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Brett Bailey's “Downtown Saudi Arabia”

“Those 201 days I served in Saudi/Kuwait were perhaps the most enriching, foundation-building days of my life. I came to realize some of those guys would die trying to save my life as I would theirs. The recollections I have of the war are going to last throughout my life and beyond in these memoirs. While over there I pondered how I’d feel and interpret this time in my life many sunsets ahead. Having copious and sedentary guard duty on an isolated sand dune provided more than enough time for such perplexing philosophical/psychological adventures. We were deprived of everything: no women, no booze, not much free time or what-have-you, and we still lived somewhat happily. Picking on each other, playing Spades, and swimming were some of the fun things we did. Going on live-fires was always fun whenever they decided to spend the coinage on us. In the rear areas we had ample downtime; out in the field we had sparing downtime. Of all the spells I was terrified or afraid, I never once feared the Grim Reaper’s scythe. I was a strong twenty years old. I was invincible, so death wasn’t a worry, only an afterthought…most of the time not even that.

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