Braxton McCoy

The recruitment drive was supposed to be done and over with.

But there were so many people that had showed up that we were out until like midnight.

And then we finally had to just send people home.

And the catch is there were not even any slots left.

We were doing this for show at this point and everybody knew it, but they were trying, you know, hearts and minds, all that shit.

So they said, okay, we got to go out one more day.

Well, they had only promised us three peaceful days.

And it's Ramadi in the beginning of 06.

You could just about guarantee that you're going to have an issue.

And the day before, either the day before or the day before that, we had watched guys sit at a bus stop and never get on anything, just watch us all day.

Yeah, and we passed that up.

So we knew what was going on.

And then, so on the 5th, that morning, we go to S2 and get the brief.

And the brief is like, hey, you need to be on the look for V-beds.

Because they're going to attack you with a V-bed.

And he said, all right.

And I even made the joke, we get in the trucks.

And I was like, well, let's go get fucking blown up, dude.

Because everybody knew.

We get there to this place called the Glass Factory, and it's just like what you would imagine.