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What it's like

“ Here is a live look at a forward base in Afghanistan. You will see what the base looks like and a sense of what the daily life there is like. The soldiers out on the wire are responding to incoming fire. These guys have seen this so much you won't believe how casual they are. The Pech Valley, one of the most dangerous places in the world, is on of the major gates terrorists use between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The ridge in the front left of the screen was lobbing mortars into this base and this is the result. Good times.  [Veterans Video Blog via thor] The thought occurs to me that in a day where Hollywood can focus so much energy and terror into a scene (Saving Private Ryan opening sequence), the real thing may appear mundanish.  Well, I guess that's the point. It is mundane in the sense that it's a common occurrence.  But real  Americans lose their lives.  God Bless.  ”