Living in a combat zone, you tend to take fire from the locals. Generally they aren't really aiming at anything and are just hoping they get lucky. Honestly, you get used to it after the first few times simply because you reconcile yourself to the fact that there isn't all that much you can do. If you are outside, you go to a bunker or get indoors for some cover. The one's who have it real bad are the detainees because they don't wear all the gear we do, so a stray round is bad for them.
We got some the other day when I was working. Everyone put all their gear on and some people were getting really excited. I took the opportunity to eat a bowl of ice cream from the freezer in the break room. It was rainbow sherbet. I hadn't had any for a while; generally I eat cookies and cream or mint chip, but today all there happened to be was rainbow sherbet. Rainbow sherbet is kind of a little kid flavor of ice cream; in fact, until I discovered chocolate malted crunch at Thrifty, it was my favorite growing up. It doesn't really match the uniform either. I think the only flavor that is worse to eat in uniform is strawberry. The best is probably chocolate. For some reason I think that chocolate is the flavor that embodies the Army the best.
I'll make sure to have some in the freezer for the next attack.
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