He (@YakAttack) always Yakattacks the threads. Hence his name.
The closest I ever came was some bracketing mortar fire. I was in my tent sorting/packing my s*** to go home after a year in Kandahar.
Literally, I was helicoptering out of Camp Nathan Smith the next day to head back home when we came under attack. And the mortar/rpg fire that started it was bracketing my tent.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/taliban-fighters-attack-2-us-bases-in-kandahar/2011/10/27/gIQA4TyEMM_story.html?utm_term=.cd19460acc57
I have been in hairy places and situations before, but that was the closest IMO. 10 minutes of that nonsense before I felt good about running for a bunker. I could hear the gravel getting spit up on the canvas of the 10 man “Alaskan” tent by the rounds. It my purest Yossarian moment in life.
EDIT: The article is hilarious. “10 RPG rounds”. More like 100-200. I’m still on Social media with the MAJ Toner in the article so I have to send him that WaPo link and bust his chops about it. He’ll probably tell me the press got it wrong… :)