Mine Field

"I usually don't do anything too exciting. Well, I guess lately the most exciting thing I've done is walk through a live mine field. The ordinance people were here clearing out a mine field along the border and I was on over watch.

"So I just walked through it.

"The other day they wanted me to unload confiscated weapons and stack them in the pits for disposal. I refused. I'm not properly trained for ordinance disposal, none of the guys I'm with are. I volunteered as over watch that time too.

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Several days after this communication we learned just how dangerous this job actaully is. A troop from the 1-14 was assisting an unload and an RPG detonated - killing and wounding several people.