Army private excited to attack Mosul at 0400 with company-strength element
STAGING AREA OUTSIDE MOSUL, Iraq — An Army private says he's very excited that he and his company-sized element will be attacking into the city of Mosul from the northwest, sources on Facebook confirmed this morning.
"Hey everyone! I’m so excited, it’s almost time for my first chance of combat!" Pvt. Lane Torrance wrote in a public Facebook post on Tuesday evening. "In fact, only one of the 20 US advisors to Iraq forces has ever deployed before. Except for Sgt. 1st Class Jimbo Johnson of Alaska. He's a badass, and he’s been deployed seven times. When he’s not overseas he’s managing the local Long John Silvers on Main Street in Juneau."
Sources say Torrance — who has a profile photo of him with a cigarette dangling from the corner of his lip as he holds a M240L machine gun that he is not allowed to carry — also reported being a little bit nervous about his first taste of combat, though he was confident in the battle plan his lieutenant had told him, which he shared in the post.
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