Evil Mog

Now, bumped is a polite word for saying hit by an IED. Thankfully, in this case, nobody died. Thankfully. Whatever data you believe in. But it really shook this guy up. It shook him up seriously fierce.

Now, bumped is a polite word for saying hit by an IED. Thankfully, in this case, nobody died. Thankfully. Whatever data you believe in. But it really shook this guy up. It shook him up seriously fierce.

Well, the worst thing we had to do is every time somebody died, we had to kill all of the communications in theater, including all the forward operating bases and the super fob. It was known as a calm lockout procedure. We had a cell phone on. The second somebody got confirmed casualty, I got the phone call, I hit the buttons, and then I got to release it once they notified the families.

Well, the worst thing we had to do is every time somebody died, we had to kill all of the communications in theater, including all the forward operating bases and the super fob. It was known as a calm lockout procedure. We had a cell phone on. The second somebody got confirmed casualty, I got the phone call, I hit the buttons, and then I got to release it once they notified the families.

So why is there a lockout? It's so that people don't put things on social media or get out to the news articles before they can notify the families. Hmm. It was one of the worst things ever. Because being on that phone call, you're like, shit. You feel all sorts of terrible feelings. And then you have to go act like a professional, cut the comms off.

So why is there a lockout? It's so that people don't put things on social media or get out to the news articles before they can notify the families. Hmm. It was one of the worst things ever. Because being on that phone call, you're like, shit. You feel all sorts of terrible feelings. And then you have to go act like a professional, cut the comms off.

And then when people are like, hey, the internet's not working. You've got to give this nonchalant comms lockout, but still be sympathetic about it. And when you say comms lockout, everyone in theater knew what you were talking about. But it was one of those... It was a weird, solemn duty I had to do, you know what I mean? Yeah, I mean, you weren't the one telling the families.

And then when people are like, hey, the internet's not working. You've got to give this nonchalant comms lockout, but still be sympathetic about it. And when you say comms lockout, everyone in theater knew what you were talking about. But it was one of those... It was a weird, solemn duty I had to do, you know what I mean? Yeah, I mean, you weren't the one telling the families.

Nope, but I was killing the comms and telling all the soldiers, hey, why can't I call family back home? Like, sorry, man, comms are offline due to a comm lockout.

Nope, but I was killing the comms and telling all the soldiers, hey, why can't I call family back home? Like, sorry, man, comms are offline due to a comm lockout.

Yeah, and then my answer is like, I have no idea, man, I just work here.

Yeah, and then my answer is like, I have no idea, man, I just work here.

He wasn't injured. He was just shocked, really badly shocked, getting hit by an IED. even if nobody gets injured in the process, is enough to send someone to spirals. Because you get that whole mental, oh my God, what if this had been me? What about the possible guilt? All that kind of thing. And the guy was in really rough shape mentally.

He wasn't injured. He was just shocked, really badly shocked, getting hit by an IED. even if nobody gets injured in the process, is enough to send someone to spirals. Because you get that whole mental, oh my God, what if this had been me? What about the possible guilt? All that kind of thing. And the guy was in really rough shape mentally.

So they originally asked, could you give us some extra phone minutes and phone time? That's how the request came in. And us being us, we've got, yeah, here's a couple hundred minutes to go hard. And we're like, hey, is there anything else we can do? And his guy's like, well, he's doing pretty rough.

So they originally asked, could you give us some extra phone minutes and phone time? That's how the request came in. And us being us, we've got, yeah, here's a couple hundred minutes to go hard. And we're like, hey, is there anything else we can do? And his guy's like, well, he's doing pretty rough.

And I'm like, dude, we got to do something for this guy. So thankfully, they had people on the ground in Toronto. And I'm like, hey, can you go spring over to CFB Trent and go grab one of our spare video teleconference units? and get it out to the hospital. I'll do whatever it takes to requisition bandwidth. Just get me the stuff out there. I figured out we had some spare bandwidth available.

And I'm like, dude, we got to do something for this guy. So thankfully, they had people on the ground in Toronto. And I'm like, hey, can you go spring over to CFB Trent and go grab one of our spare video teleconference units? and get it out to the hospital. I'll do whatever it takes to requisition bandwidth. Just get me the stuff out there. I figured out we had some spare bandwidth available.

So I slowed down everybody's video teleconference and voice services and their Wi-Fi a bit and opened up an entirely new channel. Because all we had was six megabits for a thousand people. Almost no bandwidth whatsoever. And so I was like, hey, you know, line this up. I'm going to reserve you bandwidth for like the next... four or five days.

So I slowed down everybody's video teleconference and voice services and their Wi-Fi a bit and opened up an entirely new channel. Because all we had was six megabits for a thousand people. Almost no bandwidth whatsoever. And so I was like, hey, you know, line this up. I'm going to reserve you bandwidth for like the next... four or five days.