User blog comment:Sgt.T.N.Biscuits/Capturing the true face of war/@comment-3329439-20100718174116

It's quite simple really. Just put yourself in the character's position. What would you do, how would you feel, and how would you cope.

or

Join the military, go to war and do some actual field work/frontline, return safely and write your experiences in this wiki. ;)