My father once discovered that one cannot "walk off" gangrene. - James Nicoll

, who if I recall correctly is a veteran of the Korean conflict, does mention logistical details more often than I expect in MilSF. Not the fun kind of logistics, involving the production of a million zillion Squamoid Hypermissiles, but the mundane sort, like who gets to dig the latrines. Latrines are not romantic, but nobody wants a battle called off because the men all have dysentery and are too busy shitting blood to fight.

Hell, Chuck Yeager could do it in his sleep while on fire, I'm sure.

I think once you start eating people you should stop claiming to be a vegetarian, even if you only eat bad people.