04-11-2014, 11:38 PM
I have been in protracted firefights (longest was 8.5hours), I'll tell you from my experience, the weight isnt on your mind, its the edge your focused on, how can I get them to stop shooting, how can I keep my buddies safe, when was the last time that guy has scanned his sector.... a million other things immediately after the world shrinks and closes in on you (anyone who has been in the situation will know what I mean) It feels like being in a cage, I have been trapped on 3 sides in the Ganjagal Valley 4 months after Dakota Meyer and the rest of the ETT was trapped, I met them and they had Vodka and Cigars with me right after that happened (I was part of follow up debriefing team) We didnt learn crap from them because we did the same stupid crap 4 months later. The taliban commander learned something because we got hit by 250+ the next time and our dumb a$$es only brought 32 guys including terps. I was almost throwing fists with the commander over it the day before because he decided to go when I told him that if he took his guys in there, they would all die... I told him if he went anyway, he had to take me because I would have Air setup ahead of time (Which I did, 7 layers of it) My team alone expended 3200 Rounds in 8.5 hours, all small arms including a 240B, 4 M4's and my M14. Its a day I'll never forget for the rest of my life because I took a round through my right arm that left a foot long channel and the commander took a through and through in the thigh. In the Evac hospital, I looked over at him and got his attention and told him, I told you so, A$$hole!.