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Originally Posted by Bernie  My brother served in Northern Ireland and my brother-in-law has served in Iraq but I would never say I know how they felt whilst under fire. |
N.I, Falklands and Gulf I, for me.
N.I was TOTALY different. You did not know WHO had the gun. Could be the nun, could be the mother with a pram (Arrested three that were carrying guns or ammunition), the squad before us nicked a priest with an AK 47 under his dress!
Falklands. Conventional war. He wore the other uniform you ordered him to surender, which most did, or you shot.
Gulf I, I was mostly in the colators office, but DID do some patrols. Very much like the Falklands.
Irak/Afghanistan however.
Irak STARTED, from the mates I have that are there, VERY like Gulf I, buit has now degenerated to a cross between Northern Ireland and Palastine.
Afghanistan. I WAS there. VERY like N.I in feeling. The enemy do not wera uniforms and badges.
The feeling that the next one you shoot at just MAY be a 14 year old with his play station under his robe to keep it from the sand, is a SHITTER.
Because that play station, even when it LOOKS like a P.S, can also be a bomb, using the outer casing as a disguise.
The main trouble is, with N.I, Afghanistan, and, from my mates Irak, is that you can trust NO one that you did not come out of the barracks with that morning/night. And even when they wear Afghani police/army uniform, and have lived in the same barracks as you for MONTHS, you NEVER know if they are not just waiting....
THERE it is a survival trait. When you come back, it can cause some REAL problems if you can not get out of "the habit".
Make good Coppers though! evilwipz