Pineland Underground Tip of the Spear | Special Forces, Critical Injury Recovery and a First Hand Account of the War in Ukraine
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Oct 18, 2022 AI Snips
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Stepping On An IED
- On Sept 12, 2010 Ryan stepped on a pressure-plate IED clearing a compound and his tibia and fibula were exposed.
- He describes initial shock, extreme pain, massive blood loss, and the chaotic medevac process.
Choose Growth Not Victimhood
- Use trauma as a pivot: choose growth over victimhood and help others to find purpose.
- Ryan credits his father's counsel to either let the injury define him or use it as a reset and to serve others.
Rehab, Thor3 And Return To Duty
- Ryan fought through intensive rehab at BAMC and Thor3, endured an external fixator, and pushed to regain deployable fitness.
- He used the Thor3 program to return to his unit and redeploy despite a permanent profile.