American, Australian, and New Zealander soldiers who performed underground search missions. Like green ferrets, Tunnel Rats would go into the dark, forbidding. The revolver decided on was the Smith & Wesson Model 29,.44 Magnum.

Tabula rasa meaning. This part of the brain is involved in thought and decision making and is strongly linked with the. The only true clean slate in the brain is the. The amygdala is involved in responses such as fight or flight and emotions and like other parts of the brain is largely 'pre-programmed', but has space to learn within its 'programming'.

I have a very good friend who was a tunnel rat over there. Knife scars all over his back and shoulders. He said he carried a 1911, but snagged a Smith.357 and carried it- once. After firing it inside a tunnel, he traded it off and went back to the 1911, which he carried, but used as little as possible, preferring the knife for its silence and usefulness at common tunnel-combat range. Said the pistols were simply unpleasant to use due to the tight quarters/noise component.

Man still packs a fixed blade everywhere, and while he’s damn good with that 1911 he carries, I’d rather be shot at with that than have him be able to reach me with that blade. Such men are to be learned from. That reminds me. Guy at work introduced me to a man who hunted bears with a knife. The man simply shrugged. My co-worker took me aside and said that man there had been a tunnel rat.

That’s all I needed to know. I did apologize to the man. Later, I did see photos from another guy who went along with him on a hunt.

That guy said, never again. But he did get a bear that tripwith a knife.Also, in the late 1980sI had picked up a hitchhiker.

He said he was a Ranger on his way back to the Army language school in Monterey, CA. He had me drop him off about 80 miles south of the school. Instead of following the highway, he would make a beeline which involved cutting track across the high ridges and steep-walled valleys of the Santa Lucia (Big Sur) coastal mountains. We chatted about a range of topics along the way I said he looks to be older than typical. He gave me a brief run-down on his military career.

He started as a tunnel rat. Since then he really preferred to avoid being around people.When I began to offer locations of trails in the hills, he smirked and showed me his ‘pack’. It was simply a small tarp and a huge Bowie that he had made himself and said he’ll be alright. He gave himself three days to make the hike.