Spc. talks about life in his unit.

Spc. Poulson talks to a military reporter about his unit, his unit's mission working on route clearance and what life is like as a deployed reservist. Want to know ask the rank and file.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Iraq
• War
• US
• Military
• Army
• soldier
• IED
• patrol

[terminalsoup]

Interesting, so talking about "life in the unit" or life in the army for that matter, can be nicely summed up as descriptions of operational procedure?

To the so-called interviewer: great job in avoiding the REAL issues. You could have found the answers to your amateurish questions in TIME magazine. There is no "life" in this interview.

[3rdID8487]

@terminalsoup your entitled to your opinion, and thats fine. but most of the 4000+ others that have viewed the video don't seem to have the same problem you do, :)

[NoRestForTheWeary]

Respect.

[LokiMischief88]

That is cool to see the real soldiers point of view.

[c6rocks]

This is not a real soldiers point of view. This guy was chosen very carefully. Oh, and by the way, this is NOT for the ordinary guy who has not yet been through brain wash school.

[OneManEARTH]

@LokiMischief88 yeah?... the real point of view of what.

the video-grapher is a soldier, questions by a soldier and edited by some senior soldier.

PS- he would say nothing from "real point of view" while in uniform.

[jhonnycashowns]

Robot......

[AmericanGMS]

@HortonofDOOM not a good idea, if they dont like you they will kill you and nobody will give a shit and nobody will get in troble, its a group of mercenaries is really what it is. 80% of those guys are felons. if you cant join the military in the US, join the swedish military

[AmericanGMS]

@HortonofDOOM not a good idea, if they dont like you they will kill you and nobody will give a shit and nobody will get in trouble if they kill you, so dont waste your life. if you can join the military in the US, join the swedish military

[n2bracing2]

@HortonofDOOM You can be a combat medic for the Army. You wouldn't be thrown around at all... Once you sign your contract to be a medic you WILL be a medic unless you change jobs, or get kicked out lol

[n2bracing2]

@HortonofDOOM Well I would say both. It is 70% mental and 30% physical... You do ALOT of physical training that will make you want to die lol but that's where the mental willingness to drive on comes in... No matter how tough it gets remember to never quit! Wish you could join us man!

[3rdID8487]

@vfIskullangel Like most of the troops stationed in Middle East during the Gulf War, Swofford saw very little actual combat. Swofford's book and movie narrative focuses on the emotional and psychological struggles of the young troops, especially violence. He recounts disappointment of having trained so long and so hard, only to never engage the enemy due to the brevity of the war. Thats why you question this young man??