The fading light of the sun finally disappeared behind the mountain, my deployment was coming soon. I slowly grabbed my pillow and pulled my blanket up to my neck. My life as I know it is going to change...soon..... I closed my eyes and was asleep almost instantly, but my dreams were anything but peaceful.
I was running, machine gun held tightly in my sweating, blood-covered hands. I was screaming a name I had never heard before. My shoulder was gushing my red, hot, sticky blood, leaving a reeking trail behind. I ran until I could run no more, only to realize, my partner, the man's name I had been shouting, was nowhere to be seen or heard.