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Old 03-13-2013, 12:04   #13
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Originally Posted by Streck-Fu View Post
I have not watched the episode again so am working from memory. Was the PJ attempting IO the young kid on his first deployment? I can't remember his name...
Was this possibly a factor of his inexperience and a mental vapor lock under pressure?
Do you think the error was caught and remediated at the unit level?
1) Don't know
2) Could be
3) Should have been
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