ndi Cpl. Shawn C. Rhodes
FALLUJAH, Iraq - Mchitidwe wolimbana ndi a Marines ku Iraq ndi "oyenera". Zoonadi, pali "zida-zowonjezera" zida, chida choyamba chothandizira, chisoti ndi jekete ya flak - koma pankhani ya "zabwino-to-haves" ndi Marine yekha.
"Tikuyenda patrol mu mphindi zisanu! Tengani magalimoto anu palimodzi!" anati Staff Sgt. Christian B. Amason, mkulu wa asilikali a Company G, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, woperekedwa ku 1 Marine Division.
Izi zinkakhala zowonongeka komanso zowonongeka, koma ndi zida zamakono , zovuta zotsutsana ndizoyenera. Ngakhalenso mapaketi amabwera ndi zikwama zowonongeka, kuwonjezera ndi kuchotsa malo okwera magalimoto. Ndizochita zoyanjanitsa. Zida zambiri, zimayesa Nyanja pansi. Zing'onozing'ono, ndipo zimakhala zosafunikira.
Tengani Amason, mwachitsanzo. Iye ndi msilikali wakale wamtundu wapadera wa asilikali ndi Marine sniper. Ali ndi maulendo ambirimbiri pansi pa lamba wake. Iye amadziwa zomwe akusowa ndi zomwe angakhale popanda iye atapita kumunda.
Amason, mwana wazaka 32, dzina lake Amason, dzina lake Amason, anati: "Nthawi zonse ndimatenga zomwe ndikuzitcha kuti" catch-all-gear "." Izi ndizofunika monga zida zanu, zida, optics, zipangizo zam'madzi ndi jekete ndi chisoti. Ndi madzi, zomwe zimapanga mapaundi 30 pamtundu wanu wapamwamba. Ngati ndinu (makina) mfuti, ndiye kuti pangakhale makilogalamu 50. "
Amason amadziwa zomwe zidzamupangitsa kukhala wamoyo kumunda, koma pali chinthu chimodzi chomwe sadayambe nawo mbali.
"Ziribe kanthu komwe ndikupita kumunda, nthawi zonse ndimatenga 'woobie,'" adatero. "Ndicho chimene mkazi wanga amachitcha kuti poncho".
Malinga ndi Amason, chovala cha poncho ndicho chida chabwino kwambiri chimene amachokera, kutenthetsa kutentha ndi nyengo yozizira. Ma Marines ena ali ndi zofunikira zosiyana zomwe amaumirira kunyamula.
"Ndine wopita ku galimoto, oyendayenda 'Saigon Sam's,'" anatero Lance Cpl. Ryan P. Taylor, ponena za sitolo yogulitsa asilikali kunja kwa Camp Lejeune, NC
Dumfries, Va. Rifleman amadziwika kuti nthawi zonse amakhala ndi magetsi, makina a parachute, tepi yothamanga, nsapato-goo yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito kukonza nsapato ndi nyamakazi, pakati pa zinthu zina mu paketi yake.
"Simudziwa nthawi yomwe mudzafunikira chinachake, choncho ndikuyesera kubweretsa nawo," adatero.
Chotsalira cha anyamata achimuna kumunda mosakayikira chow. Ngati simukunyamula Zakudya, Kukonzekera-Kudya zimatulutsidwa, ambiri a Marines ali ndi zakudya zopanda thanzi.
Izi ndi zoona makamaka kwa Sgt. James M. Back, woyang'anira ndege kuchokera ku Logan, Utah. Amadziwika kuti 'Zowonongeka' kwa okwatirana ake, Nthawi zonse Marine amakhala ndi chakudya chokwanira.
"Ine ndikuimba mlandu mkazi wanga," iye anati "Iye amandisamalira ine mosamala, kotero aliyense amadziwa kubwera kwa ine chifukwa cha zakudya zopanda pake."
Kubwereranso kumadziwa momwe angatengere kukateteza. Kutenga zida zowonjezera za sergeant, zip zipangizo, mapiritsi a caffeine oyang'anira maulendo apakati, mabatire osiyanasiyana, masisitomala osungira, mluzi, sunscreen ndi kuwala, Back imamva yokonzekera chilichonse chomwe chingabwere.
"Azimayi amodzi amaphunzira kuchokera ku zochitika za atsogoleri awo a mtsogoleri ndikudzifunira okha zomwe zimawagwirira ntchito," adatero Back.
"Zimakhala zogwirizana ndi zomwe iwe ukufuna kunyamula kuti ukhale wokonzekera chilichonse chimene ungalowe."