Posted on Dec 26, 2014
When in a crowd, do you find yourself planning for what you would do in an emergency such as if a crazed shooter were to occur?
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My wife and I went to mass on Christmas Eve, as we sat there I leaned over and whispered in her ear. What are you thinking about right now? She replied "how much I love being in the company of so many happy people celebrating the same thing, what are you thinking about?" My response was somewhere along the line of, what I would do and where we would go if an emergency such a crazed shooter were to occur here tonight. The result of a lingering military mentality? Probably... Do you do this in large gatherings as well?
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I'm pretty paranoid.
In a restaurant, I must be near a window. I am always watching people and their body language. I've gotten pretty good at judging how close I must be to effectively render someone unconscious, should the need arise.
I'm not sure if this is because the military has taught me, through prolonged PowerPoint marathons, that the average civilian is secretly plotting my demise, or if I'm hopelessly insane.
One of my "children", who, I secretly refer to as "Agent K", has entered the room. I suspect that she asdkfjaoief jawn;oekfn wakoef
In a restaurant, I must be near a window. I am always watching people and their body language. I've gotten pretty good at judging how close I must be to effectively render someone unconscious, should the need arise.
I'm not sure if this is because the military has taught me, through prolonged PowerPoint marathons, that the average civilian is secretly plotting my demise, or if I'm hopelessly insane.
One of my "children", who, I secretly refer to as "Agent K", has entered the room. I suspect that she asdkfjaoief jawn;oekfn wakoef
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SP5 Michael Rathbun
I'm breathlessly waiting to hear more of the adventures and exploits of Agent 'K'.
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SP5 Michael Rathbun, when she came in singing "All About That Bass", in a "High School Music" onesie, I knew she was treble.
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SP5 Michael Rathbun
SGT (Join to see): Let's hope her agent is truly up to the task of representing her.
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100% of the time. Unfortunately, my kids notice too. Tonight at dinner in a restaurant, my son blocked my mother from the seat she intended to take and said, "I'd feel better if my mom sat there." It was the seat with the clearest line of sight to all entrance points into the room. I hate that my paranoia affects them, but that the same time, I would hate it more if I was not in the best position to protect them.
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SSG Tim Everett
Downvoted for continued uncalled-for disrespect of RP members. So that you can't edit out your comment and hide your disrespect from other members and admins, I took the liberty of copying and pasting it.
"SGT Justin Newport. This was not your fight. I respectfully request you remove your vote down of my comments. I know it does me no good to ask. After all the officers in all your units had to have tail lights and turn signals attached to themselves so you would not break your neck if they stopped suddenly. On board ship we had a term for you SGT. "
"SGT Justin Newport. This was not your fight. I respectfully request you remove your vote down of my comments. I know it does me no good to ask. After all the officers in all your units had to have tail lights and turn signals attached to themselves so you would not break your neck if they stopped suddenly. On board ship we had a term for you SGT. "
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SFC Mark Merino
Good call capturing some of the responses. It would have been interesting to see the others before they were deleted by the author. Feel free to tag an admin before it gets that bad.
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SPC David Hannaman
As a CHL licensed gun owner I have to agree that the number of unskilled, untrained, and unsafe gun owners concerns me too.
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