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John McPhee: A Delta Operators Story-Jumping Bundles

This is my gear, mission essential gear that will aid in killing as many savages as possible in the shortest amount of time.
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Ask any operator about this, and you will see even amongst real men, this draws the line between the men and the boys. Most guys didn’t want to do this. ****, most guys didn’t even want to jump their own equipment.

Many guys would freak out mid-air, cut the bundle away, or pull the parachute early. We called this “ending the nightmare.” We would tell them to sit in the classroom, “gather their emotions,” and get ready for the next jump.

I have never seen this as a nightmare. This is my gear, mission essential gear that will aid in killing as many savages as possible in the shortest amount of time. The way I always figured it “I AM THE ******* NIGHTMARE”.
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I'd be mighty tempted to shoot a fellow team member that cut away that pack - it could hit another teammate - and what I carried was not just for me - but the entire team.

Once I had this communication load - our coms guys were already loaded up and this "box" must have weighed as much or more than I did - and since I had a lighter load - it was given to me to get it to the ground.

You see - there's the smart way - there's the dumb way - and then there's the military way -

If you do YOURS the smart way - the military will find another WAY - to negate everything smart YOU did.

One adventure after another.

Wouldn't change a thing, though.
 
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Navy SEAL's suicide note before shooting himself in his heart

Lt. David Metcalf took his own life inside a garage at his North Carolina home in 2019, leaving behind a chilling note describing some of the cognitive issues he had been having.
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The average age of the deceased veterans is 43, and each was deployed to combat a number of times - but none had been wounded by enemy fire, according to the Times. All of the veterans also spent years firing a range of powerful weapons, jumping from airplanes, blowing open doors with explosives, diving deep underwater and learning hand-to-hand combat.

Around the age of 40, nearly all of them started to struggle with insomnia, headaches, memory and coordination problems, depression, confusion and sometimes rage. Many were also diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, but a Department of Defense study of eight of the soldiers found blast damage in the brains of every single one.
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pubmedu said:
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Navy SEAL's suicide note before shooting himself in his heart

Lt. David Metcalf took his own life inside a garage at his North Carolina home in 2019, leaving behind a chilling note describing some of the cognitive issues he had been having.
www.dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk
The average age of the deceased veterans is 43, and each was deployed to combat a number of times - but none had been wounded by enemy fire, according to the Times. All of the veterans also spent years firing a range of powerful weapons, jumping from airplanes, blowing open doors with explosives, diving deep underwater and learning hand-to-hand combat.

Around the age of 40, nearly all of them started to struggle with insomnia, headaches, memory and coordination problems, depression, confusion and sometimes rage. Many were also diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, but a Department of Defense study of eight of the soldiers found blast damage in the brains of every single one.
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Correct.

TBI = CTE.

You can only have your jello rocked so many times before your software starts to glitch hard.

Heartbreaking 💔
 
pubmedu said:
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www.dailymail.co.uk

Navy SEAL's suicide note before shooting himself in his heart

Lt. David Metcalf took his own life inside a garage at his North Carolina home in 2019, leaving behind a chilling note describing some of the cognitive issues he had been having.
www.dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk
The average age of the deceased veterans is 43, and each was deployed to combat a number of times - but none had been wounded by enemy fire, according to the Times. All of the veterans also spent years firing a range of powerful weapons, jumping from airplanes, blowing open doors with explosives, diving deep underwater and learning hand-to-hand combat.

Around the age of 40, nearly all of them started to struggle with insomnia, headaches, memory and coordination problems, depression, confusion and sometimes rage. Many were also diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, but a Department of Defense study of eight of the soldiers found blast damage in the brains of every single one.
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I've been flat on the ground, and bounced off the ground by artillery - and once buried in the dirt in the lip of a crater . . . maybe that is the cause of my behavior problem . . . :p

. . . that started at age thirteen . . .

Seriously, it's the concussive compression well beyond the blast radius that rings your bell. Even if you're an artillery crew member - on those 155's - you get some serious concussive effect just firing those guns. I'd guess that the cumulative effect could cause similar damage.
 
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