Rikuso Ga Mita Iraq Haken Saizensen Nessa No Naka No 90 Nichi

[Machine Translation] A tank crewman who joined the Self-Defense Forces at the age of 16, he wrote "eagerly" in a questionnaire about his desire to be deployed to Iraq. He deployed to the scorching heat of Samawah, Iraq as a member of the 3rd Iraq Reconstruction Support Group. Vehicle maintenance under the scorching sun, tense supply transport missions, mortar shells and rocket bombs being fired into camps, and fleeting exchanges with foreign soldiers.... These were intense days that could never be experienced in peaceful Japan. A battlefield experience of a former 2nd sergeant who devoted his youth to the Self-Defense Forces!

極限の環境に身を置けば自分はもっと強くなれるかもしれない―。16歳で自衛隊に入隊し、戦車乗員を務める陸曹は、イラク派遣の希望調査に「熱望」と大きく記入した。2004年8月から3か月、第3次イラク復興支援群の一員として灼熱のイラク・サマーワに展開。炎天下での車両整備、緊張の物資輸送任務、宿営地に撃ち込まれる迫撃砲弾・ロケット弾、外国人兵士らとのつかの間の交流...平和な日本では決して味わえない濃密な日々。青春を自衛隊に捧げた元2等陸曹の戦場体験記!