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Going to war in Iraq a few times I have heard and experienced a lot of loud sounds. Being about 20m away from the impact of a 105mm canon from an AC-130 was pr

Going to war in Iraq a few times I have heard and experienced a lot of loud sounds. Being about 20m away from the impact of a 105mm canon from an AC-130 was pretty loud. Being right next to a M1 Abrams was probably the worst. A Marine near me actually had a collapsed lung from being in the blast zone. I also RSO’d for a range that shot off 41 SMAW rockets. I had a bad headache for a couple of days after that. Then there was that time that I parked my LAV-25 about 100m from an artillery battery right before they fired a mission where they had to be using a charge 8 or something because a kept losing my train of thought for a minute or so every time they fired a volley. And yes my hearing is pretty bad now. Hopefully I can get hearing aid later on. Edit: changed ear plugs to hearing aid.

jstanley 9y ago
The families of the people you were out there to kill will never get their loved ones back. But I hope your bad hearing isn't too inconvenient.
- skellera 9y ago
  We’re not here for these kinds of comments. His comment was on topic and you’re just trying to start an argument.
- dang 9y ago
  A personal attack like this is a bannable offence on Hacker News. We've had to warn you about this before. If you do it again, we will ban you. It's fine to have anti-war views (as do many in the military, btw). Not fine to take them out on a fellow community member. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html