Army Ranger Survives After Being Shot in the Head During Intense Gunfight

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The realest guest in my opinion for a while, just based of how he tell stories and the Delta guy

You can tell this man have some PTSD but he is so calm

Flechettes, wicked ordinance, 1000's of tiny steel darts. My dad told me about those from his time in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne, C Troop 2/17th in 69'-70'. He said the Cobra pilots surprised a group of NVA in a pond and LITERALLY were nailing them to the rocks. He says he can still hear them yelling, "Flechettes! Flechettes!" as they flew in to re-arm.

I was a Carl Gustav gunner on deployment in 3rd bat in 2014. That is where I got to shoot 2 flicet rounds for practice because the rules of engagement didn't allow them in combat at the time later in the war but had them left over from previous deployments. It's an 84mm rocket with about 1000 barbed darts, that are covered in an Anticoagulant to cause bleeding out if you're hit with one. It's for close anti personal engagement. Not accurate but covers a wide area up to about 100 meters. Pretty crazy

a lot of theses ex military guys can come over as boastful and hey look at me....but this guy comes across as a normal dude who was telling it as it was.....he even apologised for swearing..lol....his country and parents should be proud of him

I love that he mentioned the dog was safe

Fascinating. Shawn Ryan's interviews should be and most probably are archived. Very important testimonies. Brilliant.

Fleschettes are basically nails with fletching (fins) like on an arrow. Thousands in an artillery/explosive shell.

Think of the time, effort, and money spent to train this man to go to war. Then consider how much money, effort, and time was put in to helping him live back in the world after having these horrific experiences. The Veterans Administration has NEVER stepped up to support us. Look up the story of The Bonus Army.

Nick you are a freaking beast. I appreciate your service and all that you did for this country. God Bless you are your family. RLTW.

War effs up people in the head. Did my 4 in the Corps, but lucked out being 75-79. But i was an AF brat back in 67-68 in the Phillipines at 9/10 years old. This is where they brought most of those kids from 'Nam at evac. Made a very sober impression on little me. I would REALLY like for this to not happen again. Thanks for your service, warriors. :cat-orange-whistling:

This is pretty much the best most interesting podcast online today. Unbelievably amazing stories.

We trained with Ranger SF in Bad Toelz and they were teaching crossing the objective then blowing the whistle to have the objective inspected and inventoried. There were 100 different things our instructors pointed out about the weapons vehicles and uniforms and items the bodies had on them. I was amazed when in the classroom later on they asked what we thought the things meant and then they told us what the clues meant about the enemies strengths and weaknesses etc. Things you can’t imagine were contained within the smallest clues from objects collected off the objective. And the speed and precision the team demonstrated was impressive. They initiated a strait line assault across the objective and collected data and were gone within what seemed like 10 minutes. They used actual vehicles and real soldiers playing opfor and the demolitions and blank firing looked as real as you can get. They obviously practiced this scenario many many many times over and over. It blew our minds. Their camo was so good you did not realize what was about to happen till it did then Boom and machine gun fire and things happening at combat speed.

SHAWN RYAN IS BY FAAAAR SO FAR THE BEST INTERVIEWER.

Called in the C130🇺🇸

Man I can’t even imagine getting shot through your NVG’s. I absolutely hated wearing them during night ranges or night patrols. They suck when you’re trying to patrol through a tree line at night & you’re stumbling between opening & closing your free eye trying to establish some modicum of depth perception. I know most guys hate them, but I’m sure that guy loved his NVG’s that night lol 😂 Much respect to these Rangers! #0311Grunt #SemperFi

Can’t imagine picking up body parts like an Easter Egg Hunt..

Awesome interview

All that time for nothing. Afghanistan was a waste of time and money