I Don't Think I Can Appreciate This, Nor Anyone That Has Not Been In Combat

[Annie]

I'm posting this in military, though it probably should be in WOT. I just think it will be more appreciated here.

http://www.michaelyon.blogspot.com/?BMIDS=17063506-1b6a7c54-76337

Mosul, Iraq


Combat comes unexpectedly, even in war.

On Monday, while conducting operations in west Mosul, a voice came over the radio saying troops from our brother unit, the 3-21, were fighting with the enemy in east Mosul on the opposite side of the Tigris River. Moments later, SSG Will Shockley relayed word to us that an American soldier was dead. We began searching for the shooters near one of the bridges on our side of the Tigris, but they got away. Jose L. Ruiz was killed in action...

It's long...

 

[kurtsprincess]

No we certainly can't........but Yon certainly helps bring us closer to what our guys are going through on a daily basis over there.

Thanks for the link Kathianne.

 

[NATO AIR]

I read that about two or three times, talk about a hell of a writer and an authentic account of what its really like out there.

Yon is a no-joke freaking ass-kicking writer and journalist. Can I get him to go to Darfur or Zimbabwe next?