BlogHide Resteemskumailsadd (25)in hive-185836 • last yearA Cold Day for Mortar ExplosionsHow I responded to two near-death experiences in Iraq haunted me for years. Bright but cold winter days, the sun illuminating a barren landscape, transport me back to deadly attacks on similar…kumailsadd (25)in war • last yearThe Moment I Knew I Was in a War ZoneA helicopter full of Iraqi prisoners made the suffering and risks all too real. Summer 2008, I finished a psychiatry residency at the National Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. The Surge in…