This is why officers should just stay in the office

Shannon Corbeil
Jan 28, 2019 6:39 PM PST
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Army Sgt. David Logan Nye just wanted to do his job during his first combat deployment. But that’s not how the military works. <p class="shortcode-media shortcode-medi…

Army Sgt. David Logan Nye just wanted to do his job during his first combat deployment.


But that's not how the military works.

Who needs a metal detector when you have hopes and dreams? (Go90 No Sh*t There I Was Screenshot)

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In this episode of No Sh*t There I Was, Nye sets off on a fools-errand with a bunch of high brass and a very stressed out guy charged with detecting IEDs. When they hear a call on the radio that a potential insurgent is fleeing a checkpoint, they take off running to intercept — leaving the metal detector behind.

"Pass the guy protecting us from IEDs...because there are too many probable IEDs on the ground...?" Nye's inner monologue reflects that of everyone who has ever had to deal with an overly-enthusiastic boss.

Luckily, the rag-tag group of heroes didn't encounter any IEDs that day, but they did stumble upon something else much more...groovy? Check out the video at the top to see what it was.

Oh, and to my fellow officers out there, let's try to get in the way of the experts a little less, shall we?

Watch more No Sh*t There I Was:

Why it sucks to report to the 'Good Idea Fairy'

A Ranger describes what being a 'towed jumper' is actually like

Why you should never run through smoke you didn't throw

Smooth talking your way through gear turn-in is a stinky proposition

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