"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
05/04/2015 at 16:45 • Filed to: None
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
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CPT Sarah Cudd from Public Health Command, Fort Knox is 1 of 46 candidates who earned the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (Expert Field Medical Badge) at Fort Dix, NJ on 27 April 2015. This is the last few feet of Cudd’s 12 Mile Foot March, the last challenge to earning the EFMB, which must be completed within three hours. The failure rate for this march is 80%.
davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> ttyymmnn
05/04/2015 at 16:49 |
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Wow. Did they guy say “catch her” or “don’t touch her”?
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ttyymmnn
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
05/04/2015 at 16:51 |
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“Don’t touch her.”
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> ttyymmnn
05/04/2015 at 16:56 |
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Cudd = stud
I have a cousin whose husband is an ultra-marathoner. He runs 100+ mile races in the mountains. When I see Ms. Cudd’s achievement above, and hear of his exploits, it never fails to amaze me that the human body is capable of such things.
And it makes me feel pretty crappy to know how far away my body (and mind) is from achieving similar things - ha! Did feel great to climb a 14er several years back, though...
Frank Grimes
> ttyymmnn
05/04/2015 at 17:52 |
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so all this build up to the finish and the video just cuts right when the action and conclusion.
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ttyymmnn
> Frank Grimes
05/04/2015 at 17:53 |
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It is a little disappointing, but that’s what it is.
Renescent
> ttyymmnn
05/04/2015 at 19:07 |
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Good for her, that ruck march is a bitch... I earned mine in Korea.
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ttyymmnn
> Renescent
05/04/2015 at 20:07 |
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It doesn’t look like much fun. I’ve done my share of hiking on the Appalachian Trail, but there was never a time limit. Except for sunset.
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> ttyymmnn
05/04/2015 at 20:37 |
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EFMB is no small feat. Thank you for sharing this.
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ttyymmnn
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
05/04/2015 at 20:39 |
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I choked up a bit watching this.
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Renescent
> ttyymmnn
05/05/2015 at 07:37 |
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It wasn’t, it was a brutal weekend I won’t soon forget... I seem to remember the ruck had to be over 50 pounds maybe?
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ttyymmnn
> Renescent
05/05/2015 at 08:22 |
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I looked online to see if I could find out how much the combat load is. Since this is the government, and the military in particular, I found a 20+ page PDF outlining the history and specifics down to the nail clippers. I didn’t take the time to read it, though, so I couldn’t find the weight. But it was around 50 lbs I believe.
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Renescent
> ttyymmnn
05/05/2015 at 12:15 |
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Found this list, seems about right but I swear I had to carry a ‘tent half’ in my pack. But that was 1992 soooo hah!
http://www.medtrng.net/efmb/sections/…
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ttyymmnn
> Renescent
05/05/2015 at 12:34 |
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A pen and paper? Really?
R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet
> ttyymmnn
05/06/2015 at 11:33 |
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I often think back and wish I could have done my military career over. Instead of going Marine, I would have gone Navy to be a Corpsman and then when I reenlisted would have taken a shot at BUDs. Maybe I would have made it, maybe I would be dead, but the glory would have been in the quest for self-empowerment.
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ttyymmnn
> R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet
05/06/2015 at 11:38 |
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I have never served, but I am always amazed at what a dedicated individual, or member of a team, can accomplish. Having seen some programs about BUDS, I wonder if passing the course is harder than the actual missions. I also wonder just how much of the challenge is mental, not physical. But to count yourself among the few who have answered the challenge must be, as you say, incredibly empowering.
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R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet
> ttyymmnn
05/06/2015 at 11:42 |
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Genuinely whenit comes to SEAL life, BUDs is only the beginning.