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    combat of any time and place

    Just an Old man wondering but I was told that very few of those In the US of A have been in a serious physical confrontation. This would include unarmed, armed but non-firearm and firearm involved situations.
    Me, I started young, raised in a stereotypical Irish household and fought my way through school and most of my life since has had mild to serious encounters, of course my choice of professions had a might ta do with the life style but my wife says that I am the exception rather than the rule.
    I have had moderate success in avoiding serious injury but have been wounded and hospitalized on a few occasions. Well maybe a tad more than a few, laugh. Let me see blown up, shot, stabbed , cut and sliced, beat up and kicked when I was down, hmmm maybe a lot more than a tad. Well, let us see who else.
    Oh if youre outside the US and A Let me know but answer any how and thanks.
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    No major altercation
    0%
    6
    Non-weapon
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    Weapon non-firearm
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    Firearm
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    Explosive ( morter, arty or ied etc.)
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    Tis better to do than to do not.
    Tis better to act than react.
    Tis better to have a battery of 105's than not.
    Tis better to see them afor they see you.
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  • #2
    No in my case; I live in a pretty quiet part of East London.

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    • #3
      IED and Non weapon.....

      I have been in two uparmored M1114s struck by IEDs.

      Unarmed conflicts.... numerous apprehending unruly drunks.

      I skipped over firearm..... Bullets all around, shots all around..... but, I don't think I was the specific target or that the haji was trying all that hard anyway.

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      • #4
        To whom it may concern

        It ain't the one with your name on it that is scary it's all the other ones flying around.
        that counts live fire.
        Tis better to do than to do not.
        Tis better to act than react.
        Tis better to have a battery of 105's than not.
        Tis better to see them afor they see you.

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        • #5
          Your poll is missing rocks, bricks, feces, and molotov cocktails..... the essential joys of peace keeping missions like Albania or Somalia.

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          • #6
            Ah memories

            And urine let us not forget urine!
            Tis better to do than to do not.
            Tis better to act than react.
            Tis better to have a battery of 105's than not.
            Tis better to see them afor they see you.

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            • #7
              Never had anything while in the military, but as a civilian paramedic I've stared in to the barrel of a shotgun, looked down the pointy end of a knife and had wrestling matches with patients from junkies to drunken, retired school nurses.
              "Listen to me, nugget, and listen good. Don't go poppin' your head out like that, unless you want it shot off. And if you do get it shot off, make sure you're dead, because if you ain't, guess who's gotta drag your sorry ass off the field? Were short on everything, so the only painkiller I have comes in 9mm doses. Now get the hell out of my foxhole!" - an unknown medic somewhere, 2013.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by LT. Ox View Post
                And urine let us not forget urine!
                Urine for a treat anywhere on the African continent.

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                • #9
                  I was tied up and mugged at machete-point when I was 14. When I lived out in the sticks, I had to fight and kill 5 diamondback rattlesnakes (one at a time)- four with rocks and a shovel and one with a 12-gauge. The "armed martial arts" battles were all really nerve-wracking.

                  So, no. Thankfully, I haven't had to engage in any life or death struggles with any fellow human beings. I really hope to keep it that way. Knock on wood, I've never even been in a fist fight with anyone other than my brother (and those don't count) when we were both kids.

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                  • #10
                    Same as Lt. Ox I would think. 1 OIS (Officer involved Shooting) where I returned fire. Another incident where I was fired upon but out of range to return fire. One off duty where I was fired upon and did not return fire.

                    The two last incidents I cant say the fire was directed at me but it was definitely coming in my general direction.
                    Max M. "aka Moose"

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                    • #11
                      Does this include "friendly fire" I once had to put my drunken buddy in a wristlock because he started to try to fight EVERYONE!! And he was serious, until I gave him several wrist twists to drive the idea home that he wasn't going to cause trouble in the barracks, especially when SGT Robison (a total asshole who later got out on a psych Chapter) is on duty.
                      I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons...First We Take Manhattan, Jennifer Warnes

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                      • #12
                        As in all things

                        Hell yes! Being scared unto the brown stripes can come from multiple directions. as in friendly fire is always the worst case.
                        Tis better to do than to do not.
                        Tis better to act than react.
                        Tis better to have a battery of 105's than not.
                        Tis better to see them afor they see you.

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                        • #13
                          Guts

                          "Same as Lt. Ox I would think. 1 OIS (Officer involved Shooting) where I returned fire. Another incident where I was fired upon but out of range to return fire. One off duty where I was fired upon and did not return fire.

                          The two last incidents I cant say the fire was directed at me but it was definitely coming in my general direction."

                          Takes a hell of a man to take fire and not return it! you have my deepest respect.
                          Tis better to do than to do not.
                          Tis better to act than react.
                          Tis better to have a battery of 105's than not.
                          Tis better to see them afor they see you.

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                          • #14
                            NOt that I wouldnt of returned but we didnt have anything with the range to reach them. Long story (well short but).. something ya talk over beers.
                            Max M. "aka Moose"

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by LT. Ox View Post
                              Hell yes! Being scared unto the brown stripes can come from multiple directions. as in friendly fire is always the worst case.
                              LOL yeah I think I "sharted" my pants on mine.
                              Max M. "aka Moose"

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