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Old 02-15-2011, 10:40   #4
greenberetTFS
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Originally Posted by 1stindoor View Post
Toradol...ask for it by name.

Many a mission ended back at the firebase with me pulling my 6'2 235 lb frame out of a GMV, doubled over and walking like an old man (okay...a much older man) to the medshed to get my weekly dose of Toradol.

I chalk it up to the hazards of my chosen profession. Like so many before me, I've told the younger kids to take better care of themselves and get things documented...and to their credit and just like me at their age...it fell on deaf ears.
My time in the service,we didn't have any type of armor except for possibly a steel pot which was hardly ever used........... The only real heavy gear was an overloaded rucksack.......... Do you fellers feel safer with carrying all that armor?..........

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