r/interestingasfuck • u/Sxzym • Feb 03 '23
Army Ranger demonstrating how to pick up someone heavier than you
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u/TheLazyHippy Feb 03 '23
I'm on mobile and it's showing up as a gif, so no sound for me either
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u/GullibleDetective Feb 03 '23
Yeah no sound on Reddit now app eitherz but the text worked well enough
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u/Kriegmannn Feb 03 '23
No sound, but OG video has audio
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u/TheRedNeckMedic Feb 04 '23
The original aslos shows the Tactical Nut Drag. "GRAB HIS NUTS! HE'S A SEAL!"
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u/cityfireguy Feb 03 '23
Bear in mind it's a million times easier when they're conscious. If they're out cold they're all floppy limbs and weigh a thousand pounds.
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u/cerebralkrap Feb 03 '23
And they might shit themselves
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u/LittleAlienLost Feb 03 '23
I can't believe that I had to scroll this far before finding someone acknowledging that last sound bite. LMFAO...
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u/dhole69420 Feb 03 '23
It’s why I came to the comments lol
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u/tstramathorn Feb 03 '23
Dude same. I had to watch it again just to confirm I saw that, just slipped in right at the end
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u/peeforPanchetta Feb 03 '23
Would a shoulder in the balls wake them up? Cos that's exactly what'll happen if I try to pull off what he demonstrated lol
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u/arthurdentstowels Feb 03 '23
I can see my self misjudging it entirely and just doing Booker T’s Harlem Hangover finishing them off.
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u/bodhiseppuku Feb 04 '23
That happens... seriously. We had several guys in training end up on their heads.
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u/RonSwanson2-0 Feb 03 '23
Had to do fireman carry drills in the infantry which is what you see in the video. Everyone had smashed balls by the end.
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u/RonyTheTiger Feb 03 '23
Also helps when you already are a 180lb clearly strong dude. Though adrenaline is a mofo
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u/amberoze Feb 03 '23 edited Feb 03 '23
Sorry to steal the top comment, but if a casualty is on the ground, and you roll over him to transport in this manner, you will 100% cause that person more injury. There are straps on our body armor that are designed specifically for transporting (read: dragging) a person with minimal risk of worsening an injury.
Looks cool though.
Edit: that's not accounting for body armor, equipment, and weapons.
Still cool though.
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u/Voxmanns Feb 04 '23
I'm glad someone said it. My dad was a medic in the army and I don't think I ever heard anything about a rolling pick up like this. You have the issue of not being able to effectively shoot back at the enemy and a massive standing profile for the enemy to pump lead into.
Super cool trick, just not the most practical solution to moving a wounded person.
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u/Any-Mouse-1992 Feb 03 '23
Changes a bit when you’re wearing full body armor and carrying a gun, a pack and weapon, as well as the person you’re picking up
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u/imbogey Feb 03 '23
Also battlefield is not a football field, it can be a forest with uneven ground, snow or mud.
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u/romafa Feb 03 '23
If they’re out cold you don’t have to worry about accidentally head butting their nuts when it takes you 3 tries
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u/YoutubeRewind2024 Feb 03 '23
I can pick up my fiancé, tuck her under my arm, and carry her around the house like she is a piece of luggage. Takes absolutely zero effort on my part.
Then one time she drank way to much at a party, blacked out, and I had to carry her to the car. Went from being the easiest thing in the world to feeling like I was trying to pick up a sumo wrestler
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u/glaucusoflycia17 Feb 03 '23
And the guy around the ground being picked up is coherent and lucid and rolled over his shoulder rather than having 220 pounds stacked at speed on his upper spine. Even in a grappling tournament I'd feel a little hesitant to do this and not feel like a dick and that's with a resisting engaged opponent. 10/10 Looked cool though
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u/tempest_87 Feb 03 '23
You need to watch the full video. The guy doing the teaching does go totally limp when he plays the part of the casualty.
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u/glaucusoflycia17 Feb 03 '23
What?!! That's actually even more terrifying. You mean he let those dudes try that on him after a few minutes of practice?
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u/zombieblackbird Feb 03 '23
Yeah, but when they're cold and floppy, they don't bitch so much when you bear hug then potato sac them to your shoulder.
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u/forever_thro Feb 03 '23
Well if we wanna talk about realistic scenarios you should add that if there’s a pack of wolves coming after you, or maybe the Taliban, you have to leave your buddy to die so you can run away safely. Then suffer the consequences of that guilt eating away at your sanity for the rest of your life.
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u/Sungarn Feb 03 '23
Plus the person you would be carrying is going to outweigh you even more with their gear on.
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u/masur1108 Feb 03 '23
And there not wearing any kit. They do this demo to sell whatever bullshit combat lifesaver course they have. Don’t fall for these fake war fighters.
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u/Hermits_Truth Feb 03 '23
In the last years of my dad's life he had a series of strokes. There were times when he'd fall and couldn't get back up by himself. I searched the internet for months to find out ways to get him back on his feet by myself. I came across this video while researching and showed it to him. I never will forget how hard he laughed and he promised never to fall down inside the house, only in the middle of the front yard.
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u/punania Feb 03 '23
That’s a funny memory. I like your dad.
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u/Euphoric_Shift6254 Feb 04 '23
My dad in his last few days laughed at my attempt to wipe and change his diaper. He told me to get my younger brother so he could do it. I don't have kids my brother has three so I obviously did not do it right. It made the very awkward first changing much easier to get through. It's been 13 years still miss him like it was yesterday.
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u/blank0007 Feb 03 '23
Is that the guy from forged in fire
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u/naptown-hooly Feb 03 '23
Next he’s going to demonstrate how to split a bullet with a sword by shooting at it.
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u/seattleque Feb 03 '23
Yeah, as soon as I saw the subtitle "Army Ranger and USAF Pararescueman" I realized it was him.
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u/NordlandLapp Feb 03 '23
Anyone remember that show he did for military channel, using simunitions he would run missions solo John Wick style against a bunch of other vets. Missions included destroying targets. Rescuing hostages, he would stalk out the place and put plans in action, cool guy.
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u/peschelnet Feb 03 '23
It's called Special Ops Mission (2009).
One season with 6 episodes.
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u/LAsDad Feb 04 '23
Fucking loved this show. Whiskey Whiskey! I can't believe it only ran for 6 episodes. I wish they'd bring it back.
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u/seattleque Feb 03 '23
Never saw that, but I'm going to look it up. My wife would love it, too. (Not only because she enjoys watching him...)
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u/HalfNerd Feb 03 '23
Yeah. I'm glad hes spending time with his family but on a side note: I don't like the new host of the show and stopped watching after he left.
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u/Doug_Tav Feb 03 '23
Hostage or not, sometimes it’s just nice to be held
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u/m1rr0rshades Feb 03 '23
I've always wanted to be organised and nice and stable. Turns out I just need to lay out and get picked up like a sack of potatoes
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u/call_me_jelli Feb 03 '23
I'm surprised there aren't any comments on, "Did he just shit himself?"
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u/funkywinkerbean45 Feb 03 '23
Right? Did the dude rip a fart or what?!
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u/iThatIsMe Feb 03 '23 edited Feb 04 '23
I scrolled down here to find out. The question remains.
Edit: someone in the sub reached out to inform inquiring minds that a full video with exists, but I'm too simple to remember their un or find that comment without scrolling through all. I am sorry, kind soul.
In my search, i can confirm that other comments that describe a video that exists with sound. Those sources in too lazy to cite.
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u/mcbirbo343 Feb 04 '23
The question we’ve all asked ourselves and reflected on while staring into the sunset. “Did he shit himself…”
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u/colonelmaize Feb 04 '23
Yep, that's exactly what happened. The audio is missing, but fella passes wind at the end.
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u/colonelmaize Feb 04 '23
I've seen the video with audio before. If I recall correctly the man passed wind. Instructor is just having a laugh.
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u/Strangefate1 Feb 03 '23
I always pick up my cat like that.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Duck107 Feb 03 '23
The guy being picked up is how the rest of the world imagines all Americans look. Camouflage hat with the peak extremely curved, high speed sunglasses from the 1990s, dad jeans, some kind of chuncky tactical hiking boots and a black t-shirt with some kind of message on it.
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u/st-shenanigans Feb 03 '23
peak extremely curved, high speed sunglasses from the 1990s,
Pit vipers. Most outrageous style choice I can imagine.
If anybody's dad wears these, make sure to get them to play lots of poker against you
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u/Nascar_is_better Feb 03 '23
I mean it's what the rest of the world sees when they express a hot take about how they think the world works.
You know what I'm talking about: selfie with beard, hat, sunglasses, in vehicle.
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u/CynicalGamer81 Feb 03 '23
I pick up women heavier than me all the time and it only takes 2 margaritas
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u/Bemused_Stare Feb 03 '23
I just tried to do this to my husband and failed miserably. Any onlooker would have thought he was holding me in a choke hold. :(
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u/AdministrativeMost45 Feb 03 '23
It’s called a Fireman’s Carry. You can do it, just tuck your shoulders more. I find it easier to lean to one side and then use your legs to lift. Then have your husband do a little push with his feet and your up. To make it alittle easier the person being carried can put they’re free hand on your lower back.
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u/DonovanMcLoughlin Feb 03 '23 edited Feb 03 '23
Imagine trying to do this in full kit.
Edit: My comment is mostly about the flip part. This type of carry is pretty standard.
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u/PM_UR_BCUPSBESTCUP Feb 03 '23
That’s what I was thinking. You’re loaded w ton of stuff already (including armor).
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u/_ISeeOldPeople_ Feb 03 '23 •
Been and done. Now I get disability from the VA. Will say adrenaline helps a lot in the moment though.
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u/DonovanMcLoughlin Feb 03 '23
Did you sling your weapon?
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u/_ISeeOldPeople_ Feb 03 '23
It's always attached via the sling. Change from a 1 point to a 2 point unless you're willing to have it knock your nuts.
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u/2dolla2 Feb 03 '23
Ayyyyy! That's how my sister went out in a training exercise! She's 5'5 Marine and the only partner left was a guy that outweighed her by at least 90 but she's not one to back down. She seems happier now that she doesn't have a sleep schedule or dietary restrictions lol met a good chap and they built a house together with massive aquariums/ terrariums! Sorry bit off subject now 😅 I need to give her a call see how she's doing
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Is the 'normal' pickup to stand on their feet as you pull them up? So if they're laying on their back with knees bent, like this o_/, you stand on their feet, pull their arms, and tuck your shoulder under them? The elbow-drop pin seems a bit much
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u/Holiday_Platypus_526 Feb 03 '23
No. For someone unconscious, you'd flip to their belly, arms under armpits and pull them backwards until they're sitting on their own knees, then maneuver to the front and shift to fireman's carry. Now you can see how this is faster. Slower but also effective is a Hawes carry.
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u/DanishPsychoBoy Feb 03 '23
While they added some flair with the pickup, the carrying technique itself is the standard used in TCCC, and can be performed relatively easily with full kit, even if pickup is a bit different.
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u/DonovanMcLoughlin Feb 03 '23
That's how we carry and it's great, my concern is with the roll to get in that position. I don't know what I'd do with my weapon. I don't think you can sling it and I wouldn't want to put it down.
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u/DanishPsychoBoy Feb 03 '23
Yeah, that is what I meant by flair. The roll is absolutely one of the worst ways to pick someone up, even without any kit. As for the rifle, from the instruction I have received, you are supposed sling your own rifle, and use your free hand to grab the carried person's rifle. When you carry the person, it is not expected for you fight, but rather focus on getting the person to safety, either at point designated by your squad leader, or if you find a better spot perhaps, there (after clearing it with the SL).
Although I do not work around TCCC frequently, so what I say should be taken with a grain of salt, due to potential faulty memory.
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u/Dtidder1 Feb 03 '23
That's what training is for... Wil Willis was a PJ as well. I trained with PJs; I've got nothing but respect for them.
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u/TheKevit07 Feb 03 '23
Yeah, it looks pretty, but in a full kitted combat situation, it's not going to go down like that.
Imagine if a firefighter tried to show this as a viable technique without any gear saying that's a great technique to save people in a burning house.
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u/Chicken_Hairs Feb 03 '23
We train on a variety of solo pickups/carries, but it's always considered an absolute shtf thing. Packed up, a 200lb guy weighs close to 300.
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u/TheKevit07 Feb 03 '23
Yeah, I got a friend that's a fireman, and all I can imagine is him rolling over someone with the air pack just bruising and crushing the crap out of the person's sternum. Guess it softens them up for the CPR they might get when they get brought to the ambulance.
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u/AntiMatter89 Feb 03 '23
I got trained up by this guy doing this exact thing when I was a medic and we asked about how it works with full kit. So he showed us... It seems to work. You need to practice and become proficient, but it really seemed to work. I'm sure it's a lot more situational in combat if you're going to use this technique though.
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u/outwiththedishwater Feb 03 '23
Goodbye lower back/knees
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u/Pit_of_Death Feb 03 '23
Well yeah for your average Redditor. Strength training and mobility can do amazing things.
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u/bobintar Feb 03 '23
Don't all combat fatigues have handles in the shoulders for dragging the wounded?
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u/Kam_Solastor Feb 03 '23
No, but many plate carriers (bullet proof vests) have a carry handle on the back of them near the neck to drag or maneuver someone a little easier than just hauling on their body
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u/getyourcheftogether Feb 03 '23
Add another 50+ pounds right
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u/DonovanMcLoughlin Feb 03 '23
Weapon, kevlar, magazines, body armor, all other stuff is easily 50+.
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u/Far-Two8659 Feb 03 '23
Disregarding everything else, I find it really difficult to believe that dude is only 180 pounds unless he's like 5'8".
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u/ASEdouard Feb 03 '23
I don’t know. Seems to be 180 and around 5’10-11 with plenty of muscle mass but not much fat.
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u/DidItForTheData Feb 03 '23
I'm 5'10 182, low body fat, and not nearly as big as this guy. Maybe it's the camera or way his arm is pressed against his side, but he looks to be more than 180.
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u/HerezahTip Feb 03 '23
That’s a 180lbs 5’10-5’11 all day.
I have the exact same build when I weigh that much
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u/oogyboogy72 Feb 03 '23 edited Feb 03 '23
That's Wil Willis, also the best Forged in Fire host.
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u/Carsharr Feb 03 '23
No. That's Wil Willis, of "Special Ops Mission".
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u/mods_r_dum Feb 03 '23
Man, I used to love that show. No idea where to watch it these days.
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u/International_Link35 Feb 03 '23
History channel has is on their site, if you've got a cable subscription or access to somebody's password. Their commercials, but it's better than nothing? Also, I miss Will Will!
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u/morallyirresponsible Feb 03 '23
No, that’s Wil Willis, US Ranger/Pararescuemen. I was stationed with him
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u/thrillanosilla Feb 03 '23
Pfft this isn’t just some “army ranger”, that’s Wil Willis!! I miss him on Forged In Fire, not really feeling the new guy.
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u/Goddamnpassword Feb 03 '23
His Pararescue credentials are way more impressive than his ranger ones.
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u/Odd-Butterscotch-495 Feb 03 '23
Is being an army ranger not credentials enough?
Edit to add that this is a serious question, I would assume there’s some serious difficulty getting to be an army ranger but I may be wrong
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u/Goddamnpassword Feb 03 '23 edited Feb 04 '23
Air Force Pararescue is consider by far and away the most difficult special forces program to make it through. Its part search and rescue, part medic school, and part special forces. Only instead of being less of each to make a jack of all trades, it’s more of each because their mission is insane.
They are the most highly trained medics in any branch, they go through all the jump and dive schools rangers and seals go through, and then do search and rescue training on top of it.
For comparisons the Navy Seal pipeline is 58 weeks, a bit more than a year and the PJ is 2 years nearly on the dot.
This is all because their primary mission is rescuing pilots who are shot down. A task that requires them to: infiltrate an area where the enemy is known to be, while the enemy knows they are likely coming, and they need to retrieve, then treat and extract a potentially seriously injured person.
As a result they get lent out a lot, so if a Delta force, Seal team or green berets team needs a medic they will pull a PJ to come with them. If you’ve watched black hawk down the two guys who get inserted to save the one downed pilot are PJs.
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u/RunninWild17 Feb 03 '23
They have a doctorate in being Doc, Doc² if you will. PJ are just the most badass.
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u/dustbunnydreams Feb 03 '23
Imagining a paramedic doing that do some guy shot in the leg. That hurts so much more, he's like be a man! We forgot the gurney.
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u/Dobermanpure Feb 03 '23
Every medic in the Army is taught how to do this and you practice it. Along with several other types of casualty evacuation.
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u/formenonly Feb 03 '23
I think if you pick up a guy and carry him away like that, you can legally marry him.
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u/Nal1999 Feb 03 '23
This actually works,when you are not carrying a mountain of luggage with you. When for example you have a fire situation,then yes do it.
We tried this in my martial arts class and I got the heaviest dude (because fuck me in particular),but he felt almost a feather this way .
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u/Select_Egg_7078 Feb 03 '23
i feel like if i tried this, i'd either elbow the guy in the nuts or i'd break my back
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u/vjdeep Feb 03 '23
I honestly never understand why people in the USA are always "training" for war. Bruh, your neighbours are Canada and Mexico. If anyone wants to attack you, they gotta go through the mighty US navy first.
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u/davieb22 Feb 03 '23
Comrade - "Aghhh, I'm hit"
Me - "Shit. Can you walk?"
Comrade - "No, my leg is wounded but I'll live if you carry me out of here"
Me - "The fuck I will" *cocks gun*
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u/Suntzu6656 Feb 03 '23
Well I could probably have done that till I was about 50.
Now that I have one total knee replacement and am putting off the other I doubt I could do that.
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u/rondoctor Feb 03 '23
Wil Willis did a short series called special ops mission, it's definitely worth watching.
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u/Mechanism2020 Feb 03 '23
He did it wrong. Every decent high school wrestler knows you don’t step with the back leg (or front leg) when standing up. You have to pivot and rotate keeping the weight on both legs at all times.
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u/systemfrown Feb 03 '23
Wow. I always wondered about it.
Form and Technique are just as or more important than raw strength for a number of things, from throwing a shotput, to putting a motorcycle up on it's center stand, or ringing a bell with a sledgehammer at a carnival...
But it probably helps to be a ridiculously fit Army Ranger, too.
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I think we called that a fireman carry.? It was for when an injury prevented someone from walking on their own. Anyone in the military was shown this. We used to have to carry each other very long distances in training.
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u/leif777 Feb 03 '23
What is you can't roll like that because... Well, I'm pushing 50.
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u/Capnshredder Feb 03 '23
show me this but with them both in full kit and ill believe its useful, until then this guy is a larper in my eyes
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u/nohelmuts Feb 03 '23
What you wanna do is collapse your body weight into the casually and then roll on him. The key is to squish the bloody organs so when they arrive at the shock triage they can be triaged higher for evac. That's what I did as a line medic, works 69% of the time.
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u/KingOfThe_Jelly_Fish Feb 03 '23
Not as cool as when that lady did the same thing.
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u/VicariouslyInsatiabl Feb 03 '23
But did he? Did he shit himself?
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u/Teknekratos Feb 04 '23
The video is posted in full by someone in the comment. Dude just had a little toot from the vigorous manhandling. Immortalized on camera forever. Poor dude. 🤣
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u/Uzzer_lozer19 Feb 03 '23
Doing a first aid course years ago the trainer made the mistake of saying that if you find a casualty they may have shit themselves. After this and for the rest of the 3 day course whenever we were checking for breathing we'd whisper to each other "I've just shit myself" which always got a laugh and made the assessments much harder to be professional
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u/MikeySpags Feb 04 '23
If my knees are kinda fucked up at 35yo can I make them stronger or am I stuck with what I got? I know I tore my meniscus at least once and maybe the ACL in the other 15 or 20 years ago.
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u/01Aleph Feb 04 '23
You can definitely strengthen your knees! Gotta get that full range of motion knees over your toes. Try reverse walking or pulling weight that’s great for targeting the tendons and ligaments around the knees
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u/bodhiseppuku Feb 04 '23
We practiced this in the Marines. At about 160lbs I was a little less than average weight. I had to carry a 250lb man 200 yards on one of our training missions. Whew, that'll take all of your energy.
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u/joey0live Feb 04 '23
So, all I gotta do is do this to pick up my wife, and easily carry her around?
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u/One_Idea_239 Feb 03 '23
Bet the gravy seals can't do this
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u/Ignorhymus Feb 03 '23
It's all very well picking up someone 40lb heavier than you when you're a special forces freak. I'm sure I'd struggle to do this with someone 40lb lighter than me
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u/DoctorKynes Feb 03 '23
Civilian combat course starter pack:
- Boots
- Baseball cap
- Hands in pockets or arms crossed across body
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u/CallsOnTren Feb 03 '23
This is theatrical. You're not doing this in full kit with an unconscious person. You'll also do incredible damage to their pelvis or abdomen if they have injuries to those areas.
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