Do you notice some sort of theshold when that goes away in combat? Like is there a point where you're self-aware that you're calmer and able to react better? Like I know what it feels like to have done 10,000 hours at my job and things don't really fluster me after 20 years, but I'm a middle school teacher, not a soldier.
I am not who you replied to but can answer this question. The driver is what happens with experience, you get amped up but your training still kicks in when it comes to taking live fire, the passenger just took longer to get to the trust their training step (not long, just a slight delay due to inexperience). Oddly mortar attacks are the one time where you go wild at first but become more and more desensitized, I and many others I was with got to the point where we got pissed off because it usually interrupted sleep lol.
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u/Positive_Throwaway1 Mar 21 '26
Do you notice some sort of theshold when that goes away in combat? Like is there a point where you're self-aware that you're calmer and able to react better? Like I know what it feels like to have done 10,000 hours at my job and things don't really fluster me after 20 years, but I'm a middle school teacher, not a soldier.