Fire in the Hole - Vets in BRC

There are a whole lot of military veterans in Burning Man’s
history and Black Rock City’s neighborhoods. Combat veterans Dr
Raymond Christian (Army) and Samuel Williams (Marines) share
stories with Stuart Mangrum (Air Force) about transitioning into
civilian life, bringing survival skills and leadership chops to
BRC, and finding tribal camaraderie… and a party.


They explore how hackneyed clichés of the military can wither in
an environment of love and authenticity. PTSD, though, that’s
still a thing. BRC can be like a military operation: the sights,
the sounds, the smells... meeting interesting people, and finding
forever friendships.


“Being in combat, you experience the worst of humanity… It pulls
the veil off and you no longer care about the facade. You get raw
about it because you've seen the extreme. Burning Man is the
opposite of that. It is also extreme, but it is the very best
that humanity has to offer. You're not going to experience
anything more stimulating, more accepting, more exciting than
Burning Man, because everybody there has coalesced and converged
on this area to express their art and their love for the
celebration of the human experience.” ~Samuel Williams


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