So the last couple days have been nuts. everyday we have been shot at with IEDs going off all around us. its heating up in mosul. Since our Iraqi guys are the ones being attacked we roll out in the kill zone and help fight them off. it really does feel like the movies and all you can do is to stay calm, think, and remember your training. usually its one of our check points or smaller iraqi bases in the city that get hit by complex attacks from IEDs, small arms fire, and snipers. the problem is that they hide and blend in the locals and are hard as hell to find during and after they attack. Our team has kinda been like a QRF (quick reaction force) that goes and hunts the attackers down instead of a back seat advisor. I can say that this war is real now, attacking the will of the people of mosul to fight back. those trying to help are being hunted and murdered. we had a couple dudes getting executed right down the street from our location and we were the first on the seen. we chased a sniper for blocks after he got a couple shots at us. Its real. Our team has proven to be a show-stopper for the insurgents and run when they see us coming. It really is something from the movies. We did get a couple of bad guys and processed them but there are plenty more. Our Iraqi unit did however take a couple KIAs and WIAs and ask that you pray for them for and there families, and hope that their loss will further fuel the anti-terrorist fire.
Its like the war has weeded out all the stupid bad guys and the smart ones are left. But we'll get them.
I wrote earlier about the Kurds and the ways they protect their own. Well that is good and bad. I mean if you had Mafia down your street, sure they take care of their own, but at what price? taking matters into their own hands with disregard for the law. Its a double edged sword and we are caught in the middle. Hard to blame them, considering their past, but it still needs a great deal of work. Its all they have known and been able to trust. Thats just a little of what i can say about that.
yea- its been a crazy a week and I dont doubt its far from over. And thank God they cant shoot bc i prob wouldnt be writing this.
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You are in our prayers!! We do appreciate what you and all of your guys and soldiers are doing for us to sit comfy at home. We will continue to pray for all.. Love bon
Clint:
You are a lucky guy? Here we are sitting at home with no excitement - well, we did get the outside of the house painted and watched some paint dry - that's pretty exciting.
They say, and its been my experience, that war is 90% boredom and 10% pure excitement...sounds like its opposite for you and don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see when you in action.
Played golf tonight with Osso, he asked about you and I filled him in...he sends his best.
Stay alert and aim strait. No collateral damage.
Love, Dad
Whoa -- could have gone all day w/out this dose of reality.... But thank you so much for the report.
Dad says your having to deal w/ me when you were growing up has actually prepared you well for facing those terrorists....Hmmmm.
We really are praying for those Iraqi families -- the regular ones who just want to raise families and live w/ no chaos & hate...that they will get mad & unite into a "surge" against THUGS in the HOOD. Be well, my son. Love, mom
Every prayer in our house has "bless Uncle Clint in Iraq" in it. (It is pretty cute how Peyton says Iraq) We love you and think of you all the time. Please be safe.
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