Navy News Service
Anthu opembedzawo anandiuza kuti mpweya ukakhala wochepa pamwamba apo, koma sindinazindikire. Umenewu unali wanga woyamba kupambana komanso ngati mwana atagwidwa mu mdima, ndinakhumudwa kwambiri.
Misewu yopapatiza kwambiri yomwe ili pamapiri 6,000 apansi a Torkhem, Afghanistan imamenyetsa Marines I wolimba nkhondo kuti aphwanyidwe ndi zinthu zina za Taliban zomwe sizichita mantha.
Madalaivala, akukhala ngati anthu oyenda pamtunda kuposa ankhondo a m'chipululu, amachepetsa omvera awo pamsewu ndi diso limodzi panjira ndipo ena akuyang'ana mapanga opanda malire ndi anthu omwe ali ndi adani awo.
Sindinasuntha - osati mamilimita - pamene tinakwera njira zopapatiza kuti ndikuganiza moona ngati ndimapuma kwambiri ndikupitilira kumbali, kutiponyera kutalika kwa mailosi mpaka kufa kwina.
Sindinapume. Sindinkawombera. Ndinali kuyembekezera Taliban kuti atichotse kumbuyo kwa thanthwe lililonse, ndipo panali miyala yambiri.
HN "Doc" Joseph Nededog, adawona zovala zanga zoyera.
"Mukudziwa, ndakhala ndikudikira miyezi kuti mbuzi imodzi ikhale pambali pamapiri awa," Nededog anatsindika. "Iwo samachita konse," iye anati ndi grin. Ndinamwetulira ndipo pomaliza ndinapuma.
Ndi zomwe "Docs" zimachita. Iwo amachititsa aliyense kukhala omasuka, pamene iwe ndiwe mtembo wa Marines mu mtima wa dziko lachigawenga, kumuthandizira wojambula zithunzi kuti adye chakudya chake pansi ndi mapapu ake ntchito ndi tsiku losavuta.
Nededog yawona zoipitsitsa.
Pambuyo pake, si mdani amene anapangitsa asilikali omenyera nkhondowa kuti achepetse mayendedwe awo, ndipo moyenera. Anali Afghanistan, osati a Taliban ozunguliridwa, omwe adanena moyo woyamba wa Platoon mu Humvee rollover pasanathe mwezi umodzi isanayambe.
Doc Nededog inagwedeza tsiku lomwelo naponso; komabe, adatha kuchitira nkhonya mfuti yake yomwe imakhala yosasunthika, yapasula pakati pa zida zake ndi chipululu cha Afghanistan. Izo sizinali zokwanira. Platoon yachitatu inataya Marine tsiku limenelo. Kutaya Marine aliwonse owopsya, koma kwa Marines, onse a Marines, kuganiza kuti kutaya munthu wam'madzi kunali kosatheka kuganiziridwa.
Ndi momwe Marines amakonda okonda awo.
"Ndife ubale kunja kuno. Kutaya munthu wanyama kungakhale kovuta kwambiri, "anatero Marine SSgt. Mateyu Morse, Mtsogoleri wachitatu wa Platoon, "mwinamwake kuposa kutaya Nyanja, chifukwa abambo athu ndiwo mabulangete athu a chitetezo."
Ndipo pamene mukuyesetsa kufuna kuthetseratu ena mwa nkhondo zowonongeka za nkhondo zamagulu a nkhondo, mumabweretsa gehena imodzi ya bulangeti.
"Amuna a Corpsmen ali ndi vuto lomwe akuyenera kuchitapo kanthu," adatero Morse. "Mnyamatayo amene anali m'galimoto yomwe inagudubuza ndi kupha Marine mmodzi anali ndi chidziwitso chokwanira kuti am'bwezere chifukwa cha kuvulala kwake ndikupitirizabe kugwira nawo Nyanja."
Ndipo ndi zomwe Marines amayembekeza anthu ogwira ntchito kuchita chifukwa mbiri imati iwo adzatero. Palibe chiwerengero chimodzi mwa Navy chomwe chimakongoletsedwa kuti chikhale cholimba kuposa chipatala cha chipatala. A Marines samadabwa ngati adzapulumutsa miyoyo yawo. Iwo amangodabwa pamene.
"Kukhala Mnyanja ndi kovuta, ndipo ndife abambo awo," inatero HMC Claude English, 1/3 Mtsogoleri wa zachipatala wa Marines. "Ndife amene timawatengera kunyumba kwa amayi ndi abambo. Ngati akuvulazidwa amabwera kwa inu, ndipo chifukwa chake amakukondani. "
Zolembapo ndizochepa zomwe Doc Nededog akudandaula lero. Pa mtunda wa makilomita angapo kuchoka ku galimoto yawo, utsi wakuda unathamangira kumwamba.
Kufikira kutali kuti awononge Marines awa, sizinapangitse kungowonongeka. Masomphenya ndi mkokomo wa nkhondo siziwakondanso.
Koma fungo imatero.
Zitsulo zoyaka moto ndi zotentha zotentha zimakhala ngati mafuta otsika mtengo, kupereka madera ena a Afghanistan chinthu chosaiwalika.
"Fungo nthawi zonse imandikumbutsa kuti chinachake sichili pomwe pano," anatero Nededog.
Patapita maola, kubwerera ku Firebase Torkhem, yomwe imatchedwa Forward Operating Base (FOB) Torkhem, a Marines anapeza kuti utsi, womwe unayambitsidwa ndi galimoto yamagetsi kuchokera ku chipangizo chosokoneza bongo (IED), ukhoza kuwathandiza.
"A Taliban akudziwa kuti tiri pano tikuthandiza apolisi kumalire a Afghanistan," adatero Morse. "Zikanakhala zoipa, koma apolisi akumalire ankagwira ntchito yawo. Anapeza bomba mu nthawi yokwanira kuti aliyense achoke. Palibe amene anavulazidwa, ngakhale dalaivala. "
Chaka chapitacho, malinga ndi apolisi apadziko lonse, bomba limenelo likanati lidutse mpaka kumene likupita. Maphunzirowa akugwira ntchito.
Ndipo chifukwa chake Doc Nededog ndi Marines akukwera ndikuyendetsa mapiri a Afghanistan ndikudutsa zipululu zake. Iwo amasewera mchimwene wamkulu kwa apolisi apamwamba a kumalire a Afghanistani, kuwathandiza kuti ayime okha. Lingaliro lakuti kukhala ovutitsa ochepa angasankhe kumenyana ndi mchimwene wamng'ono ndi mchimwene woopsa chotero. Pakalipano ndondomekoyi inagwira ntchito, kupanga oimirira atatu - ochita nkhondo-othawa kwambiri.
Komabe, a Marines amabweretsa abusa awo chifukwa zinthu zoipa zimachitika mu nkhondo, osati lero.
Zonse mwazinthu zonse, linali tsiku lina lamtendere kwa Nededog. Zoonadi, iye ankamvetsera mwachidwi kwa Marines ochepa, anapereka mankhwala ena ophera anti-malaria, ndipo anaonetsetsa kuti asilikali ake adatsalira hydrated, koma palibe amene anali ndi chifuwa cha chifuwa chochokera kuchimake kapena zidutswa zochokera kumgodi . Palibe yemwe anali akufuula, "Otsogolera Mmwamba!" Osati lero, mwinamwake.
Anthu ogwira ntchito osungulumwa amaphunzira kusangalala ndi kusagwira ntchito.
"Palibe amene amadana ndi Marines ndipo amafuna kuyerekezera," anatero Nededog. "Koma pano, kumene tsiku lililonse lingakhale lomaliza, kutopetsa kumakhala bwino."
Komabe, Nededog ndi wokonzeka kwambiri ndipo amayembekezera tsiku lililonse.
Kukonzekera kwake kunayamba ku East Medical Service School (FMSS) East, Camp Johnson, NC, imodzi mwa ziweto ziwiri za Fleet Marine Force (FMF). FMSS West, yomwe ili ku Camp Pendleton, Calif., Ikugwiritsanso ntchito.
Kumeneko, oyendetsa panyanja a Marines ndi Marine amaphunzitsa luso komanso zoyenera kuti anthu azimayi azisamalira.
"Marines amamenyana kwambiri pamene ali ndi thupi labwino," adatero Morse. "Ndiye sakadandaula za kufa, amadandaula za ntchitoyo ndipo ndi njira yabwino kwambiri yotsimikizira kuti aliyense abwera kunyumba ali moyo."
Nededog, molingana ndi mbale yake, ndi yabwino.
"Iye ndi mmodzi wa ife," anatero Marine PFC Oscar Repreza.
Ndipo pamene Marine akunena izo, munthu aliyense wamtundu wotchuka sakudziwa kuti kulibe kuyamikira kulipo.
"Choyamba, muyenera kulemekeza," adatero Chingerezi. "Chinthu chofunikira kwambiri pa FMF bodyman bwino ndikumatha kusintha moyo wa Marine Corps. Izi zikutanthauza kukhala ndi kupuma tsiku lirilonse ngati Marine. Inu PT ndi iwo ndipo simukugwa. Mukuyenda nawo, simukutha. Pa ma patrols, mumadziwa zizindikiro za dzanja chifukwa ndinu Mnyanja, Madzi am'madzi omwe amapezeka kuti ali ndi chidziwitso chochuluka cha zamankhwala. "
Amuna onse a Platoon atatu amatsata ndondomeko ya khalidwe lachimuna.
"Ndinali E-2 pamene ndinauza gulu langa loyamba la Marine Corps," adatero HM2 (FMF / SW / AW). Dennis Astor, Senior Corpsman, Forward Operating Base Torkhem. "Ine ndangochita zomwe iwo anachita. Ndinayima ntchito zawo, ndikudzipereka ku maphwando awo, etc. Ngati a Marine anapempha chithandizo, ndimapereka kwa iwo nthawi zonse. "
Ngati simukutero, ndiwe wopanda pake kwa iwo.
"Choipa kwambiri chimene wogwidwa ndi ziweto angakhoze kuchita ndi kupereka Marines ake," anatero Astor. "Dontani paketi yanu ponyamuka, musiye kapena muzipereka zifukwa, kapena mutsike Marine amene akusowa thandizo ndipo sangakukhululukireni konse. Ngati ndinu munthu wamtundu wabwino, a Marines adzachita chilichonse padziko lapansi, koma ngati ndinu munthu woipa amakuda, ndipo ndikukhulupirira kuti simukufuna zimenezo. "
Palibe kanthu koma kulemekeza azimayi mu Platoon yachitatu. Amuna awo achikulire anachipeza m'chipululu china.
"Ku Iraq, ndondomeko yanga inagwidwa ndi IED," adatero Astor. "Tinataya ma Marines ambiri tsiku lomwelo, ndipo ndikudziwa kuti chifukwa chokha chomwe sindinamwalire chinali chakuti ndine wamng'ono kwambiri. Zida za m'galimoto zinandikumbutsa. "
Atavulazidwa, adakalipira Marines. Ndipotu, anakana malamulo kunyumba ndipo adabwerera kumwezi wake kuti adziyanso nawo. Iye amanyamula mthunzi m'mutu mwake kuchokera ku chiwonongeko chimenecho ndipo akukumbutsidwa za kupezeka kwake kutentha kwambiri ku Afghanistan mmawa.
"Iwo anandiuza kuti zikhoza kuwononga kwambiri kuchotsa izo," anatero Astor. "Ndimamva bwino ndi chisoti changa cha Kevlar."
Marines omwe ali ndi nyengo yolemekezeka ali ndi ulemu waukulu kwambiri kwa oimirira.
"Mwachilungamo, nthawi zina oimika amachititsa manyazi Marines chifukwa cha zomwe angachite," adatero Morse. "Iwo amanyamula zolemera kwambiri kuposa ife chifukwa amanyamula zomwe timanyamula, ndi zinthu zawo zonse zamankhwala."
Mtembo, pamene ali wabwino, angathandize Marines ndi zambiri kuposa mankhwala. Iye akhoza kukhala chinthu cholimbikitsira.
"Ngati azimayi akuyamba kutopa ndikukwera ndikuwona mtembo akungomangirira, zimamupangitsa kuti apite," adatero Morse.
Ku Torkhem, zonse za 1/3 za Docs zimasinthira kupyolera mu ntchito zosiyanasiyana za platoon. Kaya a Marines akuyenda pansi ndi mapiri, kapena akuyenda makilomita 25 pamtunda wotentha wa IED, anyamata ena a 1/3 angathe kugwira bwino ntchitoyi kuti a Marines asawaganizire.
"Kumvera kumasangalatsa," anatero Nededog. "Kukwera kungakhale kozungulira pano, koma ife timadutsa. Asilikali a Afghan National (ANA) ankakonda kutisankhira chifukwa sitinakwera mofulumira monga momwe ankayendera panthawi yoyamba. Koma ife tinawayika iwo mu zida zathu kuphatikizapo zida za thupi nthawi ina ndipo sanakhalepo mphindi zisanu. "
Ma Marine a Nededog anali bwino kukwera. Ndipo momwemonso Docs.
Otsogolera monga Doc Astor, HM2 (FMF) Scott "Doc" Kuniyuki, ndi Doc Nededog samadzikakamiza kuti apitirizebe Marine. Iwo amachita izo kotero kuti nthawizonse azikhala kumeneko kwa iwo. Chifukwa mantha omwe munthu wamunthu ali nawo ndi kuti sangathe kuthandiza Marine pamene akumufuna.
"Mu Marine Corps, palibe chinthu ngati [kusunga] maofesi ofesi," anatero Astor. "M'chipatala chokhazikika ndimatha kuona odwala kuchokera ku 0700-1700 tsiku lililonse, koma ndi Marines anga, ndikupezeka 24/7. Timatcha mankhwala osungirako mankhwala, ndipo ndizofunika. "
Docs akuyembekezeredwa kuchita zochuluka kuposa kupatula zida zothandizira ndi Motrin. Iwo amadzaza udindo wa abale, abwenzi abwino, abambo, akatswiri a maganizo, ophunzitsa anzawo kapena chilichonse chimene Marine amafunikira pa nthawiyo.
"Marines amabwera kwa ife kuti atitonthoze, ndipo ziribe kanthu kaya ndi zakuthupi, zamaganizo kapena zamalingaliro chifukwa tikufuna kuti Marine athu akhale ndi thanzi labwino," adatero Astor. "Timayang'ana mavuto ndipo timakambirana nawo nthawi zonse. Amadziwa kuti timasamala tsiku lililonse, osati pamene akufunikira thandizo lachipatala. "
Ndi ntchito ya anthu opembedza ngakhale kuti akukhala. Kulimbana kwa nkhondo kungapangitse mavuto ovuta kuthetsa. Kulimbana ndi mkazi, mavuto a zachuma kapena nkhani zina zoipa kungapangitse Marine kuganizira za ntchito yake ndikumupweteka.
A Marines mumzinda wa Torkhem amalankhula ndi amithenga awo chifukwa amadziwa kuti amasiye awo amasamalira.
"Zingathe kukupha pano," anatero Nededog, "IED, bullet, kusasamala kapena tsoka chabe. Tikudziwa kuti tikuyenera kutsimikiza kuti Marines ali pamwamba pa masewera awo tsiku lililonse tsiku lililonse. "
Ngakhale kuti amithenga akuyembekezeredwa kuchiritsidwa-zonse chifukwa chazomwe zilibe m'nyanja, amadziŵa kuti luso lawo lachipatala limangobwera pamene likufunikira. Apo ayi, iwo ndi a Marines m'zinthu zonse.
"A Corpsmen amafunika kudziwa maluso a nkhondo ndi manja awo chifukwa akamapita ndi Marines amafunika kuti afike pansi ndi atayika pamoto," anatero Sgt. Michael Belliston. "Iwo angafunikire kumenyana ndi njira yawo kupita ku Marine opweteka, kapena kukamenyana ndi njira ya Marine."
Choncho anthu ochimwawo amaphunzira. Amaphunzira momwe angamenyane ndi dzanja, momwe angaperekere mfuti ya grenade ya MK-19, kuyendetsa Humvees, kukumbukira, kulongosola pa oyendetsa galimoto, ndi zina zotero. Ndipo amachita izo pamzere kutsogolo, osati panthawi yomwe amaphunzitsanso akuti.
Oyendetsa ngalawa amadzigwira okha.
"Ndakhala ndikukondwera nthawi zonse ndi luso la maphunziro omwe ali nawo panthawi yochepa," adatero Morse. "Omwe amanda anga amatha kulumphira pa zida zilizonse pano ndikuchita komanso Marine. Pakhomo, ndakumana ndi ma docs omwe angathamangitse nsomba za m'nyanja zonse m'nyanja yake. "
Komabe, a Marines angafune kuti oimirira asapereke umboni wokonzekera nkhondo yawo pamoto wamoto.
"Mwamunthu wabwino adzaika mozungulira ngati tikufuna kuti apite," adatero Morse, "koma timayesetsa kuwasunga kumbuyo kotero kuti ali pafupi kuti atipulumutse."
Kuwonjezera pa kuwombera mowona mtima, utsogoleri wa Marine Corps nthawi zonse umatsimikizira kuti Marines amamvetsetsa Docs ali ochezeka, koma akadali msilikali. Ndiwo muyezo womwe iwo anawukha kuyambira pachiyambi monga gawo la chilango cholondola Marines amagwiritsa ntchito kupambana nkhondo.
"Ndimachita zimenezi ndikafika ku chipani chatsopano kuti tidziwe maofesi athu," adatero Morse. "Ndidzanena kuti, 'Ndikudziwa kuti ndiwe doc, ndipo wagonanso, koma iwe umamulemekeza ndikumuchitira momwe mungathere ndi Marine'."
Ulemu umatuluka njira ziwiri.
"Ndikuyembekezeranso kuti akapolo anga asamaope kulankhula ngati akuwona Marine anga akuchita zolakwika."
Mwachidule, a Marines amayembekezera kuti mayendedwe awo akhale, chabwino, Nyanja.
Ndipo ndilo cholinga cha ma docs komanso chifukwa ndi pamene akudziwa kuti akuchita ntchito yawo.
"Choyamikiridwa chabwino chomwe tingathe kupereka munthu wamba," anatero Morse, "ndikuwachitira monga momwe tingakhalire ndi Marine."