DevilDogs

It was the 4th of September.. First squad set out on the road and we have to go with them to do dialy patrol in the middle of no where.

"God this sucks" said Cpl.. Rodreguiz. "Yeah it does" I replied. John was up on the .50. A man ran put in front of us and drew out a sign saying stop. "What is that idiot saying" a soldier yelled. The hummve behind us went off the rode and the man on the .50 shot the man before I could go talk to him with a translator. Cease fire! Cease fire!

They carried on their patrol and came up to a small town called Kouble, Afghanistan. All of the people started running into the buildings and closing windows. "What's wrong with them?" A bulltet hit John in the neck. I jumped out if the car using the door as cover as insurgents ran up on us with ak-47s

I shot one that was running up on John. The fire calmed down.

Let's get out of here! Johns hit!

By the time the medic got to John he was gone. Bravo squad moved up and an explosion went off. Smoke and blocks of stone flew into the air. I.E.D!

All you heard was screaming and cries for help. I didn't know what to do. I just looked and saw my friend's body in my hands. I grabbed me rifle and started shooting to find where they all are at. I some shots coming from the mosque. I grabbed my radio and called in "Alpha, Charlie we need air strike at 3n, 5 w." I could here the bomber coming in and a burst of flame ran across the street. The smoke cleared and I saw was body parts scattered across the street. Delta squad showed up and started to find any men alive. The mosque was ruined it collapsed and no one lived.

We decided to fall back. We set up camp at a house that wasn't destroyed from the blast. You could see most of Kouble. You could here all of the insurgents mortar fire slamming into the ground.

When motioning arrived there was no sounds but silent we decided to walk through the broken apart city with twenty men and hundreds if insurgents. We were out numbered from one to five. Rodreguiz walked out to see if there was anyone one the street none. Put the wounded in the hummve while we cover you. Go! the men rushed to the hummve while we were watching and looking for a sign. Nothing moved as the hummves where leaving the battle zone. A soldier from the other team stood up. Bang! A bullet strikes him in the head killing him instantly. Sniper! They all took cover. "It was a dragonave" I explained. Where is he at? There! The insurgent was running across the street. The squad letted out a roar of shots. The insurgent fell and never had gotten back up. An RPG shot from a two story house and hit right next to me. I flew through a window into a house with civilians."It is ok. don't worry" I was trying to tell them. But they were still scared of me as I saw the fear in their eyes.

I called in airstrike to whip some of them out. Boom! the bombs hit and roared. I saw insurgents and civilians dancing in flames while they burnt.

I looked around to see what was happening our convoy just pulled up and taking a lot of fire. I shot while I told my men to get in the cars. we pulled out while the bombers whipped out the whole city.

We returned back to base and I saw wounded men all over the place. It was like a nightmare. I found out that six had been killed. It felt like more. I felt bad for what happened thinking what could I have done better. I did what I could then my cornel came up to me and said "DevilsDogs!"