John Reeves
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And then later my boss was like, who are those guys fighting? I was like, that's our boys. And he was like, wait, did you do that? And I was like, I didn't want to be there for like six hours. Like, you know what I mean? Like, how do we speed this up? We got shit to do today. Like, you know what I mean? That's my efficiency is my thing.
And then later my boss was like, who are those guys fighting? I was like, that's our boys. And he was like, wait, did you do that? And I was like, I didn't want to be there for like six hours. Like, you know what I mean? Like, how do we speed this up? We got shit to do today. Like, you know what I mean? That's my efficiency is my thing.
Yeah. That's one of the, and we did so much. Hey, all right. I'll tell you another one. My first Saddam hit, uh, I worked a lot of intel side for Saddam, me and a couple other guys. So we worked somewhere not with our squadron, and we worked with another government agency. Make sense? Yeah. We get the call, the squadron's doing a hit. There's a Saddam sighting, right?
Yeah. That's one of the, and we did so much. Hey, all right. I'll tell you another one. My first Saddam hit, uh, I worked a lot of intel side for Saddam, me and a couple other guys. So we worked somewhere not with our squadron, and we worked with another government agency. Make sense? Yeah. We get the call, the squadron's doing a hit. There's a Saddam sighting, right?
Yeah. That's one of the, and we did so much. Hey, all right. I'll tell you another one. My first Saddam hit, uh, I worked a lot of intel side for Saddam, me and a couple other guys. So we worked somewhere not with our squadron, and we worked with another government agency. Make sense? Yeah. We get the call, the squadron's doing a hit. There's a Saddam sighting, right?
So this is like the beginning, like 2003 Iraq. We were fucking Ken blocking it with fucking maps, like hit the third traffic circle, go out on the nine o'clock. Like literally I get us to fucking Ken blocking, fucking navigating through a fucking shitty Baghdad fucking street map. I get us to the fucking target, right? Humvees are already there. The rest of the guys are already there.
So this is like the beginning, like 2003 Iraq. We were fucking Ken blocking it with fucking maps, like hit the third traffic circle, go out on the nine o'clock. Like literally I get us to fucking Ken blocking, fucking navigating through a fucking shitty Baghdad fucking street map. I get us to the fucking target, right? Humvees are already there. The rest of the guys are already there.
So this is like the beginning, like 2003 Iraq. We were fucking Ken blocking it with fucking maps, like hit the third traffic circle, go out on the nine o'clock. Like literally I get us to fucking Ken blocking, fucking navigating through a fucking shitty Baghdad fucking street map. I get us to the fucking target, right? Humvees are already there. The rest of the guys are already there.
Rangers got the blocking positions all set up. so we get there we raid the house right we get all these guys and then finally there was like no fucking shit y'all there was like i don't know 15 motherfuckers it was like a saddam look-alike fucking contest they all had the mustache there's like short fat saddams there's like tall skinny saddams so it's like body doubles
Rangers got the blocking positions all set up. so we get there we raid the house right we get all these guys and then finally there was like no fucking shit y'all there was like i don't know 15 motherfuckers it was like a saddam look-alike fucking contest they all had the mustache there's like short fat saddams there's like tall skinny saddams so it's like body doubles
Rangers got the blocking positions all set up. so we get there we raid the house right we get all these guys and then finally there was like no fucking shit y'all there was like i don't know 15 motherfuckers it was like a saddam look-alike fucking contest they all had the mustache there's like short fat saddams there's like tall skinny saddams so it's like body doubles
Well, I don't know if it was body doubles. They just all looked like them. Yeah, because the Saddam look was popular. The mustache. I mean, not that they all look the same, but they kind of all look the same from my perspective at the time. So it was like, well, no wonder someone called this in. It's fucking like they all look like Saddam. You know what I mean? And then on the outside, like...
Well, I don't know if it was body doubles. They just all looked like them. Yeah, because the Saddam look was popular. The mustache. I mean, not that they all look the same, but they kind of all look the same from my perspective at the time. So it was like, well, no wonder someone called this in. It's fucking like they all look like Saddam. You know what I mean? And then on the outside, like...
Well, I don't know if it was body doubles. They just all looked like them. Yeah, because the Saddam look was popular. The mustache. I mean, not that they all look the same, but they kind of all look the same from my perspective at the time. So it was like, well, no wonder someone called this in. It's fucking like they all look like Saddam. You know what I mean? And then on the outside, like...
fuck man the rangers shot up these vehicles at the blocking position i have my squad my my sergeant major was like hey go fucking clean up the bodies and i'm like why the fuck am i on brains detail i didn't fucking shoot nobody today and he's like you're the only one with a regular pickup truck that could haul the bodies and i'm like fucker already thought it through this is why this guy's the boss you know what i mean like and then uh
fuck man the rangers shot up these vehicles at the blocking position i have my squad my my sergeant major was like hey go fucking clean up the bodies and i'm like why the fuck am i on brains detail i didn't fucking shoot nobody today and he's like you're the only one with a regular pickup truck that could haul the bodies and i'm like fucker already thought it through this is why this guy's the boss you know what i mean like and then uh
fuck man the rangers shot up these vehicles at the blocking position i have my squad my my sergeant major was like hey go fucking clean up the bodies and i'm like why the fuck am i on brains detail i didn't fucking shoot nobody today and he's like you're the only one with a regular pickup truck that could haul the bodies and i'm like fucker already thought it through this is why this guy's the boss you know what i mean like and then uh
lesson learned that day is you know like in iraq you just drink water out of bottles and then throw them in your truck man we were loading bodies and there's fucking 100 water bottles in the back of the bed someone just come by the bed of the truck and throw an empty water bottle in like at the house or whatever right and like i'm throwing bodies and fucking shit in the back of my truck and there's like bloody water bottles squirting everywhere it's a fucking mess man so
lesson learned that day is you know like in iraq you just drink water out of bottles and then throw them in your truck man we were loading bodies and there's fucking 100 water bottles in the back of the bed someone just come by the bed of the truck and throw an empty water bottle in like at the house or whatever right and like i'm throwing bodies and fucking shit in the back of my truck and there's like bloody water bottles squirting everywhere it's a fucking mess man so
lesson learned that day is you know like in iraq you just drink water out of bottles and then throw them in your truck man we were loading bodies and there's fucking 100 water bottles in the back of the bed someone just come by the bed of the truck and throw an empty water bottle in like at the house or whatever right and like i'm throwing bodies and fucking shit in the back of my truck and there's like bloody water bottles squirting everywhere it's a fucking mess man so