On a normal night, with no particular military event I was aware of, I was plagued by soldiers who would continuously repeat a strange set of numbers (and a letter). Sometimes there were many soldiers (I was aware of their presence, but never saw more than two at a time) other times there was only one. When I would acknowledge the soldiers and their message, they would cease their nagging and my dreams would switch back to the normal, uninteresting dramas that I’m most accustomed to.

The soldiers seemed to be Caucasian, didn’t seem to be in combat uniform (camouflage fatigues and plain green t-shirts, no helmet) and had no discernable accent. Sometimes they carried firearms, but most of the time they did not.

The soldiers were persistent. Again and again the soldiers would re-enter my dreams and repeat the numbers. 01.03.03.06 S. They would instruct me to repeat it back, so I did. Without being told to do so, I once wrote the number down so I wouldn’t forget. I asked what the numbers meant, and I was told that I already know. I was unsure about what the S stood for, so when I asked if the S stood for Ship I was given an answer, but upon waking I could not recall what the answer was.

Again and again my dreams would be interrupted. On some occasions, the 01 and the S were absent. I got the impression they weren’t crucial, but important nonetheless. When I finally got frustrated and decided to wake up, I found myself dreaming of being awake in my room. I thought I was awake, and as I was preparing to get up to get a cold drink, a helicopter flew by my bedroom window. It circled around my house and shone a spotlight into my window. “01.03.03.06 S, Don’t forget!” I again assured them (very frustrated now) that I wouldn’t forget. I repeated the number back, “01.03.03.06 S, I won’t forget.”

When I was eventually permitted to wake up I felt distressed. I felt no emotion attached to the event, only the anxiety that I “must not forget.” My impressions were that the numbers were likely a time or a place. I felt that this event would gain worldwide attention, but that I would not know anybody immediately affected by it.

To my knowledge, this event has not yet come to pass.

Upon further investigation, I found that these numbers and other symbols appearing in this dream may mean more elaborate than first perceived.

One is an organizing number, denoting strength and fundamental wholeness. Three is combative and masculine, something new happening (from something already existing). Six rarely appears in dreams. It represents the highest of possibilities, shield for the need for harmony and symmetry, and a warning of ill or harm. S is indicative of weapons, tools, techniques and support. Soldiers foretell that there are fierce confrontations ahead.₁

My current theory is that this dream warns of a military event that will be ugly and violent, but will eventually lead to hope or peace. It surrounds an event that is already taking place, and will provide us with a resolution. This event may or may not occur on March 3, 2006.