iamhistory
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So I'm across the field from my house the other day standing outside at my brother's house visiting a bit. Suddenly we here our Mom scream my brother's name for help and yell, "bring your pistol!"
Well..............needless to say, as two former Marines would do for their Mom, the dust flew as my brother and I took off up the lane (adhearing to complete situational awareness of course) to assess the situation and posssibly handle a problem with appropriate levels of force.
I jump out of my truck, jog across the yard and reach my Mom first with my brother close behind. We see her at the side of her house next to her rabbit pen, obviously shaken and nearly in tears pointing to the rabbit. "Do you have your gun?????" "There's a huge snake trying to eat Thumper!"
Well......once we realized the problem, my brother and I took it down a few notches and got the snake, about a 5 foot long black racer, out of the bunny pen and out into the woods.
However, it was a bit exciting there for a minute when we heard Mom calling for help. Sometimes I think I'm getting a little rusty and my Devil Dog days are behind me............he he, it was like riding a bike. Once you get to a certain level of training/experience/proficiency, etc.........it sticks with you. That's not the only time I've had a situation test out what would have been my probable reaction had that situation turned out to be a truly theatening one. What sorts of things have you all had happen that turned out to be a false alarm?
Well..............needless to say, as two former Marines would do for their Mom, the dust flew as my brother and I took off up the lane (adhearing to complete situational awareness of course) to assess the situation and posssibly handle a problem with appropriate levels of force.
I jump out of my truck, jog across the yard and reach my Mom first with my brother close behind. We see her at the side of her house next to her rabbit pen, obviously shaken and nearly in tears pointing to the rabbit. "Do you have your gun?????" "There's a huge snake trying to eat Thumper!"
Well......once we realized the problem, my brother and I took it down a few notches and got the snake, about a 5 foot long black racer, out of the bunny pen and out into the woods.
However, it was a bit exciting there for a minute when we heard Mom calling for help. Sometimes I think I'm getting a little rusty and my Devil Dog days are behind me............he he, it was like riding a bike. Once you get to a certain level of training/experience/proficiency, etc.........it sticks with you. That's not the only time I've had a situation test out what would have been my probable reaction had that situation turned out to be a truly theatening one. What sorts of things have you all had happen that turned out to be a false alarm?