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Apolyton
Jun 1999
time: 00:28
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Sergeants don't get saluted...
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Sikander
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Boulder, Colorado, United Snakes of America
Jan 2000
time: 22:28
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Originally posted by ThePlagueRat
Sikander, don't be such a 'smokingman'. 
I can see no commie-spies here.
In fact, they dissappeared with the cold war. So give us a story, please...  |
I was mostly (but not entirely) kidding. OK, one time we were listening to our radios when one of the operators stumbled upon a frequency that was being used by the Soviet Army. This was our job of course, and not unusual in any way except that this unit (motorized rifle company) was obviously in combat. We quickly figured out that the signal originated in Afghanistan and had "skipped" along the atmosphere to our receiver in West Germany. This happens fairly frequently, though you certainly can't count on it. The frequency is usually a harmonic of the original broadcast frequency. This is the same thing that happened in the movie "We Were Soldiers".
Anyway, the IMs were flying about, and pretty soon every operator had one of their receivers tuned in to this spectacle. The Soviets weren't faring too well, they were apparantly ambushed (I listened to the whole tape later) and lost some BMPs. Someone held down their broadcast button on their handset throughout the heaviest part of the fighting unknowingly, so instead of the usual clipped transmissions we were used to, we had a long period of uninterrupted sound. There was a lot of panic, explosions and small arms fire. It seemed like it went on forever, but it was really over in 5 about minutes. The Afghans fled (IIRC on horseback!) as Soviet helicopters arrived.
What was really interesting to me was the emotional response we had to this. I remember almost crying when I heard a young man just screaming. It was not a war cry, just raw terror. The sonofa***** just wouldn't quit screaming. Some of us did tear up. I never thought I'd give a damn about the enemy, but this was such an intimate thing, hearing them talking to one another on their own radio net in a sh!tstorm. I think I was unconsciously supporting the Soviets in my mind as I listened, for a moment the enmity of our countries completely faded as hoped that they wouldn't all be killed.
The whole thing was over very quickly. Whoever was holding down the key quit doing so, and within 5 minutes after that we lost the signal completely. Every smoker wanted a cigarette, and I could tell by a quick glance that there wasn't a single person who wasn't effected by what we heard.
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ThePlagueRat
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Insert banana to play...
May 2002
time: 06:28
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This was indeed an intriguing story, Sikander. 
It makes me hate war even more. The actual reason why I asked earlier if someone had any kills, was because I wanted to know how they felt about killing another man. I guess I would have felt bad about it, even if it were a russian, a german, or american.
That's something which didn't strike me back then when I was a soldier, and I was on the shooting range with my mates firing our AG3-rifles at all kinds of targets, and people was yelling "kill the commie bastard", "shoot the naziswine", etc. Generally just joking about.
These people had no choice, whether their governments were fascists og commies. They are just conscipts like myself, thus NOT my personal enemies. This is something that do strike me, and makes me sick, in my dreams, when it's about killing another man in selfdefence, and it feels almost real. So I guess that's why I am so much against war? 
Last edited by ThePlagueRat on 02-06-2003 at 07:35
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Kramerman
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UT, Austin - The live music capital of the world
Jun 2002
time: 23:28
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It makes me hate war even more. The actual reason why I asked earlier if someone had any kills, was because I wanted to know how they felt about killing another man. I guess I would have felt bad about it, even if it were a russian, a german, or american. |
My father has killed many people, a couple at point blank even. He told me that at the time, during combat, you dont think about it, you're entirely in a kill or be killed mentality. Afterward, tho, you begin to think about it a lot. He said it was kinda weird after the first time with a mixture of awe, wonder, sadness and a bunch of other emotions (everything but guilt. my father said he never felt guilty for what he did), and he never grasped its entirety before he killed again. He thought about it less and less. It essentially became easier, and any bit of hesitation he would have had before was completely gone.
Kman
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