Okay, I know I can be a sound sleeper. As an infant/small child, I slept through a tornado that blew out a window and sent glass and water over the bed in which I was sleeping. I’ve slept through some other things, and I know that I’ve been sleeping over here because I have to, not because I want to, and that I am a bit short on sleep. But…
Last night, somewhere around 0100, I finally racked out. I am in a bay with a number of other people (at least six, varies as not all are night sleepers, and there are a couple of guys who snore) just off the ready room. Net result, when one does rack out, you quickly learn to ignore almost everything if you want to sleep. However, somewhere between 0100 and 0600, we had some excitement. Somewhere to the south of us, a sheik was attacked and/or killed (not one of the sheiks I’ve met, out of our area from what I’ve heard), but our base was apparently the closest/best to get to. So, we had dead and wounded brought in, there was treatment, there was dustoff, and there was more—all of it literally right outside my door. I slept through it all. I feel like an idiot. I think I’m also going to ask if I can be put on the alert list for the rest of my time here…
LW
