The nightmares still linger in my mind: drunken soldiers, a gun in one hand, a torch in the other on the hunt.
In pictures evidently taken with Western television in mind, Serbian soldiers hand out candy to Muslim children, but Zumra Shekhomerovic recalls a different scene amid the chaos of terrified families: an armed Serb orders her husband, "You come this way" and tells her, "You go on".
In the event of failure, Kaliayev was playing with the thought of ending their struggle in Japanese style, having in mind Japanese soldiers who were said to have committed hara-kiri during the Russo-Japanese war.
Significantly, the figures suggested that the prevalence of alcohol misuse was far greater than that of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the psychological injury often associated in the public mind with soldiers, which affects an estimated seven percent of those who serve in front-line roles, according to the King's Centre.
Please keep in mind the soldiers first responsibility is the war and staying safe!
A singularly theatrical m?nge of docudrama (based on interviews conducted with former troops), history, song and choreography, "Black Watch" enters the hearts and minds of soldiers in ineffable ways that more literal-minded portrayals could never hope to achieve.
As these thoughts passed through my mind, a soldier's hand waved me through the checkpoint.
More than biographies, more than documentaries, more than history books, it was letters that allowed me to enter the minds of soldiers from a century ago.
Abu Ghraib and the other catastrophes of occupation have cost America the Iraqi hearts and minds its soldiers had patiently won over since victory.
"It's kind of hard to win the hearts and minds when soldiers are taking $650 Thuraya phones," he said, referring to a type of satellite telephone.
