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Former Navy SEAL MrBallen recounts grenade blast and near-death moment in Afghanistan

By Egleze Editorial Desk · Published August 20, 2026 · Joe Rogan Experience · Joe Rogan Experience #2543 - MrBallen
Former Navy SEAL MrBallen recounts grenade blast and near-death moment in Afghanistan
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""I see it for a second cause the lights on, the light comes off, it disappears. I see it for a second and I remember feeling it hit my shoulder and I'm I'm not shooting. I'm not doing anything.""

Allen gives a detailed first-person account of a 2014 firefight in Afghanistan in which he says grenades were thrown over a wall at close range, one striking his shoulder before detonating. He describes losing hearing and vision, believing he was dying, and credits a teammate for applying tourniquets and helping evacuate him under fire.

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Joe Rogan Experience #2543 - MrBallen
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