WAR I
Just a little insight into the difference between last deployment and this one. The stories I'll be writing are all true and every detail is an exact recollection of the events....thats my idea of a "based on a true story" caption.... hahah
Last deployment I met a guy named Baughman. He was a Specialist E-4 type. He was quite the character.
Well we were stringing up C-wire (barbed wire) on top of a section of new wall that kept getting destroyed by the scaling Anti-Iraqi Forces (AIF). We had been at it all day. It must have been 130 degrees so we were taking a risk by not wearing our vests. As i recall we said FUCK THAT!!..SO we take this 5 minute break back when i was a hell of a smoker..He pulls these fresh moist smelling REDS straight from america by way of care package. I said "OH YOU BASTARD" holdin out on me. haha So we sit there staring out at the city from the outside of the wall. Theres about 300 meters to the nearest city building.
We here this whistling its pretty faint and it only lasted about 5 seconds (mortar) For those who dont know are pretty creepy the whining flying handgrenades basically launched from about 400 meters away probably. Anyway we he the whistling well its more of a whoosh/whistle.. And basically it was to late and we had no where to go....
Luckily it hit some soft sand about 45 meters from us...It made a big poof of dust but no explosion. We look at each and say "Holy Shit..." "dude i think i shit my pants" And wouldnt you have it there was an 80 mm Mortar sticking right of the ground waving its retarded tail fin at us. Basically w4e smaked a whole pack of REDS in about 30 min after that... This was many close calls i had not so much for my dear friend Baughman....
One week later Baughman was killed when we were on a patrol on Market street in Bayji, Iraq.
Killed in a complex ambush at high noon by two Anit-Tank grenades thrown at his Humvee. Basically taking off the back of his head...NOT glorious at all but he had all the glory in the world..
REST IN PEACE BROTHER...
Most stories i have end kinda crazy a couple bad and a couple worse but the point is to show the difference between these deployments.
Last deployment I met a guy named Baughman. He was a Specialist E-4 type. He was quite the character.
Well we were stringing up C-wire (barbed wire) on top of a section of new wall that kept getting destroyed by the scaling Anti-Iraqi Forces (AIF). We had been at it all day. It must have been 130 degrees so we were taking a risk by not wearing our vests. As i recall we said FUCK THAT!!..SO we take this 5 minute break back when i was a hell of a smoker..He pulls these fresh moist smelling REDS straight from america by way of care package. I said "OH YOU BASTARD" holdin out on me. haha So we sit there staring out at the city from the outside of the wall. Theres about 300 meters to the nearest city building.
We here this whistling its pretty faint and it only lasted about 5 seconds (mortar) For those who dont know are pretty creepy the whining flying handgrenades basically launched from about 400 meters away probably. Anyway we he the whistling well its more of a whoosh/whistle.. And basically it was to late and we had no where to go....
Luckily it hit some soft sand about 45 meters from us...It made a big poof of dust but no explosion. We look at each and say "Holy Shit..." "dude i think i shit my pants" And wouldnt you have it there was an 80 mm Mortar sticking right of the ground waving its retarded tail fin at us. Basically w4e smaked a whole pack of REDS in about 30 min after that... This was many close calls i had not so much for my dear friend Baughman....
One week later Baughman was killed when we were on a patrol on Market street in Bayji, Iraq.
Killed in a complex ambush at high noon by two Anit-Tank grenades thrown at his Humvee. Basically taking off the back of his head...NOT glorious at all but he had all the glory in the world..
REST IN PEACE BROTHER...
Most stories i have end kinda crazy a couple bad and a couple worse but the point is to show the difference between these deployments.
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