Continuing Actions on Objective

A quick excerpt from a bigger piece that I felt would keep the creative flowers blossoming. Enjoy.
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The area turned into a safe haven for transporting fighters to and from Marjah and surrounding villages to rest and regroup between battles. The Taliban took advantage of this area, turning it into a getaway, and with no five-star yelp reviews. Learning how the Taliban operated was no simple task, and the process of gaining intel did not come from the higher-ups or intel briefs. No, our platoons were encouraged to speak with other military forces, who had been conducting nighttime raids on small cells attempting to take pressure off other military units in and around Marjah. You know, listen to stories that happen because a real story has no end, much like this war. After hearing what they had to say, the Taliban’s drumbeat aggressive and heard throughout the lands. Even with these courageous efforts, the volume of troops in contact progressively worsened, impacting all villages around the city of Marjah. Listening to these military units sharing their stories and point of view was worth more than money, gold, or diamonds. It was worth my life for any information they could offer about the Taliban when it came to war, explained in great detail that patrolling tactics during the day was a death note and harbored in one position too long with no patrolling activity, leading to later consequences and being bitten by the Taliban. We knew from that moment on; our nighttime capabilities would become beneficial; patrolling under cover of darkness within the shadows, a perfect dream for Recon Marine that became a reality and not a dream that falls deep into the world of Fantasia. Each of us knew that this would not be a cush deployment, you know, three hot meals a day, midnight snacks, showers, access to a gym, Wi-Fi to call home, the works, and let’s not forget, return home jacked and tanned with a pocket full of cash.