Ricky Bobby

so, we finally got to do something related to an infantryman's job. i won't go into too much detail about it, but i do want to mention one fun aspect to it. are you ready?

I GOT TO BE PART OF A HIGH SPEED CHASE!!!!

not only that, i was on the chasing side of it, which isn't something i'd imagined a year ago. anyway, my CO (commanding officer, captain) had loosened the gloves(but not taken them off, of course) and we were on our way to search a small villiage. as we pulled up, a truck took off. a helicopter we had hovering up above notified us he was leaving and threw smoke grenades in front of the truck to try to get him to stop. but he increased speed instead, getting about a mile away from us.

so we figured this is a bad guy. let's go get him. luckily, i was driving that day. unfortunetly, i was the last of three vehicles. but not for long. when word came over the radio to stop the truck, the 2 vehicles in front of me hesitated just long enough for me to pull into the lead. i put the pedal to the metal, going as fast as i could, over dirt roads or just thru fields making my own roads. the whole time the copter was overhead throwing out more smoke grenades and directing us to the truck. oh, and don't listen to what anyone else might say. there was no chance of me flipping the humvee.

eventually the chase got onto a hardball(paved street) and we caught up to him. he finally decided to pull over and i screeched to a halt, angling in front of him. our guys got him out of the truck and questioned him, which wasn't so much fun for him. turned out he didn't have anything. he was just a really, really stupid guy who thought he didn't have to stop for copters throwing smoke grenades, and turned into a really, really scared guy who learned a valuable leason. don't run from me.

anyway, it was probably the most fun filled 10 mins i've had in months.