CuriousG
Gondolin
1:22am
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Thanks for sharing that with us
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I have heard similar things in Hollywood movies, but I'm deeply skeptical of anything Hollywood does regarding the reality of military life, so having you validate it firsthand is quite valuable. More than one Hollywood drill instructor has said something like "We're training you and training you so when things go crazy, you'll know what to do instead of panic and freeze and die," so I guess they get that right.
TORN member Brethil, who used to be active here, worked/works as an emergency room nurse and commented something similar, that a very messy human body could come in the door, and that was when training in life-saving techniques took over instead of gasping in horror, etc. She even said she didn't think about it until afterwards that she'd saved someone's life, she was just doing what was needed and what she'd learned to do with repeat experience.
It sorta seems like emergency situations are less about fear vs. courage and more about fear vs. training, with training filling the void that fear otherwise thrives in.
(This post was edited by CuriousG on 1:23am)
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