Incoming!

"Sometimes I wake up here and for just a fleeting moment I am simply a human being shaking off the vestiges of sleep, and I forget I’m in Iraq. Not today. This morning I was awakened by three big explosions that sounded way too close for comfort. I reached over and pressed the Indiglo light on my alarm clock. It was 0600 — 15 minutes before my alarm would have gone off. I got out of bed, stretching, and thought, “Another lovely day in Ramadi.” "
Wordsmith at War