Too many clowns who’ve “deployed” but never even seen a combat patrol, let alone combat, think they can moralize via long distance. I’ve seen it before (in my Career Course class). The constant mental strain of waiting to get hit, knowing that it could come at any time, knowing that you’ll likely never even see direct enemy contact since they know better than to engage you like that...it takes a major toll after a few months.
I don’t like to play the “I was there, you weren’t” card, but it’s really something you just can’t know unless you experience it. He did it three times and was well under way for a fourth. We had guys killed and limbs blown off in our deployment. We had guys up and quit on the spot b/c they couldn’t take the stress. We saw the charred corpses of other Soldiers, dead kids, the looks of sheer hatred from the populace we were supposedly there to help.
He took every bit of it. Everyone has their breaking point.
Sincere thanks for your report.
Roger I am with you. I was Boots on the ground in Arab Jabour and the Rashids my second go around and Mahmudiyah my first time. Both times I carried the SAW even though the second time I went as a reclass Intell chogie. Collection outside the wire was the best way for me to aim the proverbial tip of the spear to insure we got the bad guys according to the info I collected. My first tour was as a Medic and I am sure you can appreciate the OPSEC on me not giving any more on here but my name comes from my time of being with the Cav Scouts.
I hope he gets treated better in a real court than what he is getting in the court of public MSM opinion. Thanks for this amazing character witness for those of us flying in the dark trying everything we can to defend an obvious stellar guy!
People should live by “Dont judge a man til you walked a mile in his shoes”.
I doubt the real truth will ever be told by this regime about this. They will lie,cheat and steal on a epic level to conceal the truth.
Military people beware: You have no friends with this admin.
This happened in my son’s AO, just up the road in fact..the 2nd ID is relieving them.
Nobody hears of Panjwaii..I know, I googled it when my son got there......It is HELL! There is not a reporter in the world that will go there. After 11 mos. I know what this Soldier was up against! He and his family are in our prayers.