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Offlinesonavapreacha
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Greetings from a war zone!
    #15290050 - 10/28/11 09:16 AM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Well, I am over here in Afghanistan, situated in a remote area, and will be here for nine months, already I have been through some situations that will change me. If you are curious about what is like, I might be able to give you some perspective.

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Re: Greetings from a war zone! [Re: sonavapreacha]
    #15290052 - 10/28/11 09:17 AM (12 years, 5 months ago)

That's intriguing. I'd be interested in hearing your general reflections about the area, in addition to a story or two if you have time.


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Re: Greetings from a war zone! [Re: Rivers and Roads]
    #15290054 - 10/28/11 09:18 AM (12 years, 5 months ago)

What are your views towards the general populace?

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Re: Greetings from a war zone! [Re: sonavapreacha]
    #15290055 - 10/28/11 09:18 AM (12 years, 5 months ago)

What do you do when you're not engaged in war activites?


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Re: Greetings from a war zone! [Re: sonavapreacha] * 4
    #15290058 - 10/28/11 09:19 AM (12 years, 5 months ago)

are afgan hoes easy?

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Re: Greetings from a war zone! [Re: shr]
    #15290089 - 10/28/11 09:33 AM (12 years, 5 months ago)

If you have a camera you should take some pics of the area. Lol are afgan hoes easy


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Re: Greetings from a war zone! [Re: shr]
    #15290093 - 10/28/11 09:35 AM (12 years, 5 months ago)

The local people like us pretty well, we mostly just kind of make sure our area is stable. The local "bad guys" are always hitting us with RPG's and small arms. Me being a medic, I have tended to the local populace and my own guys. The conditions are pretty terrible. The water is unsafe to drink. Mostly, the area we operate in is a sparse farmland. One night while pulling a traffic control point, a vehicle wrecked on a bank of a river, and I had to patch up a busted boys knee. Another time, the "bad guys" had us ambushed in a U-shape, during which a smoke grenade went off in one of the guy's hands'. There was tissue trauma, and I could see underlying tendons, but I was able to patch him up. Apparently, the majority of the populace here have no idea what 9/11 means.

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Re: Greetings from a war zone! [Re: sonavapreacha]
    #15290157 - 10/28/11 09:42 AM (12 years, 5 months ago)

i hear they give medics ketamine to stabalize wounded soldiers "in-shock". so the question is, why aren't you in a khole right now? :specialk:


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Re: Greetings from a war zone! [Re: sonavapreacha]
    #15290161 - 10/28/11 09:43 AM (12 years, 5 months ago)


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Re: Greetings from a war zone! [Re: sonavapreacha]
    #15290173 - 10/28/11 09:45 AM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Quote:

sonavapreacha said:
The local people like us pretty well, we mostly just kind of make sure our area is stable. The local "bad guys" are always hitting us with RPG's and small arms. Me being a medic, I have tended to the local populace and my own guys. The conditions are pretty terrible. The water is unsafe to drink. Mostly, the area we operate in is a sparse farmland. One night while pulling a traffic control point, a vehicle wrecked on a bank of a river, and I had to patch up a busted boys knee. Another time, the "bad guys" had us ambushed in a U-shape, during which a smoke grenade went off in one of the guy's hands'. There was tissue trauma, and I could see underlying tendons, but I was able to patch him up. Apparently, the majority of the populace here have no idea what 9/11 means.




Why are you guys over there, really?

Don't say to stabilize the place, because there are plenty of war zones in Central Africa that could also use stabilization.


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Re: Greetings from a war zone! [Re: sonavapreacha]
    #15290194 - 10/28/11 09:48 AM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Come acroos any Poppy fields yet?


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Re: Greetings from a war zone! [Re: sonavapreacha]
    #15290200 - 10/28/11 09:48 AM (12 years, 5 months ago)

.

Edited by Prisoner#1 (10/28/11 09:53 AM)

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Re: Greetings from a war zone! [Re: Rivers and Roads]
    #15290205 - 10/28/11 09:49 AM (12 years, 5 months ago)

As a medic, have the locals offered you opium?


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Re: Greetings from a war zone! [Re: sonavapreacha] * 4
    #15290222 - 10/28/11 09:52 AM (12 years, 5 months ago)

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that's not afganistan, that's the Mos Eisley space port on Tatooine

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Re: Greetings from a war zone! [Re: Prisoner#1]
    #15290317 - 10/28/11 10:21 AM (12 years, 5 months ago)

The people here smoke hash like it is going out of style. We've been offered some, but gotta decline it. As to why we are here, I can't honestly answer that question, but I am here so I gotta do what I gotta do.

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Re: Greetings from a war zone! [Re: sonavapreacha]
    #15290328 - 10/28/11 10:25 AM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Are you liable to any kind of troubled by posting here from your location?
Do you think if they were aware of your activity here that it may make you prone to random drug tests?

It doesn't look like you're worried either way.

Do you have a strong anxiety about killing or being killed?


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Re: Greetings from a war zone! [Re: Acaterpillar]
    #15290384 - 10/28/11 10:46 AM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Interesting, I've always wondered about these things. I had a good friends of mine, practically a brother, come back from his tour in Iraq about 3 years ago. He came back a completely different person. He never said what happened, I remember him showing me pictures he had taken of of the aftermath of some bombings, pieces of people strewn around and he seemed to find this funny. He was going to clinic for PTSD a few months after he got back and then off'ed himself. Still not sure what really happened there. :shrug:


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Re: Greetings from a war zone! [Re: Prisoner#1]
    #15290391 - 10/28/11 10:49 AM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Quote:

Prisoner#1 said:
Quote:

sonavapreacha said:






that's not afganistan, that's the Mos Eisley space port on Tatooine




:nerd:


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Re: Greetings from a war zone! [Re: Samuel L Jackson]
    #15290462 - 10/28/11 11:15 AM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Hope you make it back safe and sound, mad respect for you guys out there.


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Re: Greetings from a war zone! [Re: sonavapreacha]
    #15290712 - 10/28/11 12:18 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Be safe, and godspeed sonavapreacha.

So far what has been the most profound realization that has came to you since your deployment, and/or what was the "heaviest" (for lack of a better term) event that you've undergone since being there?

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Re: Greetings from a war zone! [Re: Samuel L Jackson]
    #15290742 - 10/28/11 12:27 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Do you feel like you have a better understanding of the world?

Do you think that the military is a good idea?


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Re: Greetings from a war zone! [Re: qmarkball]
    #15290783 - 10/28/11 12:37 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Anyone who is intrigued by what its really like to be in the military over there might I suggest watching the documentary Restrepo. Its on netflix instant. 5 stars


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Re: Greetings from a war zone! [Re: DeathCompany]
    #15290794 - 10/28/11 12:40 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Restrepo is amazing, so powerfull. Best of luck op, stay safe and come home in one piece.


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Re: Greetings from a war zone! [Re: love2shpongleIRL]
    #15291818 - 10/28/11 04:45 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

nevermind the mindfuck of 911 or why you are there, just focus on your duty with all your heart, intelligence and determination

then you wont need luck to be fine

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Re: Greetings from a war zone! [Re: sonavapreacha]
    #15292002 - 10/28/11 05:31 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Thanks for serving .:heart:  What's the signing bonus and benefits these days?  BTW, come home whole, soldier . . . :peace:


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Re: Greetings from a war zone! [Re: vinsue]
    #15292907 - 10/28/11 08:52 PM (12 years, 5 months ago)

Well it's not surprising that the locals don't know about 9/11.  Those people are so used to invaders that it doesn't really matter either way

About how many troops do you reckon use hash or opium? I'm guessing you guys aren't tested; it seems like you're in the middle of nowhere.

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