Andy Stumpf

that i believe it does a very good job of preparing you to get overseas but at the back of your mind you always know that in a training environment yes of course there's a risk to life because you could fall out of a helicopter a helicopter could crash there could be an accident but you can't really replicate

the real two-way range where somebody is shooting lead or rockets back at you or a real IED that you might step on. And again, I can only speak for myself. The first time I was ever shot at for real, I didn't even realize it because we were sitting in a helicopter and I was covered in chem bio gear. We were hitting the number one target, chem bio target in Iraq at the kickoff.

the real two-way range where somebody is shooting lead or rockets back at you or a real IED that you might step on. And again, I can only speak for myself. The first time I was ever shot at for real, I didn't even realize it because we were sitting in a helicopter and I was covered in chem bio gear. We were hitting the number one target, chem bio target in Iraq at the kickoff.

the real two-way range where somebody is shooting lead or rockets back at you or a real IED that you might step on. And again, I can only speak for myself. The first time I was ever shot at for real, I didn't even realize it because we were sitting in a helicopter and I was covered in chem bio gear. We were hitting the number one target, chem bio target in Iraq at the kickoff.

The first objective, we flew like four hours in to hit what ended up becoming an agricultural school, dressed up as if we were gonna go into sarin gas. And we were getting shot at a minute before we landed, and I couldn't see a goddamn thing. I didn't even know about it until after we got back and we looked at the helicopter. There's like 28 holes in this thing. So it progressed beyond that.

The first objective, we flew like four hours in to hit what ended up becoming an agricultural school, dressed up as if we were gonna go into sarin gas. And we were getting shot at a minute before we landed, and I couldn't see a goddamn thing. I didn't even know about it until after we got back and we looked at the helicopter. There's like 28 holes in this thing. So it progressed beyond that.

The first objective, we flew like four hours in to hit what ended up becoming an agricultural school, dressed up as if we were gonna go into sarin gas. And we were getting shot at a minute before we landed, and I couldn't see a goddamn thing. I didn't even know about it until after we got back and we looked at the helicopter. There's like 28 holes in this thing. So it progressed beyond that.

I never lost that sense of fear. The fear is always there. But what helps is that hyper-realistic training. And what helps even more than that

I never lost that sense of fear. The fear is always there. But what helps is that hyper-realistic training. And what helps even more than that

I never lost that sense of fear. The fear is always there. But what helps is that hyper-realistic training. And what helps even more than that

is your bond with the people to your left and right you might be scared shitless but if you see somebody to your left or right that you deeply care about that you came through the same pipeline that you've worked with for years and they're doing something or they're in a vulnerable position you're going to take action to help them or to try to get them out of that vulnerable position or to support them but it's still it's an interesting mental geometry

is your bond with the people to your left and right you might be scared shitless but if you see somebody to your left or right that you deeply care about that you came through the same pipeline that you've worked with for years and they're doing something or they're in a vulnerable position you're going to take action to help them or to try to get them out of that vulnerable position or to support them but it's still it's an interesting mental geometry

is your bond with the people to your left and right you might be scared shitless but if you see somebody to your left or right that you deeply care about that you came through the same pipeline that you've worked with for years and they're doing something or they're in a vulnerable position you're going to take action to help them or to try to get them out of that vulnerable position or to support them but it's still it's an interesting mental geometry

You know that that thread is there and you work your way through it. But the key to that, I think for most people is that hyper, hyper realistic training. It really does help.

You know that that thread is there and you work your way through it. But the key to that, I think for most people is that hyper, hyper realistic training. It really does help.

You know that that thread is there and you work your way through it. But the key to that, I think for most people is that hyper, hyper realistic training. It really does help.

It's not far off. but that shit freaking hurts you're like damn it every time how the fuck you hit my hand every single time those things suck man so i don't want to give anybody ideas but hypothetically if you were to put your sim rounds in the freezer overnight it could always be like winter right yeah the hand hurts so bad i tell you what hurts worse is the back of the calf

It's not far off. but that shit freaking hurts you're like damn it every time how the fuck you hit my hand every single time those things suck man so i don't want to give anybody ideas but hypothetically if you were to put your sim rounds in the freezer overnight it could always be like winter right yeah the hand hurts so bad i tell you what hurts worse is the back of the calf

It's not far off. but that shit freaking hurts you're like damn it every time how the fuck you hit my hand every single time those things suck man so i don't want to give anybody ideas but hypothetically if you were to put your sim rounds in the freezer overnight it could always be like winter right yeah the hand hurts so bad i tell you what hurts worse is the back of the calf

It drops people like a sniper shot to the chest.