This is as good a place as any for me to share what I think every single American needs to read. It's a first-person account of an awful ambush and battle in Mosul, Iraq, just a couple days ago. It's written by a young soldier who's manning a 50-cal. gun on a Stryker (armored vehicle) for just the second time in his life on this particular day.
I will warn you the language is intense, so if you have little ones around bookmark it to read later. However, the language fits the situation the soldier went through and that's why I'm linking to it. It needs to be read because I think we're all getting way too desensitized to what our soldiers are going through in Iraq.
WildTexas.com is about having fun, enjoying time with friends and family in the outdoors, staying fit and active, but all of this doesn't take place in a vacuum. Those of us not in the military and safe here at home should send our prayers, thoughts or just general kindness to those serving in our Armed Forces. It's the least we can do...
A Soldier's Account of the Aug. 5, 2004 Mosul Firefight