Yeah, Burke I mostly dismissed as a Company puke. But between you and Gorman, talk about mixed signals. Everything about you was saying it was serious and maybe we should have brought backup. But on the other hand, the Corps doesn't have a habit of sending green Lieutenants on missions that have a chance of going fubar at the drop of a hat, even with a Sergeant as experienced as Apone. Not on their own anyway. Usually they send at least a Captain along as well. I'm guessing Burke undersold the possible trouble in a major way for the Corps to screw one that up. Least they sent the damn cavalry later on.
Helping out the way you did went down well too. Not many civvies do that.