Nick Lavery

pains in the ass that for some they just it they'd say they i can't the hell with it i'm not going to do it i'm just going to live my life in a wheelchair on crutches or whatever it is because it's just it takes its toll there's just like so much that comes with it you don't even a lot that comes with it maintenance lifestyle changes yeah a lot

What were the first two injuries? First one, I took some grenade shrapnel to the back of my shoulder, blew about a lemon-sized hole in me. I was out of the game under medical treatment for like three or four days. And then I was back to the, with the guys back to work. Second, I took an AK-47 round to the face during an IED-initiated ambush that we drove into.

What were the first two injuries? First one, I took some grenade shrapnel to the back of my shoulder, blew about a lemon-sized hole in me. I was out of the game under medical treatment for like three or four days. And then I was back to the, with the guys back to work. Second, I took an AK-47 round to the face during an IED-initiated ambush that we drove into.

What were the first two injuries? First one, I took some grenade shrapnel to the back of my shoulder, blew about a lemon-sized hole in me. I was out of the game under medical treatment for like three or four days. And then I was back to the, with the guys back to work. Second, I took an AK-47 round to the face during an IED-initiated ambush that we drove into.

Six of my friends, my teammates, were in a lead vehicle that was decimated by about a 400-pound bomb. Limbs blown off, like severe blast damage, eyes hanging out of faces. So those guys were really jammed up, and I caught a round during that. Similarly, after the first one was the same experience. I got medical attention at Bagram. I was there three or four days and then I was back with the guys.

Six of my friends, my teammates, were in a lead vehicle that was decimated by about a 400-pound bomb. Limbs blown off, like severe blast damage, eyes hanging out of faces. So those guys were really jammed up, and I caught a round during that. Similarly, after the first one was the same experience. I got medical attention at Bagram. I was there three or four days and then I was back with the guys.

Six of my friends, my teammates, were in a lead vehicle that was decimated by about a 400-pound bomb. Limbs blown off, like severe blast damage, eyes hanging out of faces. So those guys were really jammed up, and I caught a round during that. Similarly, after the first one was the same experience. I got medical attention at Bagram. I was there three or four days and then I was back with the guys.

And then the leg incident with the attack was the third one.

And then the leg incident with the attack was the third one.

And then the leg incident with the attack was the third one.

Yeah. We were, we refer to it as a green on blue, which is really just based off of a system we use that gives different types of individuals on a battle space, like a color code to loosely define who's who. Um, So green being labeled as unknowns and or like friendlies, blue being like US forces. So green against blue.

Yeah. We were, we refer to it as a green on blue, which is really just based off of a system we use that gives different types of individuals on a battle space, like a color code to loosely define who's who. Um, So green being labeled as unknowns and or like friendlies, blue being like US forces. So green against blue.

Yeah. We were, we refer to it as a green on blue, which is really just based off of a system we use that gives different types of individuals on a battle space, like a color code to loosely define who's who. Um, So green being labeled as unknowns and or like friendlies, blue being like US forces. So green against blue.

So when one of the guys we're working with turns on us, hence the term green on blue or insider attack. So we were set to drive out on an operation and just prior to loading up our vehicles, a member of the Afghan National Police Force, climbed up on the back of a Ford Ranger pickup truck that had a mounted PKM machine gun attached to it.

So when one of the guys we're working with turns on us, hence the term green on blue or insider attack. So we were set to drive out on an operation and just prior to loading up our vehicles, a member of the Afghan National Police Force, climbed up on the back of a Ford Ranger pickup truck that had a mounted PKM machine gun attached to it.

So when one of the guys we're working with turns on us, hence the term green on blue or insider attack. So we were set to drive out on an operation and just prior to loading up our vehicles, a member of the Afghan National Police Force, climbed up on the back of a Ford Ranger pickup truck that had a mounted PKM machine gun attached to it.

And he opened fire into me and the guys from about 30 feet away. So considered the most catastrophic insider attack that we knew of at the time, since the beginning of the GWAT. And then to make matters more interesting, this was the initiation of a pre-planned complex ambush

And he opened fire into me and the guys from about 30 feet away. So considered the most catastrophic insider attack that we knew of at the time, since the beginning of the GWAT. And then to make matters more interesting, this was the initiation of a pre-planned complex ambush

And he opened fire into me and the guys from about 30 feet away. So considered the most catastrophic insider attack that we knew of at the time, since the beginning of the GWAT. And then to make matters more interesting, this was the initiation of a pre-planned complex ambush

we didn't know there were about 30 taliban fighters that had our compound almost entirely surrounded so when this guy initiated from inside our perimeter they all began launching mortars and rpg rockets and belt and machine gun on top of us so it was a really bad day at the office you could say 12 u.s casualties another dozen or so afghan casualties