Travis

Former military guy now practicing medicine

[Travis @TherealTravisN]

@TheBuddyCSM It comes off as authentic, this is why "we" like this kind of stuff

[The Buddy CSM @TheBuddyCSM]

I think the biggest “high” from the military that I’ll never be able to chase down again is that feeling during an exfil.

Specifically rotary wing exfil.

Firefights were intense, but not a feeling I wish to chase.

>Calling up “Post assault procedures complete, moving to exfil.”

>Rangers in PZ posture.

>Hearing the birds inbound.

>An MH-47 coming in hot on a strobe and a bouncing IR laser with gnats ass precision.

>Hunkering down against the rotor wash and moving through that point were the exhaust feels like a hair dryer on your face with Doc to the ramp to establish a choke point.

>Touching every Ranger’s shoulder as I count them on the bird.

>Hooking into the floor, plugging the aircraft’s internal comms into my Peltors and reporting eagles/crows to the crew as we go wheels up.

>Knowing our part is complete and slowly falling asleep to wake up to blue taxiway lights an AAR and mid-rats (hopefully).

I will forever miss that feeling.

[Travis @TherealTravisN]

@Snakeeater36 @CasualArtyFan maybe they were completing "fire for effect" after the FO walked them on the target 😆

[Travis @TherealTravisN]

@zerohedge Man, that takes me right back... Jungle School in Panama back in the 90s. Best ever. CCR playing in my head the whole time, feeling like I’d stepped into Vietnam. Those days crawling through the vines are some of my favorite memories from the Army evading OPFOR in the pitch dark

[Travis @TherealTravisN]

@RealSamFaddis @Osint613 They managed to import heavy paving equipment, lay asphalt, and leave zero satellite evidence? Sure.

[Travis @TherealTravisN]

@braxton_mccoy This is not a new complaint but magnet closure systems messin with my navigation!

[Travis @TherealTravisN]

@ryangrim

[Travis @TherealTravisN]

@Cernovich some factors to consider like distance and ballistics of the particular bullet, ie. bonded vs. non bonded etc. however inside 200 yards, semantics

[Travis @TherealTravisN]

@Lead_Flinger @braxton_mccoy Just jealousy, most of us can only harvest raghorns at best!

[Travis @TherealTravisN]

@Cernovich There are more than a handful here in Boise

[Travis @TherealTravisN]

@krystalball @emilyjashinsky @esaagar just glad that @emilyjashinsky is able to calm Krystal on one of her "fascists" meltdowns

[The Buddy CSM @TheBuddyCSM]

Memorial Day Weekend is a tough one for Veterans.

It’s a time to remember our fallen.

Those that didn’t come home like the rest of us. Sometimes when we do that though, we deviate off to a dark place.

A dark place where we may experience “survivor’s guilt” or dwell on a terrible experience.

Why was I not on that side of the vehicle when we got hit?

Why did her aircraft crash and mine didn’t?

Why did that bullet miss me and hit him in the collar bone just above his body armor and exit his lower back?

Thoughts like this aren’t helping anyone and you need to fight against them!

We don’t know the answers to questions like that and we never will.

I know if I was to make the ultimate sacrifice I wouldn’t want my buddies dwelling over “why” or “what ifs.”

I would want them to remember me in a positive way and that’s what WE need to do.

Laugh about the stupid stuff they said or did.

Be inspired by their skill, tenacity, and courage.

Harness their energy to get one more rep in during a work out.

Use their energy to commit to a project you want to undertake.

We all swear to never forget them, and we will never forget them.

Remember them the way they would want to be remembered.

You OWE it to them to KEEP GOING.

[John Spencer @SpencerGuard]

Never argue with an idiot. He’ll bring you down to his level and then beat you with experience.

[Travis @TherealTravisN]

@ExUmbrisDesigns Yes sir! You guys' hat game is strong!

[Travis @TherealTravisN]

Out in the backcountry with my lion huntress, "Delta Dawn". She’s my early detection pro. She loves to tree a sneaky lion! Nothing beats a day in the snow with my best adventure buddy! #Backcountryhunting #DeltaDawn

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@braxton_mccoy yea I got a call last week from a lady that wanted to buy our place right on the edge of The Frank Ch. A$sian accent..

[Travis @TherealTravisN]

@kittypurrzog at least you can escape the meth monsters in the Great NW!

[Travis @TherealTravisN]

@LookingOver2025 @braxton_mccoy @Chuck_Ritter92 @GameOfCrimes @ThereWBBourbon I enjoy all y'all's honest GWOT content, not some coffee company influencers sponsored BS

[Travis @TherealTravisN]

@esaagar @alexbruesewitz top notch! I just listened to it.

[Travis @TherealTravisN]

@Dave_Parke @ESGR 2/75 , I was neighboring y'all there in Manchu land when it was still 9th Regiment