The Silent Killer: Training Accidents in Special Operations
Training accidents are an unfortunate reality in the high-risk training that special operations troops undergo in order to be the best.
Training accidents are an unfortunate reality in the high-risk training that special operations troops undergo in order to be the best.
In SFAS you will feel the pain as individuals, but you cannot hope to pass unless you think and act as a team.
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