Posted on Jan 6, 2014
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We're all human. Under the right (or wrong) circumstances we can all "hit the wall" with productivity and need to have a chance to go into a mental reset. What do you do to help get yourself back into a productive mindset while on a long period of leave? Do you have destressing hobbies? Just like to do nothing and "veg out"?
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When I was on leave I would always spend quiet time with family. And old friends.
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There's nothing better in this world than finding a nice piece of open land, and blowing away the beer bottles and gallon jugs you've collected through the week with some hot lead. Each trigger pull is essentially blowing away a trouble or frustration during the week. Lately I've even gotten the wife to enjoy it! Albeit with her wimpy .22LR Sigg Mosquito, it still counts.
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2LT Youngblood: Excellent! Of course, When I was a young 2LT Airborne Ranger Infantry Officer at Ft Lewis, it wasn't relaxation to go shooting in a field on the weekend because we did that all week. So I would grab an M203 from the arms room, load it up, and go hunting for grizzly bears up in the Cascade Mountains. As soon as I saw a grizzly, I would attack it bare-handed, wrestle it to the ground, and then choke and subdue it in a fair fight. The M203? That was for the grizzly bear to use! Like I said, I wanted it to be a fair fight and I'm an Airborne Ranger!
In the next installment I'll tell you how Airborne Rangers catch Killer Whales (Orcas) in the Puget Sound.
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Sounds like a life of Fun and Danger Sir! Unforunately, being in the red-headed step-child of Combat Arms (Air Defense) I have to get nearly all my range time in recreationally. As for bear fighting, it sounds like we'll have to import some desert bears down to El Paso. In the mean time I'll keep practicing my Combatives with the larger, more hairy members of the Battery.
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