Tom Hruby

There's a little bit of PTSD from those for sure.

There's a little bit of PTSD from those for sure.

There's a little bit of PTSD from those for sure.

There's a little post-traumatic stress associated with the Econoline van. But, you know, we had a day off before we were going to drive back. It's 10 in the morning, so what do we do? We immediately start drinking. I'm underage. I get carried into a strip club. This is where we started by my LPO. Mm-hmm. So they didn't even check my ID.

There's a little post-traumatic stress associated with the Econoline van. But, you know, we had a day off before we were going to drive back. It's 10 in the morning, so what do we do? We immediately start drinking. I'm underage. I get carried into a strip club. This is where we started by my LPO. Mm-hmm. So they didn't even check my ID.

There's a little post-traumatic stress associated with the Econoline van. But, you know, we had a day off before we were going to drive back. It's 10 in the morning, so what do we do? We immediately start drinking. I'm underage. I get carried into a strip club. This is where we started by my LPO. Mm-hmm. So they didn't even check my ID.

And it goes to later in the day or in the night in an Irish bar. And there was a guy in my platoon. I'll give you his name offline. He ended up actually interfacing at a federal level with law enforcement just running his mouth. And looking back, and again, this is through the lens of many decades. I knew that he was out of control.

And it goes to later in the day or in the night in an Irish bar. And there was a guy in my platoon. I'll give you his name offline. He ended up actually interfacing at a federal level with law enforcement just running his mouth. And looking back, and again, this is through the lens of many decades. I knew that he was out of control.

And it goes to later in the day or in the night in an Irish bar. And there was a guy in my platoon. I'll give you his name offline. He ended up actually interfacing at a federal level with law enforcement just running his mouth. And looking back, and again, this is through the lens of many decades. I knew that he was out of control.

I knew that somebody needed to stop him before, like the classic error chain. Like, can we just break one of these chains here and stop this? He ends up talking shit to a woman at a bar who happened to be related to the person that owned the bar. So they call the cops. He gets dragged out, tries to fight them or the bouncers. The cops show up. We talk him out of the back of the cop car.

I knew that somebody needed to stop him before, like the classic error chain. Like, can we just break one of these chains here and stop this? He ends up talking shit to a woman at a bar who happened to be related to the person that owned the bar. So they call the cops. He gets dragged out, tries to fight them or the bouncers. The cops show up. We talk him out of the back of the cop car.

I knew that somebody needed to stop him before, like the classic error chain. Like, can we just break one of these chains here and stop this? He ends up talking shit to a woman at a bar who happened to be related to the person that owned the bar. So they call the cops. He gets dragged out, tries to fight them or the bouncers. The cops show up. We talk him out of the back of the cop car.

He's in the silver bracelets in the back. We talked to the cops during which I pulled a real Jason Bourne moment and just told him my name and where we were staying and the duty station we were attached with. Yeah. They're like, we're going to let him go, but you guys need to take him home. He gets out of the cop car. We go around the corner of the building.

He's in the silver bracelets in the back. We talked to the cops during which I pulled a real Jason Bourne moment and just told him my name and where we were staying and the duty station we were attached with. Yeah. They're like, we're going to let him go, but you guys need to take him home. He gets out of the cop car. We go around the corner of the building.

He's in the silver bracelets in the back. We talked to the cops during which I pulled a real Jason Bourne moment and just told him my name and where we were staying and the duty station we were attached with. Yeah. They're like, we're going to let him go, but you guys need to take him home. He gets out of the cop car. We go around the corner of the building.

He immediately just walks directly at another bouncer and starts talking shit. You know, I'm 160 pounds at the time. And if I look back, the reality is I was scared and I didn't know what to do. So he was talking shit to that bouncer, turned around and started walking back towards me. And it was just, he was walking towards me and I was off of his right shoulder looking at the bouncer.

He immediately just walks directly at another bouncer and starts talking shit. You know, I'm 160 pounds at the time. And if I look back, the reality is I was scared and I didn't know what to do. So he was talking shit to that bouncer, turned around and started walking back towards me. And it was just, he was walking towards me and I was off of his right shoulder looking at the bouncer.

He immediately just walks directly at another bouncer and starts talking shit. You know, I'm 160 pounds at the time. And if I look back, the reality is I was scared and I didn't know what to do. So he was talking shit to that bouncer, turned around and started walking back towards me. And it was just, he was walking towards me and I was off of his right shoulder looking at the bouncer.

And the bouncer had a crutch. There was something wrong with his foot and he picked it up and he looked like he was going to swing it. And I had a Spyderco on me because I'm an idiot. And I pulled it out and I flipped it open. I just put it up against the side of my leg. And I said, I don't think you want to do that. You put the crutch down, I put the knife away. He started yelling for the cops.

And the bouncer had a crutch. There was something wrong with his foot and he picked it up and he looked like he was going to swing it. And I had a Spyderco on me because I'm an idiot. And I pulled it out and I flipped it open. I just put it up against the side of my leg. And I said, I don't think you want to do that. You put the crutch down, I put the knife away. He started yelling for the cops.