(October 9, 2012 at 10:01 am)Rhythm Wrote: I bet you could have. Having rounds thrown your way has a strange and unique deadening effect. Not to say that people don't freeze up, but regardless of this soldiers still advance on positions. I imagine it's a mixture of adrenaline, aggression, herd mentality, expectations, shame, glory seeking, fear, stupidity, drill...and confusion.
There is a surprising calm and clarity about everything around you after the fact by the way. The feeling is indescribable, I would give everything I have for five minutes of that feeling.
Without having been in battle, I can only speculate and I would freeze up most likely knowing myself. But no, I've had "shit your pants" near death moments. My mom once ran a stop light and we came inches away from being t boned by a speeding semi. I didn't have any sudden calm or clarity. I simply thought "SON OF A BITCH".
I never want to ever come that close to death again, although I know it will get me. I just would rather not see it comming so I don't have time to think about it.
Getting shot at does not sound appealing to me at all.
