u/portapotty_fapping

In 2005, I spent most of the 12 month OIF3 deployment searching, locating, and having ieds destroyed by eod. So 20 years later when driving (which I rarely do), I find my eyes scanning side to side of the road. I follow guardrails for any wiring, I investigate garbage big enough to hide at least one 155mm ied, animal carcasses stand out. So I bring this up because I met up with guys from my platoon/ company over the 4th weekend in Columbus OH. It was only 3 hrs away from my in laws house so I decided to go for it. I enjoyed seeing my old battle buddies and hearing about their lives and families. But on the drive home, it just started to rain and I went back into hyper vigilant mode and before I got out of OH I saw a deer in the median with wires on it. I tensed for the blast and I switched lanes behind a semi truck but couldn’t keep my eyes off of it. Turns out the wire was barbed wire the deer must have got caught on before the highway. But then the truck hit his (or hers) brakes and I couldn’t react in time and ran into the back of the truck. I pulled over to assess damages and the tractor trailer just took off and left me behind. So now I’m in a rental, thankfully I was alone and uninjured, and heading back to baltimore tmrw. I was just curious if other vets that dealt with ieds daily have that same compulsion to look for them, knowing damn well they aren’t there? TIA for any replies.