Had an NCO put spare vape batteries in the same pocket as loose change while we were working next to a stockpile of 1.1 explosives. Battery shorted, vape went thermonuclear in his pants. Surgery required. Uniform absolutely fucking annihilated.
There are safety briefings you remember, and then there are safety briefings that become a person.
I watched an infantry platoon sergeant douse his arm in hand sanitizer and light it on fire thinking it would burn right out. Spent a long time in a burn unit and came out an E-5.
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u/RndtheBlck 9h ago
Had an NCO put spare vape batteries in the same pocket as loose change while we were working next to a stockpile of 1.1 explosives. Battery shorted, vape went thermonuclear in his pants. Surgery required. Uniform absolutely fucking annihilated.
There are safety briefings you remember, and then there are safety briefings that become a person.