I wonder if this soldier realizes he is describing Shock and Awe?

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http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/entries/2008/03/29/us_base_in_iraq_offers_no_safe.html

U.S. base in Iraq offers no safety


<snip>After 10 most nights, the soldiers at Falcon unwind with music, a movie, a shower. Many are back in their tents and on their cots, spent after a hot, strenuous day.

Then comes the ominous whistle overhead. Immediately, the soldiers begin dropping to the ground. Everyone knows what’s coming.

Boom! Boom!

The earth shakes. Bottles of Gatorade and mp3 players fall from shelves. Obscenities fly.

“Go, go, go!” someone shouts.

They scramble to grab helmets and body armor. And run into darkness, all the time hoping another rocket won’t explode before they can get inside something more solid than plywood and tarp.

Like bees to a hive, the soldiers hurtle toward the nearest bunker, encased in 9-inch-thick concrete.

“It keeps you on edge,” says Spc. Matt Brawner, 23, of LaGrange.

“You think about it all the time. You’re always looking over your shoulder,” says Sgt. Wes Marriner, 44, of Hull, Mass.

Imagine a quiet afternoon at home, listening to music or watching television. A bomb comes out of nowhere and destroys your world.

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1. Sounds like what life has been like for the Iraqis for 5 years now