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There's some Military Dudes & Dudettes here! But I'll let them speak up for themselves! PROPS TO THEM!...SPI wonder, if anyone here has gone to war area? Such as Iraq War, Syria War etc
No matter as soldier, journalist, civilian(who lives there) or even traveller.
I was deployed to the Iraq during the war in 2006-07 right before and around the troop surge. First of all the whole country was a giant garbage can and smelled like burnt tires and we all took turns at toxic burn pits filled with garbage and shit. It was insanely hot like up to 130 degrees in the summer months. I was infantry and would be rotated on various duties like operating checkpoints and checking for car-bombs, the odd shift on guard, taking turns as QRF- Quick Reaction Force in the city. The worst thing I saw was when a suicide bomber blew up like 40 people in the city and we were the first soldiers to arrive afterwards, saw many dead bodies, was a crazy time. Handful of missions to check buildings/search for weapons caches, detaining suspected enemy forces, doing security, protecting the translator. Pulled my gun quite a few times at checkpoints, fired 2 rounds the entire time never shot or directly killed a single person. We all felt the fear during convoys because of IEDs. Nobody in my platoon was lost or even hurt if I remember correctly. 2 died in the whole company, 1 was an accident. Riding through the crowded cities in the humvees on the m2 .50 cal made my balls feel like concrete, it all felt very surreal, even convoys in the desert. There are literally sand people out there living like it's the 1st century. It's nothing like the movies. I had a really bad time there and just hated it, wanted out like you couldn't believe.
Yep US Army Infantry 1st ADWhich military?
US?
Did u ever find them weapons of mass destruction?I was deployed to the Iraq during the war in 2006-07 right before and around the troop surge. First of all the whole country was a giant garbage can and smelled like burnt tires and we all took turns at toxic burn pits filled with garbage and shit. It was insanely hot like up to 130 degrees in the summer months. I was infantry and would be rotated on various duties like operating checkpoints and checking for car-bombs, the odd shift on guard, taking turns as QRF- Quick Reaction Force in the city. The worst thing I saw was when a suicide bomber blew up like 40 people in the city and we were the first soldiers to arrive afterwards, saw many dead bodies, was a crazy time. Handful of missions to check buildings/search for weapons caches, detaining suspected enemy forces, doing security, protecting the translator. Pulled my gun quite a few times at checkpoints, fired 2 rounds the entire time never shot or directly killed a single person. We all felt the fear during convoys because of IEDs. Nobody in my platoon was lost or even hurt if I remember correctly. 2 died in the whole company, 1 was an accident. Riding through the crowded cities in the humvees on the m2 .50 cal made my balls feel like concrete, it all felt very surreal, even convoys in the desert. There are literally sand people out there living like it's the 1st century. It's nothing like the movies. I had a really bad time there and just hated it, wanted out like you couldn't believe.
What city did you spend the most time in?I was deployed to the Iraq during the war in 2006-07 right before and around the troop surge. First of all the whole country was a giant garbage can and smelled like burnt tires and we all took turns at toxic burn pits filled with garbage and shit. It was insanely hot like up to 130 degrees in the summer months. I was infantry and would be rotated on various duties like operating checkpoints and checking for car-bombs, the odd shift on guard, taking turns as QRF- Quick Reaction Force in the city. The worst thing I saw was when a suicide bomber blew up like 40 people in the city and we were the first soldiers to arrive afterwards, saw many dead bodies, was a crazy time. Handful of missions to check buildings/search for weapons caches, detaining suspected enemy forces, doing security, protecting the translator. Pulled my gun quite a few times at checkpoints, fired 2 rounds the entire time never shot or directly killed a single person. We all felt the fear during convoys because of IEDs. Nobody in my platoon was lost or even hurt if I remember correctly. 2 died in the whole company, 1 was an accident. Riding through the crowded cities in the humvees on the m2 .50 cal made my balls feel like concrete, it all felt very surreal, even convoys in the desert. There are literally sand people out there living like it's the 1st century. It's nothing like the movies. I had a really bad time there and just hated it, wanted out like you couldn't believe.
Depends where it hits you. Not all deaths are instantaneous.you never hear the bullet that kills you.
I wonder, if anyone here has gone to war area? Such as Iraq War, Syria War etc
No matter as soldier, journalist, civilian(who lives there) or even traveller.
I was tasked with being part of an armed patrol through Tuzla and it was interesting to see a city ruined by the wrath of war. Bullet-riddled buildings and mostly farmers. Children were always begging us for food, trying to sell us liquor and their sisters. It was a unique time for a young man learning the ways of the world.
Looking back, it was the best experience I could have had at that time. I could have gotten in to quite a bit of trouble because the opportunities were there, but I was still pure at that time. So many temptations......
Have you seen corpses there?Deployed to Bosnia in 1998 as part of Stabilization Force (SFOR), which was the second installment of NATO troops in the former Yugoslavia. The Croats and Serbians were slaughtering the Bosnian minority over a disagreement in religion. The Bosnians are white Muslims while the Croats and Serbians were Christians. Prior to our arrival, the US had used depleted uranium bunker buster bombs and other arsenal to break-up some of the major fighting. When I arrived, everything was set-up for us and it was a fun deployment.
I was tasked with being part of an armed patrol through Tuzla and it was interesting to see a city ruined by the wrath of war. Bullet-riddled buildings and mostly farmers. Children were always begging us for food, trying to sell us liquor and their sisters. It was a unique time for a young man learning the ways of the world.
Looking back, it was the best experience I could have had at that time. I could have gotten in to quite a bit of trouble because the opportunities were there, but I was still pure at that time. So many temptations......
No corpses. All that stuff was cleaned up prior to me getting there. The first US troops were sent to Bosnia in 1995. I was there in 1998.Deployed to Bosnia in 1998 as part of Stabilization Force (SFOR), which was the second installment of NATO troops in the former Yugoslavia. The Croats and Serbians were slaughtering the Bosnian minority over a disagreement in religion. The Bosnians are white Muslims while the Croats and Serbians were Christians. Prior to our arrival, the US had used depleted uranium bunker buster bombs and other arsenal to break-up some of the major fighting. When I arrived, everything was set-up for us and it was a fun deployment.
Have you seen corpses there?
its called F/L/H man...war area
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