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As he treaded water waiting to be picked up, Perry wondered hoas going to spin this disaster to his supervisor at the CIA

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OFF THE COAST OF BRAZIL

Michael Bradley sat on a bench seat in the Kansas City’s mess hall while the boat’s corpsman, Jeremy Noland, looked at his ears The s in the air Like eles–class submarines, the KC had no onboard physician nor a dedicated infirery Bradley dru as he waited for a diagnosis

The Navy SEAL had endured pain and loss of hearing in both his ears for a few days, but had avoided seeing Noland because he knew thatnaval , he couldn’t understand anything his CO was saying, and he was sent to get checked out despite his protests

“What’s the bad news?” Bradley asked His own voice sounded like he was speaking into a pillow

Noland, a thin guy ispy blond hair, stepped back and frowned His mouth moved, but all Bradley heard were ible teacher on TV’s Peanuts

“I didn’t get any of that”

Noland took

a pad and pen fro down When he was finished, he held it toward Bradley

I think you have acute bilateral otitisthe middle ear with fluid Should have come to me earlier

“Yeah, yeah,” Bradley said, annoyed with himself even more than with Noland “What do we do about it now?”

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Antibiotic shot, then oral antibiotics Lots of fluids Bunk rest

Bradley’s heart sank