re: Question for combat veterans that actually watch war movies

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And how damn loud it is. When you’ve got 240s, .50 cals, Mk19s, and TOWs going off all around you an M4 sounds like a pop gun

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I was a light fighter, my entire career was spent in the 10th Mtn, 82nd, 173rd, & 101st. My first experience with the mechanized world was in 2003 Iraq. Holy frick the tanks are loud especially when those Jack wagons would fire the 120mm main gun with no warning right next to you. And I was a 13F forward observer so I was used to the loud bangs. Idk what it is about those Abrahams that’s so loud.

For me the movie would have to be Restrepo. That Unit from 173rd that it followed was the unit that relieved my unit in the Korengal Valley. I was with 1/32 10th Mtn running a SKT. I remember the 173rd Brigade SGMs son was killed before we even finished our rip. The place was absolutely a valley of death.

Here’s what combat really is, sleep whenever and wherever.