Chris Fettes
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And I'm like, oh, shit. So now every time we're driving, I'm looking at trash. I'm looking at everything. I'm like, man, any of this shit can explode at any time. You're just kind of sitting in there going like, let's fucking get there. Hopefully we don't blow up. And it's just a really strange feeling as a new guy on my first, you know.
And I'm like, oh, shit. So now every time we're driving, I'm looking at trash. I'm looking at everything. I'm like, man, any of this shit can explode at any time. You're just kind of sitting in there going like, let's fucking get there. Hopefully we don't blow up. And it's just a really strange feeling as a new guy on my first, you know.
You know, when we land that plane to get on deployment, you come off that airplane, that air is just so pungent filled with just smoke and whatever the smells are and the humidity of it, the heat of it. And you're like, wow, I'm in a whole different world right now, you know? And so that's, that only took two, three missions to just kind of get used to, to that, you know?
You know, when we land that plane to get on deployment, you come off that airplane, that air is just so pungent filled with just smoke and whatever the smells are and the humidity of it, the heat of it. And you're like, wow, I'm in a whole different world right now, you know? And so that's, that only took two, three missions to just kind of get used to, to that, you know?
You know, when we land that plane to get on deployment, you come off that airplane, that air is just so pungent filled with just smoke and whatever the smells are and the humidity of it, the heat of it. And you're like, wow, I'm in a whole different world right now, you know? And so that's, that only took two, three missions to just kind of get used to, to that, you know?
kind of a a little bit of a shock you know to go all right we're in it you know um because when you're going through training and all you're just visualizing it you're just imagining it and then you get there and you're in it and you're like wow okay i'm in it just there's nothing else to do just try to focus on what you're doing you know so it was only a matter of time before we
kind of a a little bit of a shock you know to go all right we're in it you know um because when you're going through training and all you're just visualizing it you're just imagining it and then you get there and you're in it and you're like wow okay i'm in it just there's nothing else to do just try to focus on what you're doing you know so it was only a matter of time before we
kind of a a little bit of a shock you know to go all right we're in it you know um because when you're going through training and all you're just visualizing it you're just imagining it and then you get there and you're in it and you're like wow okay i'm in it just there's nothing else to do just try to focus on what you're doing you know so it was only a matter of time before we
got hit by an id i think collectively we had a little bit of an ego as a team like oh hey these keep missing they can't get us a little bit of arrogance going on you know and that got shut down real quick when we uh caught a flat tire on the way back uh one night and you know instead of you can go back and forth with the men in the arena stuff and armchair quarterbacking but we
got hit by an id i think collectively we had a little bit of an ego as a team like oh hey these keep missing they can't get us a little bit of arrogance going on you know and that got shut down real quick when we uh caught a flat tire on the way back uh one night and you know instead of you can go back and forth with the men in the arena stuff and armchair quarterbacking but we
got hit by an id i think collectively we had a little bit of an ego as a team like oh hey these keep missing they can't get us a little bit of arrogance going on you know and that got shut down real quick when we uh caught a flat tire on the way back uh one night and you know instead of you can go back and forth with the men in the arena stuff and armchair quarterbacking but we
Instead of pulling off, holding security and trying to fix that thing, we just rolled with it, but we were so slow. We're rolling so slow, so the vehicle in front of me made a turn, right turn onto one of the main streets to get back to, you know, the little sort of highway going back, you know, out of Sauter City.
Instead of pulling off, holding security and trying to fix that thing, we just rolled with it, but we were so slow. We're rolling so slow, so the vehicle in front of me made a turn, right turn onto one of the main streets to get back to, you know, the little sort of highway going back, you know, out of Sauter City.
Instead of pulling off, holding security and trying to fix that thing, we just rolled with it, but we were so slow. We're rolling so slow, so the vehicle in front of me made a turn, right turn onto one of the main streets to get back to, you know, the little sort of highway going back, you know, out of Sauter City.
And an EFP blew up, an explosively formed penetrator, copper plate, which they had started using recently. It sort of blasts this shape charge towards you so it's not like a blast from underneath like a traditional IED, but it forms these...
And an EFP blew up, an explosively formed penetrator, copper plate, which they had started using recently. It sort of blasts this shape charge towards you so it's not like a blast from underneath like a traditional IED, but it forms these...
And an EFP blew up, an explosively formed penetrator, copper plate, which they had started using recently. It sort of blasts this shape charge towards you so it's not like a blast from underneath like a traditional IED, but it forms these...
the copper breaks up and it's so hot, they turn into little plasma bullets and it just melts through everything like Swiss cheese, you know, even vehicle armor and people. So they caught that, um, Four guys in the back of the Humvee got killed, including Jason Lewis, was the SEAL. Ended up naming Camp Lewis after him. Combat cameraman and, sorry, three guys.
the copper breaks up and it's so hot, they turn into little plasma bullets and it just melts through everything like Swiss cheese, you know, even vehicle armor and people. So they caught that, um, Four guys in the back of the Humvee got killed, including Jason Lewis, was the SEAL. Ended up naming Camp Lewis after him. Combat cameraman and, sorry, three guys.
the copper breaks up and it's so hot, they turn into little plasma bullets and it just melts through everything like Swiss cheese, you know, even vehicle armor and people. So they caught that, um, Four guys in the back of the Humvee got killed, including Jason Lewis, was the SEAL. Ended up naming Camp Lewis after him. Combat cameraman and, sorry, three guys.