Why do my grenades hurt!! ^^

[rhodezie]

yeah i just medically retired from the army in february ied hit my truck. had 5 spinal surgeries and 4 fused vertabre. so i know how you feel bro. should add me up man. hotshot ingame. got that 100% disabled living the retired life

also thanks arinzal coming home from deployments and having people like you clap and cheer us on really does mean alot to us. dont ever stop. we alwasy remember the people who thank and treat us kindly

Nice to speak to sumone that understand everytime i walk down the road i get abuse cos of the way i walk with a limp i had to have 3 surgeries to save my leg a piece of shrapnel hit my bone shattered it ito like 12 peices i also got a piece of shrapnel that tore through my neck :/ but **** happens its the sacrifice you make when you do the job you do and as for the US Air force PJ's that saved me thanks to them

[Moose Of Woe]

Nice to speak to sumone that understand everytime i walk down the road i get abuse cos of the way i walk with a limp

Not gonna lie, that's pretty screwed up. Some become so jaded or selfish with themselves that they have zero consideration for those around them. (Or just kids with horrible, lazy, irresponsible parents.) This doesn't pertain just toward vets, but to anyone who isn't the norm or like themselves.

Men and women such as yourself are the reason why the average joe can live as we do. Thank you for your sacrifice, and I'm glad you came back alive. I'm guessing you had compatriots with you in a caravan when that IED went off, and I hope they made it out as well.

[Flagwaver]

for some reason he said throw the spoon keep the grenade haha!. but in all seriousness, happened in iraq dam iraqi mustve had aim bot on!. thank god for boulders only got some shrapnel!

You're lucky. My upper back and neck look like pizza because of some recruit (read mega-n00b) on the grenade range that threw like a panzy and didn't realize his grenade had a red stripe rather than blue.

Otherwise, in the Sandbox, I had the exclusive privileged to ride the ejection seat out of a HMMWV. Only problem is that my model wasn't exactly equipped with ejection seats... Now, I'm just walking with a kneecap made by Hasbro.

[Valethar]

Otherwise, in the Sandbox, I had the exclusive privileged to ride the ejection seat out of a HMMWV. Only problem is that my model wasn't exactly equipped with ejection seats... Now, I'm just walking with a kneecap made by Hasbro.

I imagine that was an invigorating ride.

/Salute to all of you for your service and sacrifice.

My younger brother was a crew chief in the USAF in Gulf 1, out on Diego Garcia, spitballing B-52's at Sadman Hussein as fast as they could refuel and rearm them. I think he said they went somewhere around 36 hours straight before one of the ossifers realized his crew was the only one that hadn't stood down yet and forced them all to grab a meal and a rack before they fell over on the pad.

[Mcdragon]

Nice to speak to sumone that understand everytime i walk down the road i get abuse cos of the way i walk with a limp i had to have 3 surgeries to save my leg a piece of shrapnel hit my bone shattered it ito like 12 peices i also got a piece of shrapnel that tore through my neck :/ but **** happens its the sacrifice you make when you do the job you do and as for the US Air force PJ's that saved me thanks to them

oh yeah i understan all to well. i ahve to walk with a cane. always get people coming up laughing or some crap. im like keep laughing knucklehead cause in about 20 seconds your ganna be laying on the ground. sucks being 27 and disabled BUT i walked away with my life and thats all i need to be thankful for! also my unborn child it to lol

[Mcdragon]

You're lucky. My upper back and neck look like pizza because of some recruit (read mega-n00b) on the grenade range that threw like a panzy and didn't realize his grenade had a red stripe rather than blue.

Otherwise, in the Sandbox, I had the exclusive privileged to ride the ejection seat out of a HMMWV. Only problem is that my model wasn't exactly equipped with ejection seats... Now, I'm just walking with a kneecap made by Hasbro.

i can't even recall what happened when an ied hit our truck thank god it was an armored LMTV otherwise i might not be here right now. had others in the convoy fill me in on the details the next day when i woke up

[rhodezie]

oh yeah i understan all to well. i ahve to walk with a cane. always get people coming up laughing or some crap. im like keep laughing knucklehead cause in about 20 seconds your ganna be laying on the ground. sucks being 27 and disabled BUT i walked away with my life and thats all i need to be thankful for! also my unborn child it to lol

Yeh i was only 21 and theres a difference we are man for fighting for our country and providing a service to innocent people back home and we over came our injuries thats what makes you even more of a man

[rhodezie]

Not gonna lie, that's pretty screwed up. Some become so jaded or selfish with themselves that they have zero consideration for those around them. (Or just kids with horrible, lazy, irresponsible parents.) This doesn't pertain just toward vets, but to anyone who isn't the norm or like themselves.

Men and women such as yourself are the reason why the average joe can live as we do. Thank you for your sacrifice, and I'm glad you came back alive. I'm guessing you had compatriots with you in a caravan when that IED went off, and I hope they made it out as well.

i werent in a vehicle at the time i was struck by an ied we was patroling mountains east of helmand river in helmand province my sgt who was infront of me taking point who which infact is my cousin took the full force of the blast he is now a double amputee loosing both legs below the knee

[Mcdragon]

Not gonna lie, that's pretty screwed up. Some become so jaded or selfish with themselves that they have zero consideration for those around them. (Or just kids with horrible, lazy, irresponsible parents.) This doesn't pertain just toward vets, but to anyone who isn't the norm or like themselves.

Men and women such as yourself are the reason why the average joe can live as we do. Thank you for your sacrifice, and I'm glad you came back alive. I'm guessing you had compatriots with you in a caravan when that IED went off, and I hope they made it out as well.

yeah man some people just dont care. veitnam vets had it the worst they got stoned booed all sorts of bad things. lucky for us anyone brave enough to talk crap or make fun of us usually get swarmed by bystanders and ridiculed till they feel like crap

[Moose Of Woe]

i werent in a vehicle at the time i was struck by an ied we was patroling mountains east of helmand river in helmand province my sgt who was infront of me taking point who which infact is my cousin took the full force of the blast he is now a double amputee loosing both legs below the knee

God damn man....I'm amazed anyone could survive something like that. Sounds like one tough S.O.B.