Today we had IED training. An IED is an Improvised Explosive Device or as the civilian world calls them, roadside bombs. The training was pretty good, and it really heightened my awareness of IED's. In the end, there's not a lot you can do to control your exposure to IED's. If a terrorist is good at what he does, then you probably won't spot it. I guess it makes you realize that your job as a soldier is serious and that there are certain risks that every soldier takes when he volunteers for the job. Sometimes we soldiers try to make believe that we can control every situation that we get into. But the truth is that we can't control everything. We do all we can to mitigate the risks that are associated with the business, but we must admit that sometimes there are things that are just out of our control.
Even if there are certain risks that we can't control, we still have to press on and do our job. I guess that's what they pay us the big bucks for. (I'm kidding, we're grossly underpaid)
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