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Early GWOT guys... Check in.
Any early GWOT guys here? Running convoys north from the port in Umm Qsar Port near Basra... Welded on armor on gun trucks, sand bags in the floor. Massive firefights from convoy attacks. Signs on the back of the convoy letting everyone know we shoot if you get closer. ROE's that were loose. Going cylic on the M249 after an IED strike providing covering fire. Gun fights on MSR Tampa....
I was 19 in 03' on the initial invasion. 29 on my last deployment on 13' to Kabul where a Afghan pilot turned on us. Forced to live w/ the ANA for 8 months. They would turn on us... worst deployment out of 8 deployments in terms of being super sketchy.....
u/midwest_on_grain — 20 minutes ago