This is an addendum to this morning’s post.
Sometimes it is easy to get excited about some new term or piece of information. I had never heard the term “grammando” before but it instantly clicked.
That’s how you get a new post.
But the rest of that episode is terrific. It’s a long war story.
Maybe.
I’m continuously struck by the numbers of folks who are still around with incredible stories of heroism, triumph, and tragedy.
We are fortunate to have such people.
Click through and listen to this setup:
“We got into a big firefight, our dog handler got shot in the head, he lived, some of our commandos got killed, our Echo (Communications Sergeant) took a machine gun round to the chest plate and it exploded his magazines, destroyed his M4, so he took an AK from a guy he shot earlier that day and used it for the rest of the mission, and at one point… their snipers were shooting at those explosives…”
Brackforce #1, ~18:50
We are very fortunate indeed.
Image Source: New York Times
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