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Head Strong
1 Nov 2015

Head Strong

I should be dead. The rate at which my head was accelerating when it struck the concrete barrier would have ended my life had it not been for my Kevlar.

Funnel Cloud

Funnel Cloud

One of the last things you expect to encounter when on a landing approach is a funnel cloud. Yet, it happened to me in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in the winter of 2013 on an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance mission.

  • 1 November 2015
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Face First in the Snow

Face First in the Snow

There was a huge thud and then everything went black. When I woke up, I was face down in the snow in a rapidly spreading pool of blood.

  • 1 November 2015
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Expect the Unexpected

Expect the Unexpected

It was the beginning of another routine daytime mission. Get some gas and bullets and go fly around for four hours.

  • 1 November 2015
  • Author: Army Safety
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Stranded in the Tundra

Stranded in the Tundra

The back country can be very unforgiving of mistakes. Before you go out, make sure you’ve got a good plan to come back.

  • 1 November 2015
  • Author: Army Safety
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Pushing My Luck

Pushing My Luck

Hanging upside down in my driver seat, restrained by my seat belt, I was thinking, “How did I get here? What did I do to get myself in this situation?”

  • 1 November 2015
  • Author: Army Safety
  • Number of views: 9241
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