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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: Ichiban on December 29, 2011, 10:00:27 AM
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Goes through war zones unscathed but gets shot at home. That's one tough
mother f Marine.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2079107/Marine-Karl-Trenker-shot-Craigslist-sale-turned-heist-plugged-holes-fingers-told-kids-hed-fine.html#ixzz1hn5Nt1aE (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2079107/Marine-Karl-Trenker-shot-Craigslist-sale-turned-heist-plugged-holes-fingers-told-kids-hed-fine.html#ixzz1hn5Nt1aE)
Lieutenant Colonel Karl Trenker, 29, of Miramar, Florida, was shot three times as he confronted two men who had stolen a gold chain from him.
He said he used his battlefield training from Afghanistan and Iraq to stem blood from chest wounds by shoving his finger into the gaping wound.
Lt Colonel Trenker said: ‘I dialled my phone and called my fiancée and said, 'Listen I've been shot I think three times.
Ms Saiz said she couldn't believe he had been shot and that he called her.
'I mean, it's amazing to me how this guy had been shot this many times. I mean, he's Superman, you know. He's talking to me just as calmly as I'm sitting here talking'
‘He told me: “I've been shot three times, my fingers are in the bullet holes, the police are going to take care of the kids".'
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Colonel before he hits thirty? I reckon he is going places. A man I would not mess with.
Fq13
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It would seem he's actually 48 (good age). He's been a Marine for 29 years.
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It would seem he's actually 48 (good age). He's been a Marine for 29 years.
Makes much more sense.
FQ13
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It would seem he's actually 48 (good age). He's been a Marine for 29 years.
That makes a bit more sense. Pretty tough to make Lt. Colonel in 7 years even if he graduated at the top of his class from Annapolis! The minimum is 16 years to make O-5.
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Custer made General at 23.
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when I went back for my 10 year reunion, everyone who hadn't punched out, we're Majors. I think it was another 4 years as Major that some got to pin on Lt. Col.... so at least in the Air Force, I think, it was 14 years to make light colonel.
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when I went back for my 10 year reunion, everyone who hadn't punched out, we're Majors. I think it was another 4 years as Major that some got to pin on Lt. Col.... so at least in the Air Force, I think, it was 14 years to make light colonel.
I looked it up and all forces are the same when it pertains to Officers. Unless there are other circumstances, it's 16 years of service and 3 years time at rank to make Lt. Colonel or O-5. Then, only about 70% are actually promoted.
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The guy looks like a life-size GI-Joe.
‘I put my fingers in the holes to stop the bleeding and ran back to the truck and told my kids I had been shot, but not to worry.’
To borrow a line from Zombieland......................this guy "sets the standard for not-to-be-f**ked-with!!"
Know what you call somebody who gets shot 3 times and plugs the holes with his fingers? A United States Marine!! OOO-RAH!!!
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And, the fact that he's in great shape with a lot of muscle mass will go a long way to aid in his survival!
If I were in better shape when a car ran over me, I may have fared better myself!
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And, the fact that he's in great shape with a lot of muscle mass will go a long way to aid in his survival!
If I were in better shape when a car ran over me, I may have fared better myself!
Did you say "fared", or "farted"? ;D
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Did you say "fared", or "farted"? ;D
I believe I may have "shat" myself Thomas, I have no recollection of the accident but, "fared" is correct in this context!
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I looked it up and all forces are the same when it pertains to Officers. Unless there are other circumstances, it's 16 years of service and 3 years time at rank to make Lt. Colonel or O-5. Then, only about 70% are actually promoted.
there is such a thing as below the zone promotions.
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=eric+gustav+schlegel&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&source=hp&q=below+the+zone+promotions&pbx=1&oq=below+the+zone+promotions&aq=f&aqi=g-v3g-j1&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=95590l103510l0l103824l44l19l0l9l9l5l1384l4789l0.3.7.2.0.1.0.1l23l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=8eeef67bd8da93e5&biw=1238&bih=1015
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I believe I may have "shat" myself Thomas, I have no recollection of the accident but, "fared" is correct in this context!
Just checking. ;D
As for the "shat myself", you know what Bill Cosby says......first you say it, then you do it!!!
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there is such a thing as below the zone promotions.
I know, that would be the "other circumstance" I spoke to earlier.
TD, I'm no expert but my family has 42 years of active service in the Military. My brother retired a Lt Commander (Major) in the Navy! One thing I didn't know until today was that O-7 thru O-10 were now completely "political" in nature and only authorized by the President and confirmed by Congress.
It explains some of the progressives in the Military these days...especially those above Colonel or Captain in the Navy/Coasties!
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And it all happened in Beautiful Downtown Miramar, aka southern Ft. Lauderdale,....what a town......
Alright, he's a Marine and a bad ass. HOWEVER,,,,advertising "bling" on Craigslist, and meeting complete strangers on the street, not in a coffee shop, or library, or at least bringing another Marine, or a neighbor/friend as back up, preferably armed, may have helped change the outcome.
OMG!!!! This is my shocked face: :o
The assailants are of African American derivation.....I'm simply stunned.... ;)
That's why I'm in North Lauderdale, as I just have angry senior citizens to contend with..... 8)
Bet he gets out of the hospital, and buys a firearm.....Seeing how he was in such good physical condition probably helped save his life also.
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That's why I'm in North Lauderdale, as I just have angry senior citizens to contend with..... 8)
You gotta watch those contrary old bastards wearing plaid shorts (pulled up to their armpits) with white shoes and black socks and riding on their Jazzy scooters. ;) ;D
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You gotta watch those contrary old bastards wearing plaid shorts (pulled up to their armpits) with white shoes and black socks and riding on their Jazzy scooters. ;) ;D
My folks visited my Uncle in FL shortly after my father retired. My dad was about 62 or 63 at the time, my uncle was several years older than my dad and lived in a "retirement" community there.
Dad came home from FL after the visit and said, "The next damn time I see someone riding a tricycle, it had better be a kid! I'll be damned if I'm going to move to FL and listen to my heart stop!"
;)
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I like how he stuck his fingers in the holes like grabbing a bowling ball. That's hardcore.
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I like how he stuck his fingers in the holes like grabbing a bowling ball. That's hardcore.
Believe it or not, but Duct tape works great for sucking chest wounds.
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Believe it or not, but Duct tape works great for sucking chest wounds.
Add tampons and you're good to go. They are a must-have to any first aid kit.
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Believe it or not, but Duct tape works great for sucking chest wounds.
In basic they told us to use the plastic pouch that the field dressing came in.
I heard a lot of our guys are carrying tampons to plug bullet holes.
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In basic they told us to use the plastic pouch that the field dressing came in.
I heard a lot of our guys are carrying tampons to plug bullet holes.
Along with maxi-pads.......they are supposed to be sterile, and let's face it...it is what they are designed for....in a roundabout way.
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Kotex was invented as a way to keep sterile dressing factories working after WWI ended.
http://www.snopes.com/business/origins/kotex.asp
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You gotta watch those contrary old bastards wearing plaid shorts (pulled up to their armpits) with white shoes and black socks and riding on their Jazzy scooters. ;) ;D
Don't you bad-mouth my clothing choices, you whippersnapper. And GET OFF MY LAWN!
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Don't you bad-mouth my clothing choices, you whippersnapper. And GET OFF MY LAWN!
Brother, I had you pegged for a rabbit-skin jacket........... ;D ;D ;D ;D
What about the powder-blue coveralls? ;) ;D ;D ;D