Last night, I stopped to talk to a building security guard I’ve gotten to know over the past year. He let me know that he’ll be headed back to Iraq by the fall. I asked him if he knew what he’d be doing over there. He replied that he’d be working on convoys. (I took that to mean riding in convoys to help provide security.)
He said he was over there a couple years ago. I suppose that the risk of injury or death for ground troops, there (outside of Kurdistan), have only increased.
I wonder if the chances of getting blown up by a roadside bomb are like the chances of shooting yourself playing Russian roulette. Or would the chances be comparable to being shot in the inner city?
I just hope he survives, intact, physically and mentally.
I’m guessing that given his prior experience in Iraq and his age (probably in his late 40’s to mid 50’s), he’ll be able to handle the mental stress.
I didn’t know that he’d already been over there. He’d never talked about being in the reserve or national guard. He’d mostly talked about hunting deer and turkey in western Maryland.
I guess it’s kinda ironic that the hunter will become the hunted.