The Strategic Valor of the iPod in Iraq

by Saint Chuck

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I’m sitting under an old, gnarled tree hoping to find some solace form the ever beating sun. My kevlar is resting under my head like a pillow, albeit a very hard one. The Sounds “Living in America” is playing on my iPod while I lay sweating in the Iraqi heat. This has been the third straight week of temperatures over 90 degrees. Some how, this is not what I had in mind when I joined the Army.

When you’re a little kid you think of doing secret missions and flying fighter jets. Not this. Not innocent children dying daily for the prejudices of their elders. Not the constant fear of being attacked. Not minimal rations and no air conditioners. Somehow I think we would have been more help in New Orleans after Katrina.

“Johnson! Get your lazy ass over here!”

I quickly turn off my iPod and shove my head back into the helmet. Here we go again…

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. The Strategic Valor of the iPod in Iraq

    Saint Chuck's Buddy Icon Saint Chuck

    Posted about 1 year ago

    My friend told me to use “big military words” in my title so that woud explain it if you were wondering.

  2. The Strategic Valor of the iPod in Iraq

    Kevin Lawver's Buddy Icon Kevin Lawver

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    A great portrait of a moment. Could be turned into a great series.

  3. The Strategic Valor of the iPod in Iraq

    Storykeeper of Fae's Buddy Icon Storykeeper of Fae

    Posted about 1 year ago

    What an expression of thoughts! I love it. You are quite talented to be able to write such a scene. Funny…”big military words”...

  4. The Strategic Valor of the iPod in Iraq

    [pens&feathers]'s Buddy Icon [pens&feathers]

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I agree. Fantastic.

  5. The Strategic Valor of the iPod in Iraq

    Vampyro Lectora's Buddy Icon Vampyro Lectora

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I really like it there was only one thing only unsettleing but you fixed it with the mention of the kevlar helmet. But I think you just want it as “a kevlar”

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