Table of Contents
  - 29 JUN 07
- 29 JUL 07
- 06 OCT 07
- 01 NOV 07
- 01 DEC 07 (NEW!)
 
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
"It has been a grueling and seemingly endless five months of training and preparation. I have finally said my farewells and embarked on this the journey to end all journeys..
"The worst flavor of IED is known as an EFP, or Explosively Formed Projectile, which seems to act like kryptonite against the toughest of our vehicle’s armor. These little bad boys consist of 2-inch thick copper..
"My gunner opens fire with the humbling M240B 7.62mm machine gun putting perfect lines of laser-like tracer rounds into the dirt just a few feet behind the pickup’s rear bumper. Normally in that situation, we would shoot to disable...
“Hey Sarnt, I think someone is shooting at us.”  The driver of my humvee is peering out his side window in awe of the laser-like tracer rounds as they whip across the hood of our vehicle.  “Are you sure their even shooting at us?”
   
“MEDIC!!” We echo the order to one of Bravo’s medics just arriving on scene.  Un-intimidated by the grotesqueness of the carnage, the medic runs up and immediately begins checking for vitals.  “He’s got a real weak pulse and it seems to...

blog counter