket onto the ground behind a small group of scrub bushes. "This looks good to me Sir." He said with a laugh.
I walked back over to him, watching him in the moonlight. His close cut brown hair and dark eyes were clear in the bright silver light. It made his skin just glow. As I approached he was pulling off his top, revealing his t-shirt tight over his chest.
He slipped his arms around my waist as soon as I got near him. He pulled me close his mouth quickly pressed to my lips. He kissed me hard, his tongue dancing over mine. I felt his hands move down my back grabbing the cheeks of my ass. I loved how his hard body felt pressed into mine.