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<blockquote data-quote="yukonjack" data-source="post: 3378099" data-attributes="member: 2939"><p>It's entirely possible to quit shooting when the threat is over, if that's the way you trained. During stressful,situations like this you'll act according to the way you trained. It's an almost automatic response. The psychiatrist explained it to me in some technical psychological terms that at the time just flew over my head.</p><p></p><p>I remember the voice of our range master, Jack Bales, at CLEET in 1979 in my head. He said "From the 25 yard line you'll fire one round, single action, and holster your weapon on my command." </p><p>His words were crystal clear as I raised my revolver, cocked the hammer, fired one round and holstered my revolver.</p><p></p><p>I never heard the shot. But the muzzle and cylinder flash are still indelibly burned into my mind. Then I heard my partner screaming "He's still coming". And for just a few seconds I couldn't see anything. The psych told me why this happened but I don't remember the term he used. I could hear running footsteps and then nothing.</p><p></p><p>When I was able to focus again the gunman was face down on the ground in front of us. Arms stretched out forward with his hands still on his rifle. My partner grabbed the rifle and I turned him over. I was still having a hard time focusing and at first didn't see any wounds. I remember saying to my partner "I think I missed."</p><p></p><p>My partner pulled his jacket back, lifted up his shirt and then we could see a bullet wound just about 2 inches to the right of his left nipple. By then he was struggling to breathe. Kneeling beside him I remember putting my left arm under his shoulders and propping him up on my knee thinking that might help him breathe easier. He took about 3 more deep labored breaths and then no more. Wainwright, Alaska, October 9th 1984. </p><p></p><p>Everything I did was because of how I was trained. They were almost automatic responses. It took a few years to really understand all of this. I changed how I trained after that. Even though I'm retired now I still train. I still play the what if games. I still pay attention to my surroundings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yukonjack, post: 3378099, member: 2939"] It's entirely possible to quit shooting when the threat is over, if that's the way you trained. During stressful,situations like this you'll act according to the way you trained. It's an almost automatic response. The psychiatrist explained it to me in some technical psychological terms that at the time just flew over my head. I remember the voice of our range master, Jack Bales, at CLEET in 1979 in my head. He said "From the 25 yard line you'll fire one round, single action, and holster your weapon on my command." His words were crystal clear as I raised my revolver, cocked the hammer, fired one round and holstered my revolver. I never heard the shot. But the muzzle and cylinder flash are still indelibly burned into my mind. Then I heard my partner screaming "He's still coming". And for just a few seconds I couldn't see anything. The psych told me why this happened but I don't remember the term he used. I could hear running footsteps and then nothing. When I was able to focus again the gunman was face down on the ground in front of us. Arms stretched out forward with his hands still on his rifle. My partner grabbed the rifle and I turned him over. I was still having a hard time focusing and at first didn't see any wounds. I remember saying to my partner "I think I missed." My partner pulled his jacket back, lifted up his shirt and then we could see a bullet wound just about 2 inches to the right of his left nipple. By then he was struggling to breathe. Kneeling beside him I remember putting my left arm under his shoulders and propping him up on my knee thinking that might help him breathe easier. He took about 3 more deep labored breaths and then no more. Wainwright, Alaska, October 9th 1984. Everything I did was because of how I was trained. They were almost automatic responses. It took a few years to really understand all of this. I changed how I trained after that. Even though I'm retired now I still train. I still play the what if games. I still pay attention to my surroundings. [/QUOTE]
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