The Long Walk: a Story of War And the Life That Follows
“A front line only exists when two standing armies look over a field at one another. Our army didn’t do much standing, and we were fighting the ever-changing sea we swam in. But we didn’t swim continuously. We stepped into and out of that sea; the front gate of the FOB was the shore, and there I turned the switch on and off.Out in the city, on the highway, in the helicopter, danger lurked everywhere. No smiling locals, no pile of trash, no abandoned parked car could be trusted. Your brain was al...ways on, your back never turned, your rifle always ready, finger on the trigger.But once we got back to the FOB, back to the HAS, a two-foot-thick concrete dome sheltered your righteous head from that crashing sea. The vest came off, the rifle was set down, the breath came easier. A take-out dinner from the chow hall and a cigarette and a laugh around the fire pit outside with your brothers. Back inside the gate, you were safe again.And so every day the pendulum swung. Danger to safety. Safety to danger.MoreLess
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