I graduated from Ranger school 1977. I took no drugs, did not pour hot sauce in my eyes, nor did any other stupid stuff to myself. I gutted it out and made it through. This guy is a bull shitter.
Didn’t do Ranger but did Infantry OCS in the ‘60s. Same format in terms of physical and mental stress and the whole idea was not to rely on artificial remedies but to dig deep into yourself.
Cutting your ear? Bull Shit!
We’re looking at a guy that is now a convicted felon. Felons tend to blame everything & everyone but themselves (kinda like Hillary, but I digress). So should we be surprised that a stray comment by this guy gets amplified by a writer with a ‘particular world-view’?