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Old 03-20-2019, 04:40   #389
Dusty
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Originally Posted by Tandem View Post
I agree with what you’re saying, and appreciate you sharing a bit of your journey with me. but since I am not in the Army yet I have to play it somewhat safe to mitigate some of the risk so I can actually get in. If I’m injured once I’m in training and in the Army, there’s nothing I can do but push on at that point. In my eyes it doesn’t make much sense to run on icy surfaces and potentially have the already long process of joining prolonged further or halted all together.
When I took my "over 40 physical", they found a cervical fracture, pars defect, fractured L5 and coccyx, and some other problems. I had 3 holes in my r. lower trap, 2 breaks in my right hand, broken r. ankle, had dislocated my l. shoulder 4 times, and a litany of stitched cuts ad nauseum. Only down time I had was a week or so in a holding Company and 1 cycle of Pre-Phase before SFQC.

Trust me- I had it EASY.

I was literally unaffected compared to guys who were always in the shit, or guys who are in it, now. I still train, ruck, shoot in my range/shoot house, etc. at 67.

It's forever, Aspirante; weather is irrevelant.
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