"Tinoda kuzvidana kuti 'Kurwisana VaMapis,'" akadaro Sgt Mark Estes wemu 341, Army Reserve unit kubva kuSan Jose, Mhuru. "... Zvatinoita zvinoita kuti tive nemaoko edu zuva rega rega."
Iyo 341 inoshandiswa kugadzirisa nekuongorora nzira huru yekushandisa kubva ku Logistical Support Area Anaconda kumaodzanyemba kusvika kumuganhu we 1 Armor Division nzvimbo inotarisirwa.
Izvo zvinosanganisira, anodaro Estes, "... iri kutaurirwa nenguva dzinenge 6:30 mangwanani uye tinotyaira nzira inoenda kune chekuona kwedu. Tinotarisira basa ripi neripi, vashandi vevavengi, kana kuti rinotarisa pane nzvimbo kubva kumatambo apfuura." Estes vakati kana vafamba munzira uye vanoziva kuti zvakajeka, ivo redio kudzokera kune vatungamiri vemagetsi uye vanovaudza kuti yakachengeteka. Asi basa ravo hariperi ipapo.
"Mushure mokunge mhirizhonga iri pachena tinomira mumugwagwa uye tinomirira dambudziko," Estes akati. "Anenge zuva rega rega chimwe chinhu chinoitika mumugwagwa uye tinoda kuva pedyo nekuita." Izvo "chimwe chinhu" Estes akati chimwe chinhu chinobva kuInnovvised Explosive Devices , kana IED, kumoto maduku maduku kana kuti rocket-propelled grenade inorwisa kuparadza kwemoto.
"VaIraqis vanoziva nzira dzatinoshandisa nadzo uye dzinovanza maIED pamwe chete nemimwe migwagwa yekutengesa inenge zuva rimwe nerimwe," Estes akati. "IED ndechimwe chezvinetso zvakakura zvikuru. Vari kuwedzera zvakanyanya uye zvinouraya.
Dzimwe nguva haugoni kunyange kutaurira kana IED chikamu chemarara kana kuti chii. "
Vavengi vechivengi vakaita chero chinhu chipi zvacho chingafungidzirwa neIEDs, Estes akati.
"Vachaviga mumugwagwa kana kuviga pasi pemhuka yakafa mumugwagwa," akadaro. "Patinofambisa nzira yacho tinoedza kuramba tiri pakati pemugwagwa.
Zvizhinji zveIEDs zvatakaona zvakave kune rumwe rutivi kana rumwe. "
Kana vaMPs vachiwana chimwe chinhu chinopokana nemugwagwa iwoyo redhiyo kudzokera kumakurukota avo uye achamira magwara. Kuchengetedza magwagwa pamwe nemugwagwa mukuru wekushandisa, kana MSR yakafanana nejecha rejikoni neforogo. Vanhu vomunharaunda vachamira kwechinguva chiduku kusvikira vasati vashivirira. Kana motokari isingafambidzani munguva pfupi, vanozoita chero chinhu chipi zvacho kuti vaende pedyo nekuvhara.
"Dzimwe nguva, kana takarega magetsi nokuda kwechimwe chikonzero, vanhu veIrajis vachayambuka vachienda kune rumwe rutivi uye vanofamba nenzira isina kururama," Estes akati. "Zvavasingazivi kuti izvo zvatiri kuita ndezvekuedza kuvadzivirira pamwe chete nemasoja edu, hatidi kuti munhu atambudzike." Zvinosuruvarisa ndezvekuti ivo vanhu vavo vanoita izvi. "
Spc. Juan Cruz II, Mutoja weMasoja, anowanzomira akagadzirira kuScad Attack Weapon, kana SAW, mu turret yeHUMVEE . Zvisinei, Cruz yakanga isiri nguva dzose inofamba i MSR ne patrols.
"Basa rangu rokutanga kune kambani rinopa mudzidzisi ," anodaro Cruz. "Asi isu tiri pfupi uye tinoda munhu uyu." Saka apo mukuru wangu wekutanga akabvunza vazvipiri, ndakati hongu. " Maererano naRo Cruz, asati atoenda pane patrol akakwidziridzwa achikurumidza neaaifamba navo.
" Kuita mapurisa zvakasiyana zvakasiyana nekugara muimba yekugadzirira," Cruz akati. "Tishanda seboka uye takatarisana nemashure." Zvino, ndinoda kunge ndiri patrol necheki rangu kupfuura kuita mapepa.Kunyangwe zvichingova nengozi, zvakagadzirisa nguva iyi kuenda nokukurumidza zvikuru. ndinonzwa sokuti ndiri kuita mutsauko pano. "
"Hausi zuva rose rakanaka," anodaro Cruz. "Mazuva mashoma pano akafara sekuti isu (US Forces) takatorwa Saddam Hussein Mazuva mamwe akareba uye mamwe maawa mashoma ndinongoramba ndichishingaira sezvandinokwanisa."
Cruz akati anotarisira kuenda kumusha nekuona mhuri yake. Cruz akagamuchira kukokwa kwaaiuya kuIraq vhiki imwe vasati varoora.
"Ndakabatanidzwa zuva rakatevera ndaroora ," Cruz akati. "Kana ndikawana nguva, ndinodana uye ndinotaura nemudzimai wangu, izvi zvave zvakaoma kwaari asi iye ari kuita zvakanaka, kunyanya sezvo achiziva pandichava kumba."
Chinhu chakanaka, maererano naCroz, ndechokuti vanhu veIraqi vari kutanga kuchinja.
"Vanhu ava vakasimba," Cruz akati. "Vaingova nemutungamiri akaipa uyo asina hanya navo uye vari kutanga kutanga kuziva kuti tiri pano kuti tibatsire, zvinhu zvinogara zviri nani kana tamira pamativi emugwagwa uye kuona kuseka pamwana zviso, zvinotyisa.Tinoziva kuti havana kushevedzera saizvozvo munguva yakareba. "