I remember seeing a Psychiatrist when I got back after my 5th tour. He asked me how long I was over there. I politely replied, "Which place are you referring too. Iraq or Afghanistan". The Psychiatrist said, "Let's talk about both Iraq and Afghanistan". The Psychiatrist said, "The Navy put down you had 300 confirmed kills. Does that not bother you?" I replied, "No sir, I just wanted to protect our troops, to make sure everyone got home safely". I knew in the back of my mind, I was trained to kill the enemy at all cost. It wasn't like the scenario being a serial killer going around killing people, and breaking the law here. It's not enjoyable being on the receiving end being wounded by an AK47. When the rounds of an AK47 penetrate your body. It's not like a bee sting that hurts for a short amount of time. It's excruciating pain that lasts for a while. Corpsman temporarily patch you up, and you see a doctor to treat the wound, and you go back out on another op. Once you completely heal up. You do in fact become stronger. I remember during one of the ops I was a part of. It wasn't uncommon for me to several holes that have penetrated my body, I think the most I have being wounded was around 8 times. Shot three times in the back. Had a wound in both legs, and shot twice in the lower right abdomen, and shot once in the left arm. I slowly get back up after each shot, and keep on fighting. We never left a clip full of ammo for the enemy. Every shot fired had to hit their mark. We couldn't be off on our shot. I couldn't even count on my fingers and toes of the places on my body, I was shot at, or I had open wounds from taking heavy fire.