[TiggerCCW UK]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

I've had that happen a couple of times during NTC rotations -- once I was assessed as a non-fatal, but serious Sarin casualty, and another time, a judge noted that while I was kneeling on the ground near a track pulling out, my hand was very near to the tracks. He gave me a "crushed hand," I think to teach me a lesson more than anything else.

And then during an NTC rotation, I actually got a real, serious injury -- I fell off the top of an M-577 during a firefight and dislocated my right shoulder and cracked two ribs. At the aid station, I asked the PA to just put the damn thing back in socket and tape up my ribs, and he did it. Now in my old age, I have unending pain in my right shoulder, requiring one surgery already, having two permanently-damaged nerves, and muscle mass loss from the nerve damage. Let that be a lesson to you young guys who think you're invincible -- take care of your injuries!

Likewise, when I was 16 I was walking in the Alps and fell and twisted my knee. I didn't think much of it, and covered about 70km over the next couple of days. Fast forward 19 years to the ripe old age of 35 and my consultant is talking about a knee replacement......