Through the 8th to the 12th of this week I went to the field. For those of you who don't know what that is it's where soldiers go to conduct training on their M.O.S. in ways it might be used when deployed. I was on night shift, and on the 11th there was alot of training going on during the day. Around 12 all I woke up to were mortar rounds and blank ammo being fired from the m16 and M2. I heard my 1SG yelling commands and my NCO repeating them while yelling. While listening to that I felt pressure on my bladder. I had to go to the bathroom. I wanted to hold it in becuase I thought if I went out they'd want me to take cover somehwere to help out. So I held it in, until all of a sudden I heard, "CEASE FIRE, CEASE FIRE". About 2 to 3 minutes later a battle body came in and tapped my foot and said "we need you guys outside for accountability formation" of course we all asked what was going on, and he said "live rounds were mixed with blanks and it was fired from a 249" It wasn't until we got the shit squared away and went back to bed that I thought "I couldve been shot at, no one was hurt, but that could have been me" I'm still thinking that too. If I had taken a chance just to take a piss I could have very possibly been shot at and possibly killed with live rounds. I know there wasn't alot of live rounds, compared to the number of soldiers, but I'm seriously just thinkin', "you never know, it could have been me" I hope it was a wake up call for everybody. If something like that doesn't make you think twice of what you have and what you've done throughout your life, is your life worth living? All I could think of was my son. What would have happened if I got shot, or even killed? PFC Lewis made a good point though, that we have one of the dangerous jobs in America. I say one of becuase I'm sure there are more dangerous things out there. But I told him, "Like I said, if it puts money and food on the table I'm gonna do it". So I'm glad I'm alive today. Cuz all I think about is "If I had got up JUST to go to the bathroom, there was a possibility that I coulda have gotten shot at with live rounds, and my sappy plates werne't in". Please take advantage of your lives in the best way possible. Live a dream, love your family, just enjoy life, the possibility of your life being taken away can happen at any time! And the scary thing is, you don't know when (unless you have cancer or some type of disease that eats your body)