Originally Posted by thebleakaffinity

Glad it ended soon.

p.s. Your avatar pic is pretty badass.

yeah that was our sentiment as well... a few select quotes from another thread:

Originally Posted by Shafik

The army says we won, media says we lost. I dont really care, as long as I'm out of there. The cease fire seems to be holding rather well, and if all goes smoothly, after three more days of fatigues and battle rations I'm back for good. In the meanwhile, here's me, via someone's camera phone.

Originally Posted by WhiskeySix

nice!! congrats man!!

btw - pretty badass photo

Originally Posted by Bodofooko

That picture almost makes me want to take up smoking, just so I can look like a bad mother.

Oh, and congrats on being back.

Originally Posted by jmaker

Your new nickname is now AnimalMother. Because you are hardcore.

Originally Posted by Shafik

... I may look tough, but I was dying to get out of there every single second, at least when not doing actual war things. That picture is taken in an APC, which I commaned because of man shortages. A few minutes before that pic was taken, a friend in the back slipped into a bad anxiety attack. As bas as it sounds, medics prefer to see a reason when someone screams like a woman being butchered (like a bullet wound or a broken bone, but he was just wailing and wailing for no apparent reason. When it was all over, I climbed on top of the APC and lit a cig to relax. I think it's about 6 AM. And that's the story.

Thanks for your kind words.

and now you know..... the rest of the story.