When I enlisted in the army, I never comprehended the atrocities I would come face to face with. The war is brutal and I cannot even keep track of how long I have been out here serving my country. Do I regret my decision? Most certainly not, but at times I do wonder what life would have been like if I had just never gone. I am about to write about the conditions I have faced and they are rather disturbing so be prepared. We are engaged in a type of war tactic commonly referred to as trench warfare. It is a tactic in which we lay in dug outs we created as enemy fire passes us overhead. Within this trench each man keeps with him, his most prized possessions and constantly rechecks them to ensure they are still with him. At times it almost seems