Footage released by a member of the 1st Mechanized Battalion conducting combat operations near Bakhmut captures a highly kinetic early morning assault. About halfway through the video, while artillery rounds and incoming enemy small arms fire is impacting all around him, he takes a tactical pause to get a hit off of his energy drink.

I don't know who this man is, but his priorities are definitely in the right place. No assault at dawn is complete without taking a tactical pause to take a hit off your favorite energy drink.

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Josh is an American writer and former USMC machine gunner with eight years of experience in ground combat arms throughout the GWOT. He is currently based in Texas and specializes in combat footage analysis and digital marketing.Follow Josh at OfficialJoshBrooks.com