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From: Polarhound on 29 Jul 2010 17:50
http://www.marines.mil/unit/imef/Pages/MarineabsorbsIEDblast,walksaway.aspx

Cpl. Matt Garst should be dead.

Few people survive stepping on an improvised explosive device. Even
fewer walk away the same day after directly absorbing the force of the
blast, but Garst did just that.

....

Lance Cpl. Edgar Jones, a combat engineer with the squad, found a
pressure plate inside the compound and hollered to Garst, asking what he
should do with it. Garst turned around to answer the Marine and stepped
on the bomb.

�I can just barely remember the boom,� Garst said. �I remember the start
of a loud noise and then I blacked out.�

Since Garst's improbable run-in with the IED, his tale has spread
through the rest of the battalion, and as often happens in combat units,
the story mutates, the tale becoming more and more extraordinary about
what happened next: He held onto his rifle the whole time � He actually
landed on his feet � He remained unmoved, absorbing the impact like he
was muffling a fart in a crowded elevator �

What really happened even eludes Garst. All went black after the earth
uppercut him. When he came to, he was standing on his feet holding his
weapon, turning to see the remnants of the blast and wondering why his
squad had a look on their faces as if they�d seen a ghost.

....

Marines who witnessed the event from inside the compound caught glimpses
of Garst�s feet flailing through the air just above the other side of
the building�s eight-foot walls. The explosion knocked him at least
fifteen feet away where he landed on his limp head and shoulders before
immediately standing back up.

Not quite sure of what had just happened, Garst turned back toward the
blast, now nothing but a column of dirt and smoke rising toward the sun.

�My first thought was, �Oh s---, I just hit an IED,�� he said. �Then I
thought, �Well I�m standing. That�s good.��

Garst�s squad stared at him in disbelief. The square-jawed Marine has a
tendency to be short-tempered, and the realization that the blast was
meant to kill him spiked his adrenaline and anger.

�It pissed me off,� he said.

He directed his men to establish a security perimeter while letting them
know in his own way that he was OK.

�What the f--- are you looking at?� he said. �Get on the cordon!�

Garst quickly radioed back to base, calling an explosive ordnance
disposal team and quick reaction force.

�I called them and said, �hey, I just got blown up. Get ready,�� he
said. �The guy thought I was joking at first. �You got blown up? You�re
not calling me. Get out of here.��

....

The next day Garst awoke with a pounding headache and was as sore as
he�d ever been in his life.

�Just getting up from trying to sleep was painful,� he said.

But he saw no reason being sore should slow him down. He popped some
ibuprofen and after a day of rest, Garst was back out on patrol, showing
his Marines and the enemy that just like his resolve � Cpl Matt Garst is
unbreakable.
From: Henry on 30 Jul 2010 07:51
Polarhound wrote:
> http://www.marines.mil/unit/imef/Pages/MarineabsorbsIEDblast,walksaway.aspx

> Cpl. Matt Garst should be dead.


He certainly shouldn't be in Afghanistan. I doubt he even knows
why he's there. Opium growers and heroin dealers are certainly
thankful, as are arms dealers....

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=18522


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