Amputee volunteer helping troops prepare mentally for battle [x-post from /r/humanporn]

jaxxon · 6 months

For a minute, I thought the legs of the chair were his shin bones.

ramblerandgambler · 6 months

Context:

“We sit in a muddy puddle for hours on end, waiting to jump out and scream and shout, cold and miserable – but then you remember these guys are heading for something far worse. Every amputee is vetted and put through specialist training beforehand to see if they are up to the job. For some it is too close to the mark, too realistic. The last thing we want to do is traumatize someone, stymie their rehabilitation.” John Pickup, of Amputees In Action.

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ConsiderTheLobster · 6 months

And that's why you always leave a note.

lillyjb · 6 months

I saw this on TV a few weeks ago. It helped train soldiers of what to expect in battle. Some of the recuits started to puke after the saw the missing limbs. They also had a make-up artist put broken glass into some of the wounded soldier's faces. It's very realistic.

Kuby · 6 months

IDEA:

make all politicians capable of starting war go through on of these exercises.

naked_ditchdigger · 6 months

I was gonna say, that guy's fucking hardcore to just be sitting there like that.

[deleted] · 6 months

Real life is much worse than that that can be made up.

2nd ACR

polerix · 6 months

You are not going out there to shoot and respawn if you fuck up. The dude abides.

Snapperhead · 6 months

This is at Fort Irwin in California. It is a desert warfare training site for the US and allied military. They have tours.

aoskilinn · 6 months

Well, shit. I was just in the place of the photo last week. It takes place in a fake Afghani village at Fort Irwin. They train troops with false bombings and IEDs in this village. I spent the better part of two weeks in it, though far away from most of the action because we were on a separate project. I was told then that they had volunteers like the guy in the picture. They have an ambulance rush up to the scene of the bombing afterward and take these guys off, they make it as realistic as possible.

ValuableDan · 6 months

If only we can get one of those in front of every recruiting office.

0xffff0 · 6 months

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Hackematt · 6 months

As a medic that has been to NTC (national training center) and to Afghanistan after that, these guys do one hell of a job. thank you.

Expodryerase · 6 months

I went through this training in '07 at 29 Palms. The objective of the exercise was not mentally preparing for battle. The main objective was being able to apply first aid in a stressful environment and doing it correctly.

america_is_fascist · 6 months

I am stationed at the National Training Center and sometimes work along side one of these amputees. They are paid actors. The one I work with is quite a spectacle when the training gets to his part, I think it's quite effective. It gives the first responders experience in dealing with a hysterical individual.

abngeek · 6 months

"I will twist, twist, twist until the bright red bleeding stops!"

Went through basic training in '97. A lot of stuff has faded from memory, but some things they made us memorize I don't think I'll ever forget. I imagine if I ever have to apply a tourniquet I'll be unconsciously yelling this sentence at the victim, heh.

Pretty awesome these amputees are involved in this. I think this sort of training would be invaluable.

imjustadude90 · 6 months

And then you have people who amputates his leg and keeps it as a trophy.

ChromeFuture · 6 months

Wow, a lot of people really don't get this picture. He probably got his legs amputated from wounds years ago. And now he's a volunteer, showing recruits what their fellow soldiers could end up looking like in the heat of battle. Trust me, if his legs were bleeding like that, he wouldn't look so calm, and there'd be way more blood.

[deleted] · 6 months

As gruesome as this simulation may seem it actually benefits soldiers by adding realism to training, and can help offset potential PTSD cases in soldiers.

Peter89 · 6 months

They don't show you such pictures in the recruiting office.

thewayitgoes · 6 months

yar me father was a tree

Pravusmentis · 6 months

I've got a bright idea, what if we didn't kill each other?

IDlOT · 6 months

Humanporn? Seriously isn't that just, you know, porn?

welker · 6 months

War never changes..

dsigned001 · 6 months

That is really, really realistic looking. I was wondering how on earth he would be just sitting there smoking -- it took me a while to register it as makeup. Upvote for the guys chipping in.

cinghialino · 6 months

To me, it's a reenactment, and that blood it's just a prop. I find it difficult to see somebody with his feet vaporized stay like that.

This doesn't mean that I approve war or I don't like the photo.

imatat · 6 months

My question is how the hell you prepare mentally to the point you feel comfortable volunteering to relive the events that made you an amputee to begin with.

kevdeath666 · 6 months

I had to read this like 3 times to realize what the fuck was going on.

Abscheu · 6 months

That, is one of the darkest things I have ever seen.

pwoody11 · 6 months

I helped carry a guy whos leg got lopped off by a catchwire on the flight deck of a carrier. Im not so sure anything could have prepared for what I saw.

[deleted] · 6 months

This is for a mass casualty exercise for an army training event in california. Tourists actually pay to go up on this big bridge and watch. One of only good changes they've made to this training over the years was adding these awesome actors. They also hire iraqis to plaay other roles.

griffith12 · 6 months

Wow, that seems painfully real.

piece-o-crap · 6 months

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRYmKQeIiNs

Code347 · 6 months

Lieutenant Dan, what are you doing here?
I'm here to try out my sea legs.
But you ain't got no legs, Lieutenant Dan.
Yes... yes, I know that. You wrote me a letter, you idiot!

atomic-playboy · 6 months

I'll just leave this here.

Agivith · 6 months

All of the people trying to defend this:

You should really just admit that the goal is desensitization. It doesn't sound as pretty, but that is is exactly what the purpose of this is.

rhonage · 6 months

HOLY SHIT I THOUGHT THEY WERE HIS BONES

6 months

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lickBallZ · 6 months

He is passing the message: Guys if you don't die in war, have psychological scars which will torment you for the rest of your life, well, you can always end up like me, limbless, now take your pick

PoniesRBitchin · 6 months

Uh, NSFW tag?

mitchstanton · 6 months

Hardcore to the hardcore. Brave SOB. I salute you

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