Continuing Actions on Objective Part 4

Scream their names so loud that they can hear you and those around you will never forget the warriors you are surrounded by.
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The consistent pressure I'd operated at seemed excessive at that moment, yet, was needed; I gave my soul to this. I was part of this world now and it become our reality thus far. The amount of enduring was unwavering. The truth is we needed that intensity if we wanted to survive. That 60-day operation did something to many of us.  We’d only been in Afghanistan for less than four months, and this 60-day mission was our pre-season to what was to come over the next several months. Firefights turned into finding key leaders in the area, IEDs, and long night patrols. Yet, cowboy country belonged to us, 1st Recon Bn had taken over Trek Nawa, and the Taliban didn't know what to do. For me, this highlighted the efforts of professionalism that we carried within us. One that I am finding again and redefining years later in my life. Operating at such a high level was needed at this moment; the intensity was at capacity, and the volume turned it into a tsunami. It was a requirement for survival to handle such danger.