NCR Davis

Author of "For the Boys, The War Story of a Combat Nurse in Patton's Third Army,” Editor/Co Publisher for SGM Mike Vining’s “Blasting Through”

[NCR Davis @DavisNcr61326]

@MRTs_Haircut Nothing more satisfyingly simple. Perfect meal. Who could ask for more?

[NCR Davis @DavisNcr61326]

@GadSaad @OleMiss @umdeclaration Genuine, intelligent, and kind — and that includes our canines. Thank you for coming down to see the real South.

[NCR Davis @DavisNcr61326]

Thank you for standing up for female athletes. God bless you.

[Madcow Syndicate @MadcowSyndicate]

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[NCR Davis @DavisNcr61326]

@victorywithnik @AdamSchefter All leaders have this philosophy. That’s why they’re winners. RIP, Mike Ditka.

[Nik Atanackovic @victorywithnik]

My favorite Mike Ditka quote:

To succeed in life you gotta have three main things. The first is attitude: That's basically the only thing you can control. If you have a bad attitude, you're not gonna do very well when you get a chance. The second is character: what you stand for, what you believe in, knowing right from wrong. And then there's enthusiasm: You have to like what you do.

You have to make a commitment to what you're doing. If you don't like something, then heck, don't do it--don't do it! If you settle for defeat, you're gonna be defeated. If you settle for mediocrity, you're gonna be mediocre. If you're gonna play, you gotta play to win.

[Laura W. @BumpstockBarbie]

How can you NOT believe in God when octopuses dream and otters have a favorite rock they carry around in a little skin pocket and cows have best friends and bees are out there communicating the coordinates of flowers through dancing and they have regional dialects?

Cats are purring at frequencies associated with bone healing? Forests get absolutely incinerated and respond by growing flowers? Dolphins literally invent names for themselves and yell them across the ocean? Penguins are waddling around Antarctica looking for the perfect rock to give their partner?

CROWS REMEMBER YOUR FACE. THEY TELL OTHER CROWS ABOUT YOU. THEY TELL THEIR CHILDREN ABOUT YOU. YOU CAN HAVE GENERATIONAL BEEF WITH A BIRD. I NEED YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS.

Goats have accents. Rats laugh when you tickle them. Elephants mourn their dead. Whales make songs and then OTHER WHALES LEARN THE SONG and suddenly everybody across the ocean is singing the new song.

Monarch butterflies are born knowing how to fly thousands of miles to a place they have never been.

Sea turtles hatch out of an egg, immediately sprint toward an ocean that they have never seen, disappear into it for like 3 decades and then somehow come back to the same beach they hatched on.

Birds can see colors that we humans can’t see. There are colors out there right now that we don’t even get to know about.

There are sea slugs that eat algae and use the chloroplast/chlorophyll and then are just like…photosynthesizing. And they’re super adorable.

There are mushrooms communicating underground. There are seeds sitting in the dirt for decades like “no actually I will wait. It’s fine.”

Squirrels plant trees because they forget where they put their snacks. Relatable.

A CATERPILLAR GOES INTO A LITTLE BAG THAT IT CREATES ITSELF AND DISSOLVES MOST OF ITS BODY INTO ORGANIC GOO AND REARRANGES ITSELF, GROWS WINGS AND THEN LEAVES. WHY IS THIS NOT MORE BEAUTIFULLY TERRIFYING TO PEOPLE??

And you’re telling me a tiny acorn knows how to become a huge tree? It just has a blueprint inside itself?

Your body started as ONE CELL.

ONE.

And that cell divided itself into a brain that can think about its own existence and eyes that can look at stars and hands that can hold somebody else’s hands and a heart that runs on electricity without you even asking it to?

The iron in our blood was made inside a star??

We are walking around on a wet rock covered in bioluminescent oceans and singing whales and laughing rats and birds holding lifelong grudges and flowers exploding out of fire and somehow we’re supposed to act like this is a normal place to live?

We’re supposed to act like this is all just a random, accidental sequence of events?

[SGM Mike Vining @ Blasting Through Official @BlastingThrough]

The first woman in EOD was CMSgt Linda Cranford. She was the first woman to graduate from EOD in 1974 and entered EOD School as an E-4 Sgt. Check out the backstory of how Linda got into EOD School on a dare. Tap on the link below to see the details. It's a great testament to the spirit of what it takes to be EOD. Thank you, Linda, for the interview.

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[Ole Miss Football @OleMissFB]

The Voice of God says HOTTY TODDY ‼️

#HottyToddy

[NCR Davis @DavisNcr61326]

@EverythingRebs Oh well, Lane. Money isn’t everything. You underestimated our resolve.

[NCR Davis @DavisNcr61326]

@eye4msu @Pirougemon @GadSaad Especially when we play LSU.

[NCR Davis @DavisNcr61326]

@GadSaad And we are as sincere as the Lebanese. We love people — all people, but Holly-weird portrays us as bigots and racists. So glad you got to see the real Mississippi. And we appreciate your work with Ole Miss, my alma mater. Thank you, Dr. Saad.

[NCR Davis @DavisNcr61326]

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@brockpierson Status

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@MRTs_Haircut All of you are way above my level, but I don’t mind. I’m thankful for each of you who served our country.

[NCR Davis @DavisNcr61326]

@gunny_retired 🙏

[SGM Mike Vining @ Blasting Through Official @BlastingThrough]

Treat Pain as Information, Not as a Reason to Quit

I reposted @USSOCOM today. They said, "As our forces continue to operate globally to deter adversaries and degrade and destroy terrorist networks, their courage and sacrifice continue to inspire our commitment to serve with strength, purpose, and resolve."

Their post reminded me of something I wrote in "Blasting Through." Here it is:

In special operations, mindset is essential. You will get hurt. You will be cold, exhausted, hungry, and in pain. The question isn't whether you can avoid discomfort. You can't. The question is whether you can continue to function effectively despite discomfort, whether you can treat pain as information rather than as a reason to quit.

[NCR Davis @DavisNcr61326]

@collin_cleary Most of them had probably not read the material, either.

[Ole Miss Football @OleMissFB]

Never forget. 🇺🇸

[SGM Mike Vining @ Blasting Through Official @BlastingThrough]

@USSOCOM Well said. Thank you for always remembering our fallen.