I was a 12b and I know where your coming from. I lost track of the concussions because of the memory loss. Back, neck, head all toast. Knees shot to hell. Fractured skull. Still have a good dent in my skull. But hey free grandslam breakfast at Dennys.

@@anthonyt6916 , GOD bless you, as well. Your Brother (me) will prat for you as well!

God bless warrior's

Thank s for your honesty an your service.

Dont know if you ever have or would or wouldnt,but heard lots of great things about vets with certain issues/afflictions,what have you,with medical marijuana and or cbd,which is the non-psycho-active part n medicinal part of the marijuana plant,n I do say this in all seriousness,lots of military vets in my family,GOD Rest those gone,so I have the utmost respect n admiration n love for any n all military members,except for that one girl from the army on twitter that said she d turn on or shoot Americans if martial law went into effect or something of the sort,n its besides the point,but yea,screw that girl,army or not,n med marijuana,cbd,definitely worth looking into if the problems arent fixed by doctor prescribed meds.thank you,n all past,current,future,n retired military men n women for your service to this great country of ours.Salute.

That is a very subtle but important point. Thanks!

*salute

Thank you for your service brother and God bless you 🙏🏼

Thank you for your service, Shawn just did that podcast with Shipley who was a Development guy and a breacher as well and he told a story about a mission he went on and they had to swim in to the Horn of Africa I believe and it was a capture only mission, they weren’t allowed to kill the target and the place was a fortress with like a 6in steel door and the target was aware they were coming and was prepared well he blew a charge and he said him and all of his teammates had no choice to gain entry, they were so close to the charge but he knew the math in his head that it would concuss all of them but they wouldn’t be knocked out or anything so he did it and their ears were shot out, they were all bleeding from their noses and then they had to deal with a full on fortress that was designed to expect an enemy so it was just one long hall way with a belt fed at the end that didn’t skip a beat from the time they walked up to the time they exfiled.

Do you mean that like...for example a building with concrete floors and brick walls would contain the blast more or less than say, a building made of mud/other more crude materials? I'm curious what you mean as someone with no background in explosives. This is an interesting topic but I'm a civilian so I don't know these calculations.

My brother was in EOD 2nd Marines in Vietnam. This talk of concussive blasts sheds light on his problems. After DEROSing, he suffered all the symptoms these two mentioned as did I, but not to the same extent. It got so bad after several years he took his own life. This was decades ago and the DOD hasn't changed much. They'll spend millions training us but ZERO on bringing us back. SEMPER FI to you Devil Dog. Peace.

indeed

Indeed and without constant commercial breaks every 10 minutes. Then again if there are any I can't see 'em because of Adblock.

What chemicals are in those shells? Are large amounts of nitrogen present...if so that would be the cause also.

Bro... seriously... I was a weapons tech for our entire BN while in Kunar.. I was constantly running a gun or tube for QC checks before returning them to the units. Then, top it off with getting blown up, on Bostock didn't help shit either.. add that to the 20somethin other TBI'S... No wonder my brain feel like scrambled eggs.. Glad I found this channel and this video! Thanks guys!

@@thomasreaves588 shiiiiiiiit look at that, I did some reading on it. Thanks man, it makes a lot of sense, I’m definitely worried about the long term effects. Those headaches were brutal, we fired 2500+ rounds that one deployment so ya boi was toasted towards the end lol.

Take care of yourself brother. Stay safe 💯🙏🏾

Guys like these who I've had the privilege of speaking with always say that adrenaline both helps and hurts. It helps in the moment because you feel like you're breezing through the bumps, bruises, and bangs. But after the proverbial smoke clears and you're at rest, you realize you're really fucked up because you kept pushing when you normally would've stopped.

"The body always keeps score"

Tell him to make copies of everything! For VA

Very few men would ever do something this dangerous , huge respect.

Hope you get better soon bro. How'd you get CTE? From blowing shit up or some other way???

I thought they could diagnose cte without examining your brain physically?

@@jbvap they can’t. It’s hard to believe he was diagnosed. I bet the doctor said, “you may be developing CTE.”

Thanks for ur input it really adds to the video and makes it that much more enjoyable to watch

What method did they use to find the TBI damage?

@klk1900 I’ve never heard this before but if it’s true then guess i’m glad i don’t drink…

Why are you in so many 180 mph crashes to begin with.....?

They are worried about cuts because alcohol thins your blood so it’s harder to stop bleeding, nothing to do with a lining

I think its pretty well known. He made the comparison to football players, but boxers and MMA fighters also experience the same thing - weaker but repeated blows to the head are overall worse than one big KO. Even if Navy SEAL breachers aren't well studied, pro athletes definitely are

@@notricky1680 , CTE is known to happen among certain athletes, and that I do agree with you. Repeated exposure to shock waves is another matter. I am not saying Marcus is not correct. I actually think that he has a point. At this point, I am just not sure if scientific studies were made to further explore this.

@L H, thank you for sharing your personal experience, as well as your insights. Based on what you mentioned, this is well-known. I hope that it is considered as work-related so that people who have this condition can get the medical care that they need.

@@notricky1680 they pretty much are all star athletes. If one can make it to devgru then they can literally learn to do anything. Tier 1 operators are the NFL players of the military

@@Seasniffer69 They are well above that, athletes are just athletes, a bunch of grown men playing a sport and getting paid millions. I love sports and grew up playing sports but I would never compare an NFL player to a Development guy. For one, NFL players aren’t risking their lives and for two, if you were raised with genetics that gave you height and size bigger than most than you already have a lot of what you need to be better than most in any pro sport but there’s nothing you can be born with that will make it easier to become a development guy.

Just need to know where to look. Cleared Hot, Jocko Podcast, Mike Drop, etc

yeah, the Selection

And all the women need support the troops by flashing them chi chiz

What is SMAW monkeys

@@jordanreynolds6802 shoulder launched multipurpose assault weapon. Rocket launcher

Time to start taking those shrooms

@@jordanreynolds6802 SMAW monkeys are assaultmen who decided to only care about shooting the rocket launcher instead of also keeping up with explosives for breaching. Sometimes it's not by choice because In my units whoever was in charge of getting us initiation sets or blasting caps wouldn't get them.

No you aren't wrong I was a 51 too and later was in a special mission unit in LE and SMAWs rock your world. Also rang my bell setting off charges in the USMC too. Its exactly the same thing. I shot like 12 SMAW rockets in a day once and it jacked me up.

@Really Happenings sounds expensive 🤔

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i think its an appropriate term given the current lack of refinement/definition from the medical side of the house. the dudes performing the da/hr mission set, be it training or real world, are exposed 2 a tremendous amount of blasts, be it close quarters small arms fire, flashbangs/2bangs/9 bangs, door breaches/wall breaches, etc, relative 2 someone like a combat engineer or an airborne grunt in the big army. the effects of all those blasts r amplified significantly by them occurring indoors, within feet of the service member, over and over and over. then factor in lead exposure/lead poisoning. the military is completely failing 2 protect service members from all the lead theyre exposed to handling firearms and ammo, and training on/policing up ranges. Were only starting 2 look into this nowadays, and mainly on the civilian side of the house.