The question I get asked the most about my job is what’s it like to work in a war zone. No one wants to hear about the countless press conferences I’ve covered on Capitol Hill, or even what a camera spray is like in the Oval Office. But there is a misconception about what happens on a compbat outpost in the middle of a war. The idea that guys sit around and ponder their fates, or talk about how dangerous things are just isn’t true. Don’t get me wrong- those conversations do happen, and there are horrific days while on tour. But it’s not like the big battle scene at the end of Saving Private Ryan where everyone is waxing poetic about back home, and praying they make it out. One infantry grunt said it best when he told me “you get one cigarette to talk about the crazy shit that just happened, after that you’re just a whiner.” The majority of time is spent fighting boredom between patrols outside the wire. Cribs: Iraq came about on a slow day at Combat Outpost Rabiy in Mosul when the soldiers wanted to show me around.
Whats up Evan? I love the new website man i like looking at all your work and it kinda makes me think about the old times. Miss ya man awsome vid haha!