A funny story

Ok so like every good Army story I have to start out...

NO S@#! they we were

My buddy Bob and I sitting on the airfield in the little Polaris... you can refer to the pictures I have posted to reference both.

It is night time and I am waiting with Bob waiting for the helicopter to make sure he gets on so he doesnt have to walk back with all of his gear. We have to be an hour early even thought the helicopters are almost always late.

So we are bored... We are guys.... We have guns...NOO we didn't shoot anything, but we did get these cool laser grips that project the laser dot wherever we aim. So inquiring minds.. Bob and I wanted to know how far they would go. The short answer is pretty damn far. The long answer is much funnier, not necessarily in what happened but what could have happened and this is why the story is kind of funny.

So Bob and I are sitting on the Polaris, It's a very nice night and we are just enjoying the evening. We both remember that our pistols laser sights didn't go but 20 meters or so in the daylight so we try them out at night. We try the retaining wall that is close to us.... about 70 meters away, I think I said "wow that works really well" Then we both start aiming for the opposite wall all the way across the airfield which is probably 300 meters away, and damn you guessed it they worked. This is where we realized hey you know we are in a combat zone and this might not be such a good idea. We had a good laugh about how dumb we were and the we watched a truck driving around the perimeter where we had just been pointing our lasers. Now vehicles don't usually drive around this way so we are thing UH-OH we stirred up something, but then we realized that they were out changing the guards out of the towers. The truck stopped right where we had been shining our lasers and we came to another realization that those towers were manned with guards with live ammo. These guards are from the mongolian Contingent and they are know to fire firt and identify targets after the fact. So that led to more speculation on our part about how dumb we were and how we would have chewed our soldiers butts for doing something stupid like that.

Just the thought of what could have happened after the fact had us laughing for a a good 30 minutes after. Yeah I know it's not something we should be laughing about but you find humor in the wierdist places in comabt zones.

It's not as funny once I have written it down but it's my story for the day I hope you enjoyed it.

Oh I got mail too, The girl Scout troop from Avon sent me a care package with cookies and I got the Flags Mom and Dad sent with some other little goodies. I also got a card From Aunt Dawn. I really appreciate the mail I get. I think I am the only one who has got something in every delivery. Thank you so very much!!

Brent