{"id":74135,"date":"2017-08-22T09:50:04","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T13:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=74135"},"modified":"2017-08-22T09:50:04","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T13:50:04","slug":"captain-michael-trost-gets-his-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=74135","title":{"rendered":"Captain Michael Trost gets his gun"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MCPO Ret. In TN sends a link to KBIR<\/a> which tells the story of retired Army Captain Michael Trost who, for the past five years, has been involved in a struggle with the Army to get his issued Beretta handgun back from them. The gun saved his life, as guns tend to do, but, this time, not in the usual way;<\/p>\n

Back in 2012 on a mission in Afghanistan, Trost had his Army-issue sidearm holstered in his waist resting against his back. Out of nowhere an Afghan soldier, trained by American troops, turned rouge and suddenly opened fire on Trost and others in his unit.<\/p>\n

\u201cHave five or seven bullets go through you, around you, near you, this probably would have been the eighth bullet right here,\u201d said Trost pointing to the sidearm he credits with deflecting one bullet away from his spine.<\/p>\n

The attack cost the combat veteran part of his hand, and later the amputation of his leg, but he is certain that sidearm helped save his life.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like your buddy to the left and to your right, this is like my buddy \u2018cause he took a round for me,\u201d said Trost with a smile holding his battered gun with an entry and exit wound of twisted metal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, the Army welded the slide to make it inoperable and charged him for their trouble (Trost’s friends picked up the tab), but the captain is together with his buddy again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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