War is Rough, but Returning's Rougher, Says Iraq War Vet

War is Rough, but Returning's Rougher, Says Iraq War Vet
Jim Casey


Peninsula Daily News

Aug 05, 2008

August 5, 2008, Port Angeles, WA - After death and destruction were your daily diet in Iraq, civilian life seems hard to swallow.

Certain things also stick in your craw.

"Why are you so angry all the time?" is one question that annoys Logan Smith more than a year after returning stateside.

The really maddening thing is that Smith doesn't know exactly why he's angry.

"I'm still trying to figure it out," he said Friday in his sisters' home on the city's Westside. "I'm still trying to deal with things."

Those "things" range from combat in Iraq - where Smith served as a Marine field MP — to policing a construction site.

"You're kicking doors down and taking weapons from people and getting shot at all day — just heart-thumping action nonstop.

"Then all of a sudden you're in a low-end construction job, starting at the bottom. It's not an ego booster, I'll tell you that."

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