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Thunderstruck Military - War Stories This is why 'Thunderstruck' is the greatest war song of all time - and the Taliban hated it

Third Infantry Division rock band members Sgt. Michael Winkler, bass guitarist and Sgt. Joseph Grabill, singer, is joined on stage by Pvt. Marius Tudor, a Romanian soldier playing cowbell during a third ID band performance. (US Army)

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There are few things in life that affect our emotions like music can. Music can help cheer you up and make you feel sad. Music can be relaxing and help you unwind after a long day. A song can take you back in time in an instant, to a specific moment in a specific place. The impression it leaves on us is quite amazing. As Homer wrote in the Illiad: "Noble and manly music strengthens the spirit, strengthens the faltering man, and incites him to great and worthy deeds." The right music can get you fired up for a run, a workout, or the "big game." And that's what "Thunderstruck" does.

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The Internet and YouTube are filled with videos showing military hardware kicking ass and taking names, set to rock music. After seeing it, one cannot help but be inspired. It almost makes you want to scream "sign me up!" The emotional reactions to things like this are real. The mental and psychological reactions to the music are very real. In real battles it can be good. Being mentally prepared and in the right headspace is important.

For a soldier, marine, sailor or airman, music during deployment is important. It was a way to unwind, or an attempt to help you unwind. It was also an escape. For me, escape sometimes consisted of putting on my headphones and turning up the music, turning off the lights, and private time in my booth. Other times the escape was in the camaraderie as a group, listening to the same songs together.

PsyOps Humvee with speakers on crowded city streets. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Donald R. Dunn II/U.S. Army)

At a certain remote firebase in Afghanistan, we didn't just have music to ourselves. Oh no, my friend. You see, we liked to share our music. Especially... with the Taliban and other anti-coalition forces (ACF). They hate music. All music. Almost any kind of music, especially if they consider it "blasphemous" or "obscene". Which again is pretty much all. Knowing they hated music, we made sure they had music to listen to whenever we could. After all, sharing is caring. And everyone likes to share good music with each other.

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Having a Psychological Operations (PsyOps) unit linked to the Civil Affairs (CA) unit, linked to the Special Forces and Advisors unit, had some advantages. One of them was a big damn speaker on top of a Humvee. For example, we can make announcements to share important information to a village. Or we can tell the little ACF boneheads to drop their guns, get out of the building, or we'll bring the whole missing thing down on their heads.

One of my favorite uses of this valuable and useful piece of public equipment was to play music - loudly - as we rolled out the gates of our fire base. Going on patrol or on a mission, with speakers blaring out the gates, did psychological wonders. We liked to call it our "war song". Or our "Time-To-Go-To-War Song".

The mental and emotional stimulation and psychological response worked every time. Yes, maybe it was all a bit Pavlovian. Meh. But who cares. Right?

An Army Air Corps Apache attack helicopter in Afghanistan fires rockets at insurgents during a patrol in 2008. (DoD)

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I think with that episode title I just gave away the rest of my piece. I have only temporarily given you the ability to see into the future. Your future prediction... would be absolutely correct. Our favorite war song will now become your favorite war song. I bet that gives you a smile - a big ol' poo-eating grin. Maybe even a little laugh when you make the connection.

You can probably already hear the music playing in your head... the unmistakable guitar riff intro that kicks in right from the start. The light, fast drum beat, the steady ticking time of 134 beats per minute (BPM) in the background. At this point, you've probably already started tapping your feet to the beat or your fingers on the keyboard. And you might even hear the backup vocals start singing in your head…

The guitar riff and 134 beats per minute continue, but now with more drums. The big bass drum calls out: "Thunder!"

After just the first 60 seconds, you can't help but WANT to go out and blow things up. In just a few short seconds we were ready to go out and take on the ACF just for kicks and giggles. Just because. I mean, after that intro, why wouldn't you? You feel like you could go out and do it all by yourself. Roll out the gates with that song that blasts for the whole country to hear... "Ready or not. Here we come."

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By AC/DC, is extremely motivating. And the Taliban hated it. I bet those pranksters knew what that meant too. It probably made them hate it even more. [insert little emoji here with a wink and tongue sticking out]

Can you imagine what it would be like on their end, knowing what's coming with a song like that announcing your arrival? Talk about a "presence patrol".

The next time you need some motivation, press play on this bad boy. Make it your "war song". Plug in your headphones or crank up your car stereo. Big presentation at work? Blast this song before you start. Is the boss giving you a hard time? Smash the play button. Walking into a stupid, wacky meeting at work with bozos and "good idea fairies?" Just play this song once or twice, then go in there like a boss and own them.

If you don't agree, know that Thunderstruck is playing right now in my headphones, I'm ready for a fight.

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BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan--Operation Thunderstruck, the name given to the delivery of equipment by Task Force Devil Hammer, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, got off to a successful start in the early morning hours of August 3rd. AFSBn-Bagram, 401st Field Support Brigade Real Estate Redeployment Support Team website.

Trucks started rolling in shortly after 1 p.m. 05:00, and by midday most of the soldiers accompanying the convoy had completed their surrender and had a clean record - another step on the way home. More than 20 trucks went through the RPAT process to remove the vehicles and general furnished equipment on the vehicles from the unit property book and transfer it to the battalion property book. The process was repeated on August 7 when 14 trucks entered the RPAT area at 04:20.

Once the property ledger transactions were completed and verified, contractors assigned to the battalion began removing some of the government-furnished equipment from the vehicles.

"We remove all GFE if the vehicle is retrograded back to the States," said Alex C. McGinnis, deputy director of Logistics Task Force Bagram. "If the vehicle will be issued to other entities, some of the GFE remains on it."

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Vehicles or rolling stock are only one part of the RPAT process. The unit also supplies containers filled with non-rolling stock ranging from small handheld units to generators. As with the vehicles, serial numbers are verified and when the paperwork is complete, the battalion takes the equipment from the unit and places it in the battalion's property book.

"We're moving the soldiers forward — ahead of the paperwork," May said. Erin J. Harkins, commander of the 1/82nd Brigade Logistics Support Team,