We had a kid in basic take off his helmet to stretch his head. He then caught a widow maker full in the face. Most of his face was ripped off and hanging.
The senior drill sergeant, Matt Barnes, who was a Ranger was impressed with the kid’s stoicism and ripped off his Ranger scroll which was on his right sleeve (Really big deal back in the late 1990’s) and gave it to the kid.
I saw the kid later, they had stapled his face back on, he looked like Frankenstein’s Monster. He mentioned he had blinding migraines too.
Poor guy…