Ask a guy on his second deployment anything!

[e5]

If you don't shower for 3 months, aren't you like seriously unclean and smelly?!

Inseriousity.: It depends. The only ones scared are the ones who are doing things wrong. A lot of them are very supportive, but some of them you can just tell that they hate us and don't want us here. It's understandable.

wixard: Yeah, if I have it. I usually run out before I get a package with more. Last deployment, no. I didn't even shower for the first 3 months.

[CammyPtheGreat]

If you don't shower for 3 months, aren't you like seriously unclean and smelly?!

Absolutely. You don't notice it though. We all smell the same.

[Catchy]

If you don't shower for 3 months, aren't you like seriously unclean and smelly?!

omg dying, LMAO

[FlyingJesus]

Do you genuinely believe in the cause that you're out there for? Not meant to cause any offence just genuinely interested to know what the overall thoughts of the troops is

[sexpot]

How much gear are you carrying at any given moment?

[CammyPtheGreat]

Do you genuinely believe in the cause that you're out there for? Not meant to cause any offence just genuinely interested to know what the overall thoughts of the troops is

Obviously none of us want to be here. It sucks. However, looking at everything that we have done since we've been in this country, you have to admire it. The Taliban regime has been dismantled (even though they're out there still,) and we replaced that with an actual government. We provided opportunities for the local populace to receive education, as well as expressing the importance of letting women get an education, even though the culture here is still extremely strict for women. We have helped clear the areas of major Taliban threats and trained their military, local police, national police, and block securities so that they are able to keep the threat level low. They are now able to fend for themselves. We have also provided them with more medical knowledge and training. So, yes, in the long run I believe that we have helped the people of this country in a very significant way, and I can only hope that they are able to keep progressing once we leave here.

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How much gear are you carrying at any given moment?

That depends. When I would patrol, I would wear my flak jacket, full combat load (ammo), camel-bak full of water, first aid kit, and weapon. However, that would also depend on my position in the patrol. I may have a metal detector, or an ECM unit to block radio transmissions for IEDs. Maybe I'm carrying a radio. I may have a 240B machine gun, or be carrying the extra ammo for one. Amongst man other things. It really depended on what the mission was at the time. I've been on some patrols with an extremely heavy load.

[HarrySX]

Would you rather fight 100 duck-sized horses or 1 horse-sized duck?

[CammyPtheGreat]

Definitely one horse-sized duck. Would be epic.

[sexpot]

What rank and MOS are you?

[HarrySX]

Definitely one horse-sized duck. Would be epic.

I disagree. Ducks are pretty dangerous the size they are so if you scale them up to the size of the horse, I think you'd die one on one.

100 duck-sized horses, however, will be more like fighting 100 My Little Pony dolls.