"The second you stop learning, is the second you start dying" is a phrase that the author used when talking to Afghan National Army soldiers while teaching a counter IED (Improvised Explosive Devices) class in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The point to be made was that in an IED environment, a soldier's most important asset is his mind and how he solves or predicts certain situations. This maxim can be applied to anything involving life or death with military, law enforcement or civilian applications. Soon after, the author took advantage of an opportunity to fire some of the small arms belonging to our allies across the pond while being forward deployed to Camp Leatherneck (British Bastion, Afghan Shrobak are joint bases).
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