Posted on Aug 8, 2015
We've all seen people fall in formation from the heat...any unique stories regarding that?
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I once attended a Change of Command where one of the primary staff officers fell the hell out, the Adjutant knelt down and started rubbing the officers head and telling him he was going to be ok (this was in front of the Division Commander!).....mind you I had just finished fighting for a year in Afghanistan, I couldn't help but think Holy Jesus, what has this Army come to!?
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A few months ago, I saw a company guidon bearer face plant on concrete during a battalion change of command. The commander held the guidon up while waiting for someone to drag the Soldier off (he was laying there in front for about 10 seconds). I thought the poor guy had a concussion.
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So this has nothing to do with heat or formations or the military in general but, this year at candlelight at disney (its a choir thing where choirs from high school sing like a Christmas story on stage at epcot while a celebrity narator reads a story) there was about 200 people on a stage for an hour in hot clothes all packed shoulder to shoulder with tons of lights on us. It felt atleast 100 degrees. So many people were dropping from locking their knees. Atleast 15 fell out within the hour from our school and others. We were told keep going and disney personnel came up in dark clothes and pulled the passed out people off stage. Best part was that after we got a 20 min break and went and did another show.
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