Caption: Lawrence "Laser", Credit: Jake Warga
Image by: Jake Warga 
Lawrence "Laser" 

Specialist Lawrence “Laser”

Series: Soldiers Soundtracks to War--IRAQ
From: Jake Warga
Length: 00:04:02

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The song is called “Indestructible” it’s from Disturbed. It talks about how nothing in life can stop him. That he is going to overcome Read the full description.

Laser_small “I’m Specialist Lawrence. Everybody calls me Laser. I’m from Springfield, Missouri. Currently stationed at Ft. Riley. The song is called “Indestructible” it’s from Disturbed. It talks about how nothing in life can stop him. That he is going to overcome. It makes he seem larger than life. It makes me feel like I’m indestructible. It really does. Like extra piece of equipment the Army didn’t issue you: that self confidence. That you have to develop on your own. As a route clearance, we go down the road every day trying to find bombs that will go “boom.” It is actually combat and you’ve got a job to do and it gets you focused. Whenever you get to the point where you start getting complacent, that’s when people get hurt. Back in ’06, it was lot different war. Now you got to show people that soldiers are just war fighters, they’re peacekeepers, just as much as anything else. We’re all fathers, sons, brothers, uncles… and around here we’re all brothers, so we’re looking out for our family…”

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Piece Description

“I’m Specialist Lawrence. Everybody calls me Laser. I’m from Springfield, Missouri. Currently stationed at Ft. Riley. The song is called “Indestructible” it’s from Disturbed. It talks about how nothing in life can stop him. That he is going to overcome. It makes he seem larger than life. It makes me feel like I’m indestructible. It really does. Like extra piece of equipment the Army didn’t issue you: that self confidence. That you have to develop on your own. As a route clearance, we go down the road every day trying to find bombs that will go “boom.” It is actually combat and you’ve got a job to do and it gets you focused. Whenever you get to the point where you start getting complacent, that’s when people get hurt. Back in ’06, it was lot different war. Now you got to show people that soldiers are just war fighters, they’re peacekeepers, just as much as anything else. We’re all fathers, sons, brothers, uncles… and around here we’re all brothers, so we’re looking out for our family…”

Broadcast History

http://www.theworld.org/2010/05/31/personal-soundtracks-to-war/

Additional Credits

HearingVoices.com

Related Website

http://www.theworld.org/2010/05/31/personal-soundtracks-to-war/