What Reiji is saying is that his company was made up of people who the army and society at large found less desirable that the red blooded patriots.
What do you mean by that?These days we are carrying the responsibility of national defense! I will protect this country as best as I can!...They were not the bunch to call themselves patriots, though.Eh?If they were, they wouldn't have ended up in that platoon in the first place.Nothing subtle.N, nice to meet you! Aviation cruiser Suzuya, reporting!