In the heat of the moment

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SyrupBuccaneer on June 24th, 2021 at 00:48 UTC »

There's a fucking fantastic scene about this in Generation Kill. They do everything possible in that moment to defuse the situation. And when they can't, and have to shoot, they feel fucking terrible and doubtful about what they did.

War is the antithesis of nice.

Gunfighter9 on June 24th, 2021 at 01:15 UTC »

True, I was there in 2003-2004 and we got an order from our battalion to not engage enemy forces that we couldn't identify so we could conserve ammo.in short, “ No more spray and pray.”

Overd0se1 on June 24th, 2021 at 01:27 UTC »

I often think of this. In the Navy the weapon was never pointed at anyone unless you intend to shoot, and it could only be used as a last resort when all lesser means have failed.