I get up to one knee and peer over my cover of rubble and see the rest of my squad in the cafe across the street. I signal to them asking if its clear to move forward. They give me the go ahead. I get up and run as fast as possible. I make it there without a scratch but arrive to see a scary sight. I see Bobby laying on the ground unconscious with a bullet hole in his side. He looked pretty bad, I didn't think he would make it. 

     I wrap the wound and put pressure on it to try and stop the bleeding but nothing was working. I am not capable of patching up this bad of a wound. I need to get Bobby to the field hospital. It is only 2 miles to the south of the city, but the path is lined with insurgents. It isn't possible to get him there but i have to try.

    I look at Bobby and I start asking my self if it is worth the risk. Could he be saved? Should I stay here and hope my poor field patching will keep him alive long enough to get help? No, I need to try. I stand up and look at the surrounding buildings and streets. The street gong south is blocked by a fallen building. I would have to go building to building with Bobby on my back. This will be very dangerous because I will have no way of protection with Bobby on my back.

    I go to Bobby and throw him over my shoulders. He is a smaller guy so I can carry him fairly easily. I walk to doorway and look out. The area looks fairly quiet. So I run across the street and enter a building. I set Bobby down and scout the building by myself room by room. The building was clear so we kept moving.I threw Bobby over my shoulder and continued going building to building trying to get to the field hospital. 

    About half way to the hospital i hear start hearing laughing and yelling coming from a near by building. I wasn't sure who it was or what they were doing but I was going to have to bypass them just in case.I would have to go into the street to get around the men. This frightened me because I was target practice out in the street but it had to be done to keep our cover low. So I enter the street with Bobby still unconscious over my shoulder. I walk slowly along the side of the building the men were in. I start to hear the voices and find out they are Iraqis. So i have to be extra careful now. 

    I keep walking around the building trying to stay low as possible. I turn a corner and a man with an AK-47 smoking a cigarette is standing with his back to me on guard. My heart stopped. What do I do? I quietly sneak back around the corner and look for away around. But there isn't another way. I either go through the building with multiple hostiles or take out the one guard. I put bobby down slowly and quietly. I pull out my knife and sneak slowly around the corner. I see the man standing no more than 10 feet away from me. I must attack fast and quiet.I take a few steps forward watching him constantly. I get within five feet undetected. I bring my knife up and stab him in the back I bring him down slowly and silently. I hide the body in a bush and go get Bobby. I pick him up and continue on through the street. I quietly get passed the men in the building and make my way into the cover of buildings again.

    I am only about a mile away now. I got one more apartment building to go through till I am in view of the base. I walk into the building and set Bobby down.I go through the routine of checking to make sure the building is clear. I am almost done when I hear someone start to talk. I look back and it sounds like it is coming from Bobby's direction.I slowly walk towards his direction and find three hostile soldiers standing over Bobby. I needed to get bobby out of there. I pulled out my knife and started creeping close to the men. I was undetected but I needed to move fast because I was in the wide open. I sprinted towards the men with all my power and lunged at two of them. I stabbed one and knocked the other to the ground. I pulled out my knife and wrestled with the mine I tackled. Eventually the third man came to help his friend and I was out numbered. I was able to kick one of the men off of and get to my feet with the knife still in my hand. Both men were unarmed but they were much bigger than me. I needed to use another tactic. So I decided to try and scare them so I charge at the two men with my knife. I stabbed one and fell to the ground. The second man was frightened and ran out the building.