Got dinged a bit so out of action for a few days. Nothing serious. I can still walk fine, but the med kid says otherwise. Walked out with no problems, but now have one brown boot and one red one.
The Russians used the right tactic, shallow air bursts to try to fragment the trees. Problem (for them) was they missed our location. But, lot of shit doing the zoomies.
Got an ass jab with something, and some Gatifloxacin pills. So am cooling my heels, drinking a few beers and listening to Ennio Morricone’s Marco Polo soundtrack. Going to get some shut-eye. Later.
Now am the butt of the Sierra Lima Lima jokes…..
The hell you say
Have been nicked here a few times, but this one was a bit more accurate, if you can say that about shell fragments. Not even worth a Vietnam purple heart.
Hmmm bullet or AP?
Shell fragment from artillery. Guess a Russian drone spied us in the trees, and they let loose. The fuckers owe me a pair of boots.
(a separate conversation, same topic)
BTW, finally got a knick that required med attention. Piece of shrapnel sliced calf open. 14 stitches, a bandage, and some antibiotics. Still mobile though.
Not sure how large a chunk it was, but was a clean cut. The quack we have for a medic joked that is looked like a sharp knife cut. “You trying to get out of work?”
He said if it would have been a little to the left I would probably be laying on a beach somewhere, sans a lower leg. Breaks of the game.
That calf injury sounds gnarly. Did you hear whatever it was that got you?
I did not hear it. Way too much noise. I did not even feel it at first.
Was a nice surgical slice, only slightly severing the muscle.
We’ll, going to get some shut eye. Not sure what that quack gave me, but is having an effect. Guess he didn’t want me taking off.
Ha, take care.
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