Patrol Duty on a Dust Ball, usual sights really for a recently inhabitable terraform. All the corporations want a slice of the new minerals or action made available. The workers were exploited but they earn their living and throw it up the wall of an evening. Bar Brawls are not unusually high but there seems to be a rough element with a grudge against the Marine Corp. It was hard going and dangerous but was able to infiltrate the bad element. We found out that their ring leader was Bunion, he had escaped from a Penal Colony and was looking for revenge.
Looking for that golden opportunity wasn't hard these rough necks were planning riot after riot and all was aimed at crippling as many of the Marine Corp. as possible. Got word back to Tibbs' on the next strike of the rebels. It couldn't have gone sweeter, a few citizens were injured but I made sure that Bunion got it right between the eyes. After Bunion was taken out the rest of the rabble drifted apart with no one to lead them. Tibbs and I managed to get the Group Award for that little show.
I was promoted to Master Sergeant, it had taken me six years to make up for my misdemeanour in my first tour of duty.