Posted on May 20, 2015
What's the strangest thing you've seen on late night watch?
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Ever stand watch in the middle of the night and see something you just couldn't explain? Or creepy? Or just was not sure who to report it to and wouldn't know what they'd do if you told them anyway?
What do you think you saw and how did you respond?
What do you think you saw and how did you respond?
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Duty
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Mice. Let me explain:
One night (in Northern Saudi) while watching the horizon in the Bradley thermals I see this guy running from right to left in a crouch...fast as hell. The second time he appeared, he was going left to right, and getting a little closer, still crouching. This time I caught him in the stadia lines just long enough to figure he was at about 2000 meters out. I figured I'd keep an eye on him for a couple of minutes before I alerted anyone since he was way out and I wanted to be sure. After a few minutes and a few more dashes, I figured out that I was watching a mouse running around about 20 or 30 meters away!
One night (in Northern Saudi) while watching the horizon in the Bradley thermals I see this guy running from right to left in a crouch...fast as hell. The second time he appeared, he was going left to right, and getting a little closer, still crouching. This time I caught him in the stadia lines just long enough to figure he was at about 2000 meters out. I figured I'd keep an eye on him for a couple of minutes before I alerted anyone since he was way out and I wanted to be sure. After a few minutes and a few more dashes, I figured out that I was watching a mouse running around about 20 or 30 meters away!
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GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad
Just be glad you didn't light the little guy up ... you might have had some explaining to do! :-)
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SGT Richard H.
LOL...that's for sure. It was still Desert Shield at the time, so we were still pretty much "weapons tight"
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UFOs (in the literal sense) through a thermal over Marjah, Afghanistan. They were probably aerostats, but I had never seen aerostats before, and hadn't seen them in the daylight either.
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