My Promotions

This dream occurred (sp?) around April 20ish, 2005. I was in the army. At war actually. Probably the Vietnam war. I was a commanding officer as well. I think maybe a colonel. We were fighting the Viet Cong in a battle, and we were doing quite well. My task was to watch over my platoon and promote those who did well. So I did that. Every time someone was promoted they were to return to the fort. Later on, after some promotions, I went back to the fort to see that everything was alright. I went there and noticed that there were a lot of soldiers there, soldiers that I promoted. I approved of my talented crew and figured the battle was ours. Then one of my recently promoted fighters entered the fort. He was reloading his gun and screaming at me. "You're promoting too many people. We're getting killed out there. You're being too nice!" I looked outside and noticed the Viet Cong reinforcements. I just sat there while this soldier yelled at me for promoting people for petty successes. I did nothing. Then I woke up ashamed.