Navy News Service
Vafudzi vakandinyevera kuti mweya waizove wakaonda kumusoro uko, asi handina kuona. Iyi yakanga iri hondo yangu yekutanga yokufamba uye somwana akabatwa murima, ndakanga ndafuridzirwa.
Migwagwa ine ruvara-yakamanikana yakakomba makomo 6 000-makumbo eTorkhem, Afghanistan inoita kuti hondo yakaoma Marines I yakabatanidzwa nechinhu chimwe chekuti Taliban haiti - kutya.
Vatyairi, vanozviita sevanoshamwaridzana nevashambadziri kupfuura varwi vegwenga, vakaderedza Humvees avo mumigwagwa neziso rimwe munzira uye imwe inonyanya kuongorora mapako asingagumi uye vanhu vanowedzera muvengi.
Handina kufamba-kwete mamiriita - apo takakwira mumigwagwa yakanyanyisa zvokuti ndakanyatsofungisisa kana ndaifema zvakasimba kuti tipfuure pamusoro pedu, tichitinhira kupfuura imwe maira kusvika kune imwe rufu.
Handina kufema. Handina kumira. Ndakamirira Taliban kutivandira isu kubva shure kwedombo rose, uye kwaiva nematombo akawanda.
HN "Doc" Joseph Nededog, akacherechedza mabhena angu.
"Unoziva, ndave ndakamirira kwemwedzi kuti imwe yembudzi idzi iwire pasi kumativi emakomo aya," Nededog akanyora. "Havana kumboita," akadaro ne grin. Ndakanyemwerera uye pakupedzisira ndakafema.
Ndizvo zvinonzi "Docs". Vanoita kuti munhu wese afare, apo iwe uri mutumbi weMarines mumoyo wenyika yeupanduki, uchibatsira muchengeti wemifananidzo achichengeta kudya kwake uye mapapu ake achishanda izuva rakanaka.
Nededog akaona zvakanyanya.
Mushure mezvose, harina muvengi wakaita kuti varwi ava varwi vaite zvishoma nezvishoma, uye zvakakodzera saizvozvo. Yaiva Afghanistan iyo pachayo, kwete Taliban yakapoteredzwa, iyo yaiti Mweya wePlatoon wechitatu mu Humvee rollover pasi pemwedzi usati wapera.
Doc Nededog yakagadzirisa zuva iro zvakare; zvisinei, akakwanisa kubata chirwere chake chemhondi chakanga chisinganyunyuti, chakaputsika pakati pezvombo zvake uye nzvimbo yakaderera yerenje yeA Afghanistan. Zvakanga zvisina kukwana. Chechitatu Platoon yakarasika Marine zuva iroro. Kurasikirwa chero Marine kunotyisa, asi kune aya Marines, ose Marines, kufunga kwekurasikirwa nemuviri wenyama kwakanga kusingafungidziki.
Ndiyo marita mazhinji Marines anoda vashandi vavo.
"Tiri hama dziri pano. Kurasikirwa nemuviri wenyama kwaizova kukuvadza kukuru, "akadaro Marine SSgt. Mateo Morse, Mutungamiri wePlatoon wechitatu, "zvichida kudarika kurasikirwa neMarine, nokuti vatadzi vedu ndivo mabheti edu ezvokuchengetedza."
Uye apo iwe uri kutsvaga kutsvaga kubvisa dzimwe dzenyika dzakaipisisa zvehondo dzehondo dzehondo, iwe unounza imwe gehena yevhambekete yekuchengeteka.
"VaCorpsmen vane chirwere chekutsvaga chinodzidzisa kuita chero mamiriro ezvinhu," akadaro Morse. "Mutumbi akanga ari mumotokari yakakonzera uye akauraya imwe Marine yakanga ine ruzivo rwakakwana rwekudzoka kubva mukukuvara kwake uye ichiri kubata Marine."
Uye ndizvo zvinonzi Marines anotarisira vatungamiri kuti vaite nokuti nhoroondo inoti ivo vachaita. Hapana nhengo imwe chete muNavy inorumbidzwa kune simba kupfuura chiremera chechipatara. Marines haashamisi kana iye achaponesa hupenyu hwavo. Vanongoshamisika apo.
"Kuva Marine kwakaoma zvakakwana, uye isu tiri vatadzi vavo," akadaro HMC Claude English, 1/3 Marines battalion mukuru wezvokurapa. "Isu tiri ivo vanovatora kumusha kuna amai nababa. Kana vakakuvadzwa vanouya kwamuri, uye ndicho chikonzero vanokukoshesa. "
Rollovers ndiyo yakawanda yeD Doc Nededog's worries nhasi. Sezvo makiromita mashomanana kubva kure nemakumbo avo, utsi hwakasvibira hwakapinda murenje rerenje.
Kusvikira kure kukuvadza idzi Marines, hazvina kugadziriswa kupfuura kudarika. Zvinoonekwa uye mheremhere yehondo hazvisati zvichishamisa zvakare.
Asi zvinonhuwira zvinoita.
Iyo inopisa moto uye zvinonhuwira zvakasvibirira zvinoramba zvichiita sezvinonhuwira zvisingabhadhari, zvichipa dzimwe nzvimbo dzeA Afghanistan zvinotyisa zvisingakanganwiki.
"Kunhuwa kunogara kuchiyeuchidza kuti chimwe chinhu hachina kunaka pano," akadaro Nededog.
Maawa gare gare, kudzokera ku Firebase Torkhem, yakanzi officially Forward Operating Base (FOB) Torkhem, vaMarines vakaona kuti utsi, hwakakonzerwa nehuni yorosi inoputika kubva kune chimwe chinhu chinoshandiswa chinoputika (IED), chingave chakaitirwa ivo.
"VaTaliban vanoziva kuti tiri pano vari kubatsira mapurisa emuganhu weAghan," akadaro Morse. "Zvingave zvakashata, asi mapurisa emucheto akaita basa ravo. Vakawana bhomba munguva yakakwana yekuita kuti munhu wose aende. Hapana akakuvadzwa, kunyange kunyange mutyairi. "
Gore rakapfuura, zvichienderana nemapurisa emapurisa enyika, iyo bhomba ingadai yakaita kuti iende kune iyo inopinda. Dzidzo iri kushanda.
Uye ndizvo zvakaita Doc Nededog neMarines ake achikwira ndokutengesa makomo eAustralia ndokuyambuka magwenga aro. Vanotamba mukoma mukuru kune vanosimudzira mapurisa emuganhu weAfghan, vachivabatsira kuti vamire voga. Mhedziso kuva vashomanana vashoma vangasarudza kurwisana nehanzvadzi duku nehanzvadzi yakashata yakadaro. Kusvika pari zvino chirongwa chaishanda, zvichiita zvitunha zvitatu zveplatoon - kurwisana-kuchenjera - kunetseka zvikuru.
Kunyange zvakadaro, vaMarines vanounza vatadzi vavo nokuti zvinhu zvakaipa zvinoitika muhondo, kwete nhasi.
Zvose mune zvose, yaiva rimwe zuva rakanyarara reNededog. Zvechokwadi, akashanda senzeve yakatendeka kune vashoma vaMarines, akapiwa mamwe doxycycline (anti-malaria mishonga), uye akaita kuti varwi vake varambe vakachengetwa hydrated, asi hapana munhu akanga ane chirwere chechifuva chinomwa kubva mubhokisi re sniper kana kuti mutsvuku akadzurwa kubva kumigodhi . Hapana akanga ari kuchema, "Corpsmen Up!" Kwete nhasi, zvakadaro.
Vagadziri veStudio vanodzidza kufarira kusakwanisa.
"Hapana anovhiringidza neMarines uye anotarisira kunetseka," akadaro Nededog. "Asi pano, apo zuva roga roga ringagona kuva rokupedzisira kwako, kunetseka kwakanaka."
Kunyange zvakadaro, Nededog yakagadzirirwa zvakanyanya uye inotarisira zuva rega rega.
Kuzvichenesa kwake kwakatanga paSouth Medical Service School (FMSS) kuMabvazuva, Camp Johnson, NC, imwe yeFleet Marine Force (FMF) nzvimbo dzekudyara dzevatasvi vemazuva ano. FMSS West, iri paCamp Pendleton, Calif., Inoshumira seimwewo nzvimbo.
Ikoko, vafambisi veMarines uye vaMarine vakaedzwa vanodzidzisa hutano hwepamusoro uye masangano evanhu vatungamiri vehurumende vachadikanwa kuchengetedza pfungwa dzeMarines pabasa ravo.
"VaMarines vanorwisa zvakanyanya pavanenge vane mutumbi akanaka navo," akadaro Morse. "Saka havafungi nezvekufa, vanonetseka nezvemishinari uye iyo ndiyo imwe yenzira dzakanakisisa dzekuti munhu wese adzokere kumba ari mupenyu."
Nededog, maererano neshoko rake, ndiro rakanaka.
"Iye mumwe wedu," akadaro Marine PFC Oscar Repreza.
Uye apo Marine anotaura izvozvi, chero munhu ane ruzivo ane ruzivo anoziva kuti hapana rumbidzo iri nani.
"Chokutanga uye chakakosha, iwe unofanira kuva nehanya navo," akadaro English. "Chinonyanya kukosha mumufaniro weFFF bodyman ndechokukwanisa kuenderana nemararamiro eMarine Corps. Izvi zvinoreva kurarama nekufema zuva rose seMarine. Iwe PT navo uye iwe hausi kubuda. Iwe unofamba navo, iwe hausi kubuda kunze. Pazvikwereti, iwe unoziva zviratidzo zvamaoko nokuti uri Marine, Marine anongowanikwa kuti ave nehuwandu hwehutano hwehutano. "
Vose vevatatu vePlatoon vanotevera kode yemafambisi ekufambisa.
"Ndakanga ndiri E-2 pandakaudza chikwata changu chekutanga cheMarine Corps," akadaro HM2 (FMF / SW / AW) Dennis Astor, Senior Corpsman, Forward Operating Base Torkhem. "Ndangoita zvavakaita. Ndakamira mabasa avo, ndakazvipira kumapoka avo aishanda, nezvimwewo. Kana Marine akakumbira rubatsiro, ndakavapa iwo nguva dzose. "
Kana iwe usingaiti, iwe hauna basa kwavari.
"Chinhu chakaipisisa chingaitwa nomurwi ndechekutengesa Marines ake," akadaro Astor. "Drop your pack on a hike, kurega kana kupa zvikonzero, kana kuti udzike Marine anoda rubatsiro uye havazombokanganwiri. Kana iwe uri mutumbi akanaka, vaMarines vanoita chero chinhu panyika, asi kana iwe uri mutadzi wakaipa ivo vachakuvengai, uye mundiudze ini hamudi izvozvo. "
Hapana chinhu kunze kwekuremekedza vatadzi muPlatoon yechitatu. Vatungamiri vavo vakuru vakaiwana mune imwe gwenga.
"MuIraq, mhirizhonga yangu yakakundwa neIED," akadaro Astor. "Takarashika Marines akawanda musi iwoyo, uye ndine chokwadi chokuti chikonzero chete chandisina kufa ndechokuti ndiri muduku. Zvombo zvegori racho zvakandifukidza zvachose. "
Akakuvadzwa, iye achiri kubata ma Marines. Zvechokwadi, akaramba mitemo kumba uye akadzokera kumwedzi wake wechipiri gare gare kuti arwe navo zvakare. Iye achiri kutakura shrapnel mumusoro wake kubva pakurwiswa ikoko uye anoyeuchidzwa pamusoro pekuvapo kwahwo pazvinotonhora zvikuru kuAustralia mangwanani.
"Vakandiudza kuti zvingaita zvakanyanya kukuvadza kuibvisa," akadaro Astor. "Ndinonyatsozvinzwa nekanda yangu yeKevlar."
Nyaya dzeMarines dzine ruremekedzo rwakadzika kune vatadzi.
"Kutendeseka, dzimwe nguva vatadzi vanoisa Marines kunyadziswa nekuda kwezvavanogona kuita," akadaro Morse. "Vanotakura zvakanyanya kupfuura isu nokuti vanotakura zvatinotakura, uye zvose zvezvokurapa."
Mutumbi, paanenge akanaka, anogona kubatsira Marines ane zvinopfuura mushonga. Anogona kuva chikonzero chekufuridzirwa.
"Kana vaMarine vanotanga kuneta pamwendo uye vanoona mutumbi achangobva kuchinge achikurumidza kumubatsira kuti arambe achienda," akadaro Morse.
PaTorkhem, yose ye1 / 3's Docs inotenderera kuburikidza nemabasa akasiyana epa platoon. Kunyangwe Marines ari kufamba-famba achidzika uye achidzika makomo, kana kuti achifamba makiromita makumi maviri pamwe chete nenzvimbo inotyisa yeIED, mumwe wevatongi ve1 / 3 vanogona kuita basa rakakwana zvakakwana kuti Marines arege kufunga nezvavo.
"Kunyanya kunonakidza," akadaro Nededog. "Kukwira kunogona kunge kwakapoteredza kuno, asi tinopinda nayo. IA Afghan Afghan Army (ANA) yaisarudza kutora kwatiri nokuti hatina kukwira nokukurumidza sezvavakaita netsoka patakatanga kusvika pano. Asi isu tinovaisa mumidziyo yedu kusanganisira zvombo zvemuviri imwe nguva uye havana kutora maminitsi mashanu. "
Nededog's Marines yakagadzikana pakukwira. Uye ndizvo zvakaitawo Docs.
Corpsmen seMadokori Astor, HM2 (FMF) Scott "Doc" Kuniyuki, uye Doc Nededog musazvimanikidzira ivo kuitira kuti vanokwanisa kupfuura Marines. Vanozviita kuitira kuti vagara varipo. Nokuti kutya kwakanyanya mutadzi aneyekuti haazokwanisa kubatsira Marine kana achida iye.
"MuMarine Corps, hapana chinhu chakadai soku [kuchengeta] maawa emahofisi," akadaro Astor. "Mune kliniki yenguva dzose ndinogona kuona varwere kubva muna 0700-1700 zuva rimwe nerimwe, asi neMarines angu, ini ndiripo 24/7. Isu tinonzi mushonga wemishonga, uye inokosha. "
Mathesiti anotarisirwa kuti aite zvinopfuura zvakawanda kunze kwechibvumirano-banditi uye Motrin. Vanozadza basa rehama, shamwari dzakanakisisa, vanababa, mafirologists, masangano kana chero chipi chinodiwa neMvura panguva iyoyo.
"Marines akauya kwatiri kuti vanyaradze, uye hazvina basa kana iri muviri, mupfungwa kana mupfungwa nokuti tinoda kuti Marines edu ave noutano hwakanaka," akadaro Astor. "Tinotarisira matambudziko uye tinokurukura navo nguva dzose. Vanoziva kuti tinotarisira zuva rega rega, kwete chete apo ivo pachena vanoda kurapwa. "
Ndiyo basa ravatadzi pasinei nenzvimbo dzavo. Izvo zvakaoma zvehondo zvinogona kuwedzera zvinetso zvinogadziriswa. Kurwisana nemudzimai, matambudziko emari kana mamwe mashoko akaipa zvinogona kutora pfungwa dzeMarine kubva pabasa rake nekumukuvadza.
VaMarines muTorkhem vanotaurira vatadzi vavo nokuti vanoziva varimi vavo vanozvitarisira.
"Chinhu chipi nechipi chinogona kukuuraya iwe pano," akadaro Nededog, "IED, bhuru, kusava nehanya kana kungova nhamo yakaipa. Tinoziva kuti tinofanira kuve nechokwadi kuti Marines edu ari pamusoro pemutambo wavo yese yechipiri yezuva rimwe nerimwe. "
Kunyange zvazvo varimi vatarisira kuti vape kurapwa-zvose zvese zvinotambudza Marine, vanoziva kuti ruzivo rwezvoutano rwavo runoita chete kana zvichidiwa. Kana zvisina kudaro, ivo vari Marines mumutauro wose wezwi.
"VaCorpsmen vanofanira kuziva ruzivo rwemaoko nemaoko nokuti kana vachienda nevanonzi Marines vangangodaro vaende pasi uye vasvibiswa panguva yemoto," akadaro Sgt. Michael Belliston. "Vangatofanira kurwisa nzira yavo kuenda kunorwadzisa Marine, kana kurwisa nzira yake yekubuda nayo iyo Marine."
Saka vatadzi vanodzidza. Vanodzidza nzira yekurwisana nemaoko, kutsvaira moto MK-19 grenade zvipfeko, kutya Humvees, kukurudzira, kutora pfungwa pane patrol, nezvimwe. Uye vanozviita pamiganhu yepamberi, kwete panguva yekudzidzira miitiro zvakare rinoti.
Vafambisi vechikepe vanozvigadzirira ivo pachavo.
"Ndakagara ndakashamiswa nehuwandu hweunyanzvi hwavanowana kubva pari pfupi yekudzidziswa kwavanopinda," akadaro Morse. "Vafudzi vangu vanogona kusvetuka pane zvombo zvese kunze kuno uye vanoita pamwe chete neMarine. Heck, ndakasangana nedzimwe madhipatimendi aigona kugadzira zvigaro zvese zveMarine mubato rake. "
Kunyange zvakadaro, vaMarines vangada kuti vatadzi vasafanirwa kuratidza kuti hondo yavo yakagadzirira panguva yemoto.
"Mutevedzeri akanaka acharamba achidzika pasi kana tichida iye," akadaro Morse, "asi isu tinoedza kuvachengeta kumashure kuitira kuti ivo vari pedyo kuti vatiponese."
Kunze kwokuva pfuti yakasimba, hutungamiri hweMarine Corps nguva dzose hunoita kuti Marines avo anzwisise Ma Docs ari nyore kutaura, asi vachiri muchiuto. Ndiwo mureza wavakagadza kubva pakutanga kwekutanga sechikamu chechirevo chinoratidzira Marines anoshandisa kukunda hondo.
"Ndinozviita chirevo apo pandinoenda kune imwe nzvimbo yeplanet kuti nditaurewo madheji edu," akadaro Morse. "Ndichati chimwe chinhu sekuti 'Ndinoziva kuti ndiye doc, uye iye akarara shure, asi iwe uchamuremekedza uye unomubata sezvaunoda Marine'."
Kuremekedza kunoyerera nenzira mbiri.
"Ndinotarisirawo vatadzi vangu kuti vatye kutaura kana vachiona mumwe weMarines achiita chimwe chinhu chakaipa."
Muchidimbu, vaMarines vanotarisira kuti madhigiri avo ave, zvakanaka, Marine.
Uye iyo ndiyo inyoyo 'chinangwa pamwe chete nokuti ndiyo iyo pavanoziva kuti vari kuita basa ravo.
"Kurumbidzwa kwakanakisisa kwatinogona kupa mutumbi," akadaro Morse, "ndekuvabata sezvatingaita chero Marine."