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 One Tough Scott!
Saw this in the news this morning
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An Army officer cheated death when a rocket-propelled grenade bounced off him during combat in Afghanistan
Lt. David Robertson was hit in the chest by the Taliban missile. But miraculously it ricocheted off his body armor and exploded against his vehicle, leaving him with nothing more than minor wounds to his arm.
The 30-year-old soldier, from 4th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland (The Highlanders), said the hit came when he and his colleagues were under a volley of fire from several rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs).
"We were advancing on an old graveyard, up on some high ground," Robertson said. "There were some trees after a small village ... as I crested the last hill before the trees, several RPGs were fired at us.
"I just saw this one coming head-on. I didn't get my life flashing in front of me but it did slow down. The thing split into three parts coming towards me, hitting me and bouncing off and detonating."
Robertson, from Inverness, Scotland, is an infantry platoon commander based in Fallingbostel in northern Germany ....
You can read the whole story here: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,355478,00.html
"Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note,
As his corse to the rampart we hurried,
Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot,
O'er the grave where our hero we buried."
- The Burial of Scotsmen Sir John Moore
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 Holy cow, Batman!
That's one lucky guy! I can't even do that in a video game!!
'Cause every lass goes crazy 'bout a sharp dressed Scot!
Kilted metalhead!
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We breed them tough up here.Phew!
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One lucky fellow. God is with him.
Grand Duke Dirk the Festive of Hope End
If this is the men's department, where are the kilts?
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If I were that guy I would IMMEDIATELY buy a lottery ticket.
Nice to see one of the good guys luck out.
Best
AA
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Somebody was looking after him that day.
Brian
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Very lucky officer there.
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Thank God. And the advances in body armor are astounding.
Keep them in your prayers.
"You may love them and adore them,
You may hate them and abhor them,
But for God's sake, don't ignore them,
When the boys are on parade." Andy Irvine
Karla
I may LOOK harmless, but I raised a United States Marine!
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14th May 08, 01:27 PM
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I think, given the choice, he'd rather not try any more impersonations of Superman. But I agree, someone had their eye on him at that particular moment.
"To the make of a piper go seven years of his own learning, and seven generations before. At the end of his seven years one born to it will stand at the start of knowledge, and leaning a fond ear to the drone he may have parley with old folks of old affairs." - Neil Munro
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