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<blockquote data-quote="kroberts2131" data-source="post: 1329822" data-attributes="member: 11931">When I was in Iraq I did convoy security.&nbsp; Everytime we stopped we did a quick search for anything suspicious in the area.&nbsp; Policy was if you saw anything that resembled a bomb get back to your truck fast and get it over the radio.&nbsp; Well I&#039;m searching a culvert under the road one day, I use the muzzle of my M-16 to lift a patch of dead weeds away from the opening.Out comes a damn camel spider.&nbsp; I used to be deathly afraid of spiders (not sure why i&#039;m not now, but they don&#039;t bother me now) so I take off running away from the spider.&nbsp; Well I guess everyone noticed me running and everyone started towards thier vehicle.&nbsp; So now i&#039;m thinking someone else found an IED and I say to myself &quot;Oh crap, a spider and an IED&quot;.&nbsp; I get back in my truck and tell my Sgt about the spider and then ask what they found at the back of the convoy.&nbsp; He then procedded to chew my butt up and down, along with every officer in the battalion.&nbsp; I&#039;ll never forget that</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kroberts2131, post: 1329822, member: 11931"] When I was in Iraq I did convoy security. Everytime we stopped we did a quick search for anything suspicious in the area. Policy was if you saw anything that resembled a bomb get back to your truck fast and get it over the radio. Well I'm searching a culvert under the road one day, I use the muzzle of my M-16 to lift a patch of dead weeds away from the opening. Out comes a damn camel spider. I used to be deathly afraid of spiders (not sure why i'm not now, but they don't bother me now) so I take off running away from the spider. Well I guess everyone noticed me running and everyone started towards thier vehicle. So now i'm thinking someone else found an IED and I say to myself "Oh crap, a spider and an IED". I get back in my truck and tell my Sgt about the spider and then ask what they found at the back of the convoy. He then procedded to chew my butt up and down, along with every officer in the battalion. I'll never forget that [/QUOTE]

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