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Originally Posted by mdstu
Definitely messed up. I forgot, there is one more.
War is over. We are packed up and convoying out of Iraq and back to our original base camp in Saudi Arabia. It took over a week to get back due to the logistics of moving so much equipment out of there. We sat for days sometimes waiting for a movement order.
Anyways, on the last day of driving, less than 20 miles from our camp. Two trucks in our convoy are playing around, trying to pass each other, and one of them loses control and crashes. The truck that crashed had two girls in it, best friends. Driver survived, but the passenger was crushed and killed instantly. That's messed up. Imagine you are that girls parents. Losing their child in a war, only to find out later she died a couple weeks after the war while playing grab ass on the highway.
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While underway, a friend and I almost threw each other into the Suez Canal while horsing around. It would have been a really stupid way to get injured or killed. I am kind of surprised that I made it past 25 years old when I look back.