A beach-landing site (BLS) rep isn’t supposed to turn into a survival story. Ten men, two boats, smaller engines, big water. Rescue swimmers kick out; the boats go light; the team turns for calmer seas—then a massive wave launches them. Nicholas Allen is thrown skyward, slams head-first back into the boat, then into the ocean. The boat flips. For the next 90+ minutes, they’re rag-dolling in 12–15 ft surf—clinging to rubber, getting hurled off, crawling back on—until the water finally pushes them ashore.
This is the story of the training accident that changed everything for a Green Beret: concussion, TBI, and a long rebuild. If you’ve trained in the gray zone between “hard reps” and “too much risk,” this will hit home.
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