For Whom the Bell Tolls

"For whom does the bell toll?

The low dull thud of the rotors signals the end. For the last year that sound has meant many things. Apaches with rockets, HIPs with food and God forbid Blackhawks for MEDEVAC. This time it’s our ride out of Bermel and the end of year in combat.

Since the beginning we’ve known this day was coming. It’s hard to describe the want for something to come and the dread that it will actually arrive. Each day I’ve prayed that I’d reach this day safely and in the next breath cursed the onrushing dreadnought."
Afghanistan Shrugged