S.W.A.T. December 2007 - McKeesport Police Department

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TRAINING AND TACTICS Pay attention young man And I’ll tell you the ode Of the battle-weary soldier And the Pale Horse that he rode And when it’s all over When the telling is done Maybe you’ll understand That killing isn’t fun Yes, you do the job And you have to win But there are none who do battle And return home without sin He engaged the enemy And fi red with pride But when he’s alone at night There’s nowhere to hide Tossing and turning Between the bedposts His only companions The bullet-riddled ghosts When he was young Hale and hearty Life was a game Just an endless party Then the years rolled by On golden wings Whatever happened To the innocent things? Heed these words, young man While your guns are still cool Or you’ll die in despair A lonely old fool Listen to the advice Of parents too soon long dead They had all the right answers To puzzles in your young head Then the bell tolled To ship out to war And even though he was well trained He hadn’t a clue what was in store THE PHOTOGRAPH BY LOUIS AWERBUCK In boot camp they told him To go by the book Then the bullets started fl ying And he got his fi rst true look Gone was the young man So full of dash and dare When incoming rounds Started puncturing the air He put on the face Of a soldier so brave A terrifi ed young man Barely old enough to shave But somehow he made it Through the fi ght and the day He killed his fi rst man Now the Piper he must pay While those who surrounded him Looked like they showed grief Every one to a man Was fi lled with relief For it wasn’t the battle That stilled their young laughter It was his anguish they witnessed In the scene that came after It was him or the enemy So he shot fi rst Riddling the man’s torso With a machinegun burst He fell to the ground With a look of surprise The light quickly fading From the dead soldier’s eyes [Louis Awerbuck is Director of the internationally acclaimed Yavapai Firearms Academy. Course information and schedules are available at their website at www.yfainc.com] Approaching him slowly As if in a dream He knelt down beside him Stifl ing a silent scream He removed the helmet To see the enemy’s face Seeing only a youth like himself Gone to a better place In all the noise of battle He couldn’t hear a sound When the photo fell out And drifted to the ground Beautiful she was And laden with child Enough to break his silence With a primal scream so wild He never laughed again After that tormented day Gone was his adolescence Of wine, women, and play Now he’d become a man Setting out on life’s bloody path That nothing could wash clean No shower, no bath So pay attention, young man Don’t get to enjoy killing too much Don’t romanticize old men’s stories Of forgotten wars and blood and such Don’t look forward To the fi rst notch on your gun Take it from one who’s been there And whose last ride is nearly done You’re still young and happy With a chance for many years All he has left are the ghosts And empty nights fi lled with dry tears I told you it was an ode So open your ears while you can It’s about an old Pale Rider And I was that young man § 114 S.W.A.T. » DECEMBER <strong>2007</strong> SWATMAG.COM
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