Soldiers training at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, undergo a CS gas attack simulating an attack with a worse chemical agent. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Hannah Baker)
Under The Radar/Military.com: 6 Signs That Let Troops Know It's About to Get Real
Veterans who have been in the service a while know that the exact dates and times of the biggest operations are typically classified until just before they pop off. But the troops have found ways of knowing what's coming because the command can't quite keep everything to "business as usual" while also preparing for a big push.
Here are six signs that sh*t's about to get real:
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WNU Editor: When there is a communications blackout .... definitely .... that is when the sh*t is about to hit the fan. Years after Desert Storm I met an Iraqi whose job was to listen to Allied communications before the liberation of Kuwait. For weeks he listened to multiple messages and communications .... until one day he heard nothing. As he told me, it was all quiet for a day .... and then an explosion of communications. The bombing campaign had begun.
