Originally Posted by Officer of Engineers

Horrifying? Not anywhere near what we're suffering in Afghanistan right now. Still, we saw alot of section level combat. I've received fire and I've returned fire.

I've been shot at so many times that I did not flinch anymore when bullets fly by my head. You learn if there's a bullet for you, there's nothing you can do to stop it. By the same token, all other bullets are going to miss. Doesn't mean you're going to be stupid but it also means I'm not going to panic just because a gun went off.

All that, however, is a soldier's job and I don't have anything to complain about. What really ... hurt for a lack of better word ... is that grandmothers would turn away children just because they're not the same clan.

The thugs we can handle. The angry grandmothers who don't want enemy children in their sights? That's alot more difficult.