"Ife timakonda kudziyitanira tokha 'Akumenyana ndi MPs,'" anatero Sgt Mark Estes wa 341st, Army Reserve Unit kuchokera ku San Jose, Ng'ombe. "... Zimene timachita zimatipangitsa kuti tizikhala ndi zala tsiku lililonse."
Akuluakulu okwana 341 ali ndi ntchito yoyesa ndikuyang'ana njira yoyendetsera ntchito kuchokera ku Logistical Support Area Anaconda kum'mwera mpaka kumalire a gawo la 1st Armor Division.
Izi zimaphatikizapo, Estes akuti, "... akukambidwa nthawi ya 6:30 m'mawa ndikuyendetsa njira yopita ku malo athu. Timayang'ana ntchito iliyonse yonyansa, antchito a adani, kapena omwe amawoneka kuchokera kumalo akutayika." Estes adanena kuti akangoyendetsa njirayo ndipo amatsimikiza kuti ndiwomveka bwino, iwo amavomereza kubwerera kwa akuluakulu amtendere ndikuwauza kuti ndi otetezeka. Koma ntchito yawo siimatha pamenepo.
"Pambuyo pake, sitimayi imadziwika kuti timayima pamsewu ndikudikirira mavuto," adatero Estes. "Pafupifupi tsiku ndi tsiku chinachake chikuchitika pamsewu ndipo tikufunika kukhala pafupi." "Chinachake" Estes chinati ndi chirichonse chochokera ku Improvised Explosive Devices , kapena IED, ku moto wazing'ono kapena grenade zomwe zimayambitsa kusokoneza galimoto.
"Anthu a ku Iraqwa amadziwa njira zomwe timagwiritsira ntchito komanso kubisala ma ARV pafupipafupi tsiku ndi tsiku," adatero Estes. "IZI ndi chimodzi mwa mavuto aakulu kwambiri. Iwo akupeza zovuta kwambiri komanso zoopsa kwambiri.
Nthawi zina simungathe ngakhale kunena kuti IED ndi chidutswa cha zinyalala kapena chomwe chiri. "
Antchito a mdani wapanga pafupifupi chirichonse chomwe chingalingalire ndi IED, Estes anati.
"Iwo adzawaika m'mphepete mwa msewu kapena kuwabisa pansi pa nyama yakufa pamsewu," adatero. "Pamene tikuyendetsa msewuwu timayesa kukhala pakati pa msewu.
Ambiri mwa ma IED omwe takhala tikukumana nawo akhala mbali imodzi kapena ina. "
Ngati aphungu akupeza chinachake chokayikira pamsewuwo, mawailesi awo akubwerera ku likulu lawo ndipo amasiya magalimoto. Kuika magalimoto pamsewu waukulu wopereka, kapena MSR uli ngati mchenga wofiira ndi mphanda. Anthu am'deralo adzaima kwa kanthawi kochepa mpaka atapirira. Ngati magalimoto sakuyenda mwachidule, amatha kuchita chilichonse kuti azungulira.
"Nthawi zina, ngati tasiya magalimoto pazifukwa zina, a ku Iraq adzawoloka kupita kumbali yina ndikuyenda molakwika," Estes adanena. "Chimene sakudziwa n'chakuti zomwe tikuchita ndikuyesera kuwatchinjiriza komanso asilikali athu. Sitikufuna kuti wina apweteke. N'zomvetsa chisoni kuti ndi anthu awo omwe akuyambitsa izi."
Spc. Juan Cruz II, Msilikali Wachijeremani, nthawi zambiri amakhala wokonzeka pa Zida Zogonjetsa Nkhondo, kapena SAW, mu turret ya HUMVEE . Komabe, Cruz sanali kuyenda nthawi zonse ndi MSR ndi oyang'anira.
"Ntchito yanga yapachiyambi kwa kampani ikupereka katswiri ," Cruz adanena. "Koma ife tili ndifupikitsa ndipo tikusowa wogwira ntchitoyo, choncho pamene msilikali wanga woyamba adafunsa anthu odzipereka, ndinayankha kuti inde." Malingana ndi Cruz, asananyamuke patrol iye analeredwa kuti azifulumira ndi asilikali anzake.
" Kuchita patrol ndi kosiyana kwambiri kusiyana ndi kukhala mu chipinda chamagetsi," Cruz adanena. "Timagwira ntchito limodzi komanso timayang'anizana." Tsopano, ndibwino kuti ndikhale patrol ndi timu yanga kusiyana ndi kupanga mapepala. Ngakhale kuti ndizoopsa kwambiri, zakhala zikupangitsa nthawi kuno kupita mofulumira kwambiri. ndikumverera ngati ndikupanga kusiyana pano. "
"Si tsiku lililonse ndibwino," Cruz adanena. "Masiku angapo pano ndi abwino kwambiri ngati pamene ife (Maofesi a US) tinagwidwa Saddam Hussein. Masiku ena ndi otalika ndipo ena ndi ofooka ndikuyesetsa kukhala otanganidwa momwe ndingathere."
Cruz adati akuyembekezera kupita kunyumba ndikuwona banja lake. Cruz analandira maitanidwe akuti akubwera ku Iraq sabata imodzi asanakwatirane.
"Ine ndinasonkhanitsidwa tsiku lotsatira nditakwatirana ," Cruz adanena. "Ndikapeza nthawi, ndimayitana ndikuyankhula ndi mkazi wanga, izi zakhala zovuta kwa iye, koma akuchita bwino, makamaka popeza akudziwa kuti ndikadzakhala kunyumba."
Chinthu chabwino, malinga ndi Cruz, ndikuti anthu a ku Iraq ayamba kusintha.
"Anthu awa ndi amphamvu," Cruz adanena. "Iwo anali ndi mtsogoleri wonyansa yemwe sankasamala za iwo akuyamba kuzindikira kuti tili pano kuti tiwathandize. Zinthu zimakhala bwino nthawi zonse Tikamayima pamsewu ndikuwona kusekerera kwa mwanayo nkhope, ndizozizwitsa. Tikudziwa kuti sanadandaule monga choncho nthawi yaitali. "