Your memory is good. Compact Concealed Carry (C3) IIRC 
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I am very fortunate to have communication with the Lot of you (and some that haven’t posted here yet) I find are truly authentic folk’s. I am truly blessed in my life to have known some really great WARRIORS. That was my goal (to be a SEAL) that was taken from me at an age where I ‘WAS RIGHT THERE!’ Training up with a Rucksack full of Rocks from Riverside Drive in Manhattan, running through Central Park after working Armored (that I Freekin’ LOVED!) In ONE snapshot moment I thought I lost every single dream I was going for. Only to realize laying there in the Hospital that I WAS ALREADY LIVING A DREAM LIFE! I Forced myself to NOT LOOK BACK! looking forward to find other DREAMS (and People) that were better than ‘What I wanted’ initially. (15) years fast forward once again living my Dreams out in real time in a shithole of a country (having the time of my life!) Meeting and befriending guy’s that would help shape me into who I am today.
My ONLY regret is that some are gone way too soon. But the Life they chose didn’t exactly have Longevity in their future. Their FUTURE was Living in the NOW and THAT was the greatest gift they could possibly give me (and the Mozambique Drill–that was so cool learning that from Masters of the game!) . I am not immune to loss (obviously), I miss my Turbo Trans Am, My Apartment on the Upper Westside, My first ‘686’ that the Cops took after the first shoot. My M4 w/ ACOG scope (which I got back miraculously!) But that’s just stuff. Cool stuff indeed but ‘You can’t take it with you when you go!’ I seem to have adopted that song.
If I didn’t go through what I did I would never have opened my eyes again in a Hospital bed and met the Woman who was to be my Wife. One of the first things she did was reach under my pillow and pull out my battered Ruger P-89, slap the magazine in it, cock it and put it back under my head (‘YOU ARE SAFE’ she said)
. OK.. I said to GOD, life is good! I knew my body was seriously ducked up, I knew I was facing a long haul back, I knew it wasn’t going to BE THE SAME life I had but what the he!! ever stays the same for us. We are constantly shifting, growing and having good and bad experiences so it’s (for me) how I deal with the SH!T as well as looking in my Wife’s beautiful eyes for the first time that said ‘There it is, She is THE ONE!’ I miss my Wife, I miss my Guy’s but I know we will be together once more when I complete the journey here I’m meant to.
How, Why all this happened I don’t care, I don’t question I accept that it did. Thank you Todd for the Topic and for all your comments above.
WWG1WGA (Truly!)
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Very poignant. Thanks for sharing.
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