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2002 Personal Account: Electric Safety Lesson
All personnel stationed on an aircraft carrier are given safety lectures and demonstrations. In 1990, a First Class Petty Officer assigned to the mess deck was briefing new junior personnel on electrical safety.
Relevance: 100% |
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1999 Personal Account: Flak Vest Test
This would go under Stupidity Awards because the fellow did not die. I was a Police Explorer many years ago. I saw a training video called Flack Vest Testing by a Fool. The starring role was held by a guy who was goofing off and allowing people to
Relevance: 95.9% |
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2007 Darwin Award: Ammo Dumps
Iraq | Securing an Iraqi ammunition holding area was a bit of a problem when my unit took over this large piece of real estate. Looters periodically showed up to steal brass from tank and artillery rounds stored in the bunkers...
Relevance: 93.2% |
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| 4. |
2000 Darwin Award: Short & Sweet
'People injured or killed in the Michigan firearms deer season include a Bay City man shot in the leg while trying to photograph his dog holding a rifle, which accidentally went off.' 'Something strange is happening to t
Relevance: 83.7% |
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2005 Darwin Award WINNER: Surprise Attack Surprise
It was the first week of a weapons refresher course, and Swiss Army Grenadier Detachment 20/5 had just finished training with live ammunition. The shooting instructor ordered the soldiers to secure their we
Relevance: 82.4% |
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1999 Personal Account: North Pacific Deckpecker
Most sailors tales are legends, wearing truths disguise; just deep sea blue embroidery, and some are downright lies. But I'll tell you a true sea story, just
Relevance: 82.4% |
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2000 Personal Account: Instant Sunrise
The worst case scenario was averted at the last second, but I'm sending it in anyway for your review. I was stationed at an air base in Michigan, from which we flew B-52 bombers. One of my jobs was to haul nuclear weap
Relevance: 79.7% |
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2008 Darwin Award: Pining Away
Darwin Award: Pining Away: Three young men had finished basic training and were spending their few days of leave with one's grandmother. Grandmother had a swing job, so the privates were left alone late into the night...
Relevance: 78.3% |
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1999 Personal Account: Industrious Brain Dead Private
Brett was a member of 3AD 2/67th Armor -March '91 During Desert Storm there were relatively few casualties. Most of those that did occur were Darwinian in nature: put a few dummies around guns, tanks, grenades, and the like, and you've got to expect stuff to happen. Here is
Relevance: 77% |
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1999 Darwin Award: Resistance is Futile
A US Navy safety publication describes injuries incurred while doing don't's. One page described the fate of a sailor playing with a multimeter in an unauthorized manner. He was curious about the resistance level
Relevance: 71.6% |
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Hardback. 240 pages. Autographed.