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U.S. Soldier Accidentally Dials Mother During Battle

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Posted on May 6, 2008

Here’s a sobering moment that could happen only with the aid of today’s technology: Sandie and Jeff Petee of Otis, Ore., were recently given a scary dose of reality in the form of a brief message on their answering machine when Sandie’s soldier son, Stephen Phillips, accidentally dialed their number during a battle in Afghanistan.


KPTV.com:

Stephen Phillips and other soldiers in his Army MP company were battling insurgents when his phone was pressed against his Humvee. It redialed and called his parents in the small Oregon town of Otis.

Sandie Petee, Phillips’ mother, and her husband, Jeff Petee, weren’t home at the time of the call. They returned home to find a three-minute voice mail on their answering machine.

“His friend died a year ago in Iraq and I’m thinking, ‘Oh my God, this may be the last time I hear my son’s voice on the phone,’” Petee said.

They heard shooting, swearing and shouted pleas for more ammunition on the phone call from their son.

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By Douglas Chalmers, May 6 at 4:01 pm #

Here’s a sobering moment? Hardly, uhh. That was tame compared to what is already on the net.

Oh, you didn’t want mama to hear what really goes on? Not because it was either gruesome or scary..... but because you love it so much!

If there’s one thing soldiers get a thrill out of, its firefights when they have the technology and backup to always have the upper hand.

Then they can enjoy looking at their handiwork...... other peoples’ body parts on the ground and their childish indulgence in blowing things and people up.

Canadian Troops Afghanistan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-ZzaTI4u7M&feature =related or go to LiveLeak for the US version!

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