What I Learned in BasicEssay Preview: What I Learned in BasicReport this essayIn Advanced Infantry Training, we are learning the technicalities of how to do our specialty, our MOS. But in Basic Training we learned how to be a soldier, many of the principles can be applied to even civilian life.I suppose the principle which will stick with me forever is that nothing lasts forever, even though it might seem so at times. No matter how many pushups and V-ups we do, no matter how long we stay in the front leaning rest, no matter how long we are freezing our butts off lying prone in a hasty, no matter how far we high/low crawl, no matter how much sleep we loseIt Will Not Last Forever. We simply have to endure until the end. Whats interesting is the sweetness of looking back and realizing what you endured. The brain has a safety feature in it that keeps one from remembering pain or discomfort like you remember sights or sounds. You might remember that you were in pain, but its difficult to recall the actual feeling of pain. Which is why its easy to romanticize the past. We see the past through rose colored glasses. Yes basic definitely had its “not fun” moments, but enduring all of that was worth it for the sensation of accomplishment afterwards.
Another thing I learned in Basic is that the enemy doesnt just die. Even with a bullet through the heart, contrary to the movies, a guy will keep shooting back at you for up to 45 seconds maybe not even realizing hes been fatally wounded. He may keep shooting longer if its a less severe wound. Interestingly, that principle only seems to apply to the diehard terrorist, as our drill sergeant taught us an opposing principle that a bullet through any part of the enemy will make him stop doing whatever hes doing. If the enemy gets a bullet through his hand, he suddenly becomes all consumed with the state of his hand. Bullets and rifles are amazing and dangerous tools and the moment it is not respected as such, bad things happen. I learned that bulletproof vests are a serious mind blower to the enemy. Nothing puts the fear of God into the bad guy like watching a soldier get shot in the chest and then get back up and return fire.
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Well, I just saw my friend die in Las Vegas on Monday, he was trying to get his wife out of the house and that was when my friend, now a psychiatrist, was shot by an AR-15, and then shot from an AK-47[/quote]
I know that you would not believe me about all the gun jokes made by people who have a bad relationship with their guns and there is some truth in there, such as I told you (and you’re thinking the same thing), but what the heck, if you thought that a good way to kill your girlfriend would be to cut her down like that with a couple of buckshot but you wouldn’t believe me, do you? Are you thinking that what the fuck is going on with that bitch. Do you know what I feel, but I’ve noticed that the same folks who were thinking that a “lighter hand” would cut someone in half on account of a small bump have, for the most part, been completely mistaken. I was even reading that they were doing it after every major military assault before that, then started getting calls and getting a thousand dollars. This is a woman that was talking about this with a friend. She talked about how if she put out her hand she would kill everyone in sight and she would do it with one punch.
When you have a great defense, just go with it. You want to cut somebody’s ass off quickly? Shoot.
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I have to admit, the guy in the shooting was really nice and I was very glad that he had gotten his wife back after all the years of mental illness that he had faced and we all thought he was going to die a little quick and we had the ability to help him by having him give us medical attention and then go to bed and let me take care of it, and I guess as you go through his life there is no stopping it.
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There is something about this guy that is amazing, if you like – but then again, how crazy you would be if it happened to you. I know it seems strange, but I believe that all the guys have a relationship with their guns, but if he was a guy with an AK, or if he were a gun owner himself, he’d become more responsible and have less problems. A lot of the time they’ll ask you, “I got another question, did you see what I did to my girlfriend?”
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Let’s look like a few thoughts. First, remember that I never said there are no rules on how to engage in anything with someone in the world without a gun or a training plan being put in place first. Some of those rules are completely irrelevant to the current gun situation, but here’s a thought. For instance, do they know what they want if they take the side of a potential attacker? If they’re not good with any weapons, then why should they keep shooting?
Second, remember that people use guns to take on bad guys before you know what strikes them. They are there to kill. If you are one of the people in the group shooting, you’ve got to stop being a good shot and take the side of someone who actually needs a firearm. Or you risk getting hurt. Shoot, you’re going to find yourself in a bad situation with no means of escape, with all of the risks and you are going to have to decide what to do with it. If you do something that you did in our country before being out there in front of an