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February 2015

“Iraq
Sunny place
For shady people”—

Combat Medic

Iraq

2004-2005

Feb 8, 2015 13 notes
“Condolence payment. $2,500 for dead daughter.”—
Feb 8, 2015 2 notes

November 2014

21 True Pictures Of War Taken By Soldiers In Iraq And Afghanistanbuzzfeed.com

Hello BuzzFeed! Our favorite pictures from the past year are all in one spot. 

Nov 10, 2014 11 notes
Paperback now available!

We’re very excited to finally announce a paperback edition of Six-Word War. It’s available on Amazon for under $15! Thanks so much for all that have contributed to this project!

Nov 7, 2014 4 notes
“The Carl Gustav settles everyone down.”—Arghandab River Valley, Afghanistan
Nov 7, 2014 7 notes
“The national anthem makes me cry”—
Nov 7, 2014 6 notes

August 2014

“Comms finally up. Don’t touch anything!”—Forward23. OIF ‘03-04.
Aug 3, 2014 10 notes

July 2014

“We don’t carry empty weapons. ever.”—10th SFG RPC
Jul 25, 2014 74 notes
“Why on earth did I volunteer?”—Task Force Kandahar 2011
Jul 23, 2014 2 notes

June 2014

“Stryker’s on fire? I’ll need Rip-It’s!”—Arghandab River Valley, OEF XII-XIII
Jun 27, 2014 8 notes

May 2014

“Don’t look at nametags of dead.”—
May 31, 2014 13 notes
“Young, Naive. Friends, Lost. Forever Changed.”—
May 26, 2014 9 notes
“MEDEVAC swoops in. Another life saved.”—
May 26, 2014 2 notes
May 26, 2014 7 notes
“We watched, in Awe - Thank You”—
May 25, 2014
“IDF Impact take cover, don IBA.”—OEF X-XI, XIII-XIV
May 23, 2014 4 notes
“Hated going. Want to go back.”—
May 16, 2014 38 notes
“We made killing an efficient business.”—
May 10, 2014 19 notes
“Carried brethren spiritually. Brought new hope.”—E. Nagel, SPC
May 9, 2014 3 notes
“I only sleep because of booze”—
May 6, 2014 14 notes
May 5, 2014 45 notes
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“More IDF? SHIT… MOVE YOUR ASS!”—
May 4, 2014 3 notes
May 2, 2014 11 notes
“Cigarettes won’t kill you. Rockets will.”—

10th Mtn 2\87 Bco

Afghanistan 2003-2004

May 2, 2014 20 notes
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“Dreaming again. Cold sweat and anger.”—Kandahar 2011
May 2, 2014 45 notes
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“Common sense is an uncommon virtue.”—A play I often heard in Iraq on the quote from Admiral Nimitz regarding the Marines at Iwo Jima: Among the Americans serving on Iwo island, uncommon valor was a common virtue.
May 2, 2014 8 notes

April 2014

“A vivid year within a fog”—Mathaniel - Tikrit, Iraq.
Apr 30, 2014 2 notes
“I’m untroubled by killing; that’s concerning.”—

USMC

Fallujah, Iraq 2004-2005

Ramadi, Iraq 2007-2009

Apr 26, 2014 117 notes
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“Created more enemies than we killed.”—DR
Apr 23, 2014 8 notes
“Reflective belt plus clear eyepro: invincible.”—Jason Hinrichs
Apr 17, 2014 11 notes
“Contracting Money: good soul buyback program.”—

Blank

Afghanistan, Iraq. 2001-2007

Apr 14, 2014 8 notes
“Thanks for your service. Yeah, right.”—Cdn Forces TF Kandahar roto 10
Apr 13, 2014 7 notes
“Love us like we love America.”—Joe
Apr 12, 2014 11 notes
“Fear. Suffering. Despair.
Children’s hopeful eyes.”—Gabe Ledeen, Haditha, Iraq, 2006
Apr 11, 2014 24 notes
“Five names on a black bracelet”—
Apr 7, 2014 30 notes

March 2014

“Sleeping with Iraqi nationals on deployment”—
Mar 28, 2014 1 note
“So long ago, tonight it returns”—
Mar 25, 2014 4 notes
“Entire intelligence community a sick joke.”—Tactical SIGINT
Mar 25, 2014 15 notes
Mar 22, 2014 7 notes
“burqa hides vest. explodes. flesh flies.”—Kandahar 2011
Mar 22, 2014 2 notes
“Back to back deployments. Miss you.”—Iraq, while my husband was in Germany.  We missed each other in country by nine days.
Mar 20, 2014 7 notes
“I’ll never forget what I saw.”—Afghanistan - Kabul
Mar 18, 2014 11 notes
“Skype sex? Where’s the porta potty?”—
Mar 7, 2014 8 notes
“Unsecured LZ, picking up body bags.”—Iraq
Mar 6, 2014 2 notes
“Aged thirty years in thirty months.”—
Mar 4, 2014 21 notes

February 2014

“Repetitive nonsense dulls my tired brain.”—
Feb 28, 2014 9 notes
“Iraq gave me cancer. No regrets.”—
Feb 25, 2014 3 notes
“Sleep to cope. Never get rest.”—Nate Serefine, “Empty Foxhole”
Feb 24, 2014 12 notes
“Incoming rockets? Turn up the music.”—
Feb 24, 2014 47 notes
“Smile, shake hands. Plan to kill.”—Modification of an old standard
Feb 20, 2014 16 notes
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