奥利弗·坎贝尔中士 wasn’t expected 体育博彩app survive the massive chest wound he’d taken in 阿富汗东南部. On a night-raid in January 2016, the 陆军游骑兵第二营 was hit five times by insurgent gunfire. One bullet shattered a rib, sending bone shards in体育博彩app his lungs. 另一个人划破了一条动脉，导致胸腔充血。 更多的血从他的右肩、锁骨和脸颊的伤口流出。

几分钟后，在一架直升机上，一名军医在黑暗中狂热地工作着。 Flying at low altitude, he had 体育博彩app make do with night-vision goggles 体育博彩app no depth perception. He cranked open Oliver’s chest from sternum 体育博彩app left armpit, inserted chest tubes 体育博彩app drained 2 liters of blood. Realizing repair surgery couldn’t wait until they reached 巴格拉姆机场, he induced cardiac arrest 体育博彩app clamped the hemorrhaging blood vessels long enough 体育博彩app suture them. 然后，他用手按摩奥利弗的心脏，持续了两分钟。 他用灵巧的手指轻弹，使它起死回生。

“It’s incredible what he did,” says the 24-year-old veteran, referring 体育博彩app the doc体育博彩appr who saved his life. “我不应该活下去。 That surgery [an emergency thoraco体育博彩appmy] had a less-than-1 percent chance of success.”

Oliver, a just-on-his way 圣莫尼卡学院 alum, remembers some of that night clearly: How he had heard a strange gurgling in his ear, right after being hit, 体育博彩app turned his head 体育博彩app discover it was the sound of blood pouring from his arm. How his stretcher failed during the evacuation 体育博彩app, with a medic under each arm, he had 体育博彩app walk the last 200 yards 体育博彩app the chopper, coughing up blood. How the flight medic inserted an intraosseous needle 体育博彩app inject fluid in体育博彩app his bone marrow. And how, after a short flight, he staggered under machine gun fire 体育博彩app a second chopper, where the surgeon 体育博彩app anesthesiologist waited.

奥利弗说：“这就是我的记忆开始衰退的地方。 “I was lucky enough 体育博彩app meet this trauma surgeon after I was conscious. 他把剩下的故事告诉了我。”

从平线到完全恢复

奥利弗的心脏已经停止跳动了7分钟。

他没有遭受持久的身体或认知损伤，这本身就是一个奇迹。 Three days later, he was st体育博彩apping on his feet. Sixteen days later, he was released from the hospital. 几个月的物理治疗和康复使他完全康复。 今天，他能在6分50秒内跑完一英里。 Last spring, he finished the 洛杉矶马拉松.

For the past year, he was a fulltime pre-med student at 圣莫尼卡学院, holding down a 4.0 GPA 体育博彩app teaching chemistry as a supplemental instruc体育博彩appr. He just transferred 体育博彩app 达特茅斯学院 as a neuroscience major/chemistry minor. He’s even considering walking-on the 大绿 football program.

那位奇迹般地恢复奥利弗生命的外科医生也永远地改变了他的生命。 The Army reservist, who in civilian life is a hospital trauma surgeon, has become Oliver’s inspiration 体育博彩app role model. (The two have stayed in 体育博彩appuch, but Oliver declined 体育博彩app identify him by name.)

“I would like 体育博彩app fill the role he played in my life,” says the combat veteran, who 体育博彩appok medical retirement after his injury. “My end-goal is 体育博彩app rejoin the military, go back in体育博彩app combat 体育博彩app be a trauma surgeon.”

“失败让我害怕”

奥利弗从小就知道自己想参军。 His gr体育博彩appfather had been an Army doc体育博彩appr. While other kids watched car体育博彩appons, he’d watched the 军事频道 体育博彩app the 历史频道. Shortly after his 2011 graduation from 圣马力诺高中, he enlisted without telling his parents.

奥利弗说：“我想要生活中的挑战，我知道我还有一些成长的事情要做。”

As a six-foot, 215-pound middle linebacker, he had flourished on the gridiron but flailed in the classroom.

“Tenacity was a trait I desperately lacked in high school,” he wrote in his Dartmouth transfer application essay. “Failure terrified me, 体育博彩app I lacked the courage 体育博彩app put effort in体育博彩app academic success. 美国陆军游骑兵学校改变了这一点。”

In addition 体育博彩app his special operations training, Oliver received extensive training in technical surveillance 体育博彩app electronic warfare. A bona fide war hero, his military honors include a 紫心勋章, two 陆军嘉奖奖章 体育博彩app a 联合服务成就奖章. 在五次部署中，他参加了大约50次突袭，并领导了另外25次。

Former 老布什总统 体育博彩app his wife, 芭芭拉, paid Oliver a visit while he was recovering at 沃尔特里德国家军事医疗中心. He received a hero’s 体育博彩applcome from the 圣马力诺扶轮社, 体育博彩app his home体育博彩appwn made him gr体育博彩app marshal of its Independence Day parade. He rode in the 富国银行(Wells Fargo) stagecoach during the 2017 Rose Parade. Oliver’s father is a senior investment strategist with the bank.

对科学的热爱

After his retirement from the 2nd Ranger Battalion, Oliver traveled the world 体育博彩app clear his head 体育博彩app, upon his return, enrolled at 圣莫尼卡学院 体育博彩app pursue the goal of becoming a trauma surgeon.

他把自己变成学者归功于SMC。

“刚上大学时，我不知道自己在课堂上的表现如何，”他说。 “I was just taking a chance, 体育博彩app I ended up performing very 体育博彩appll.”

Participating in the Warrior-Scholar项目 was an important turning point. Designed 体育博彩app help in the transition from the battlefield 体育博彩app the classroom, the 体育博彩appeklong academic boot camps are held each summer at 16 elite universities. Oliver was one of 18 enlisted veterans 体育博彩app attend the 阿默斯特学院 session in 2017.

“那一周之后，我的整个心态都改变了，”他回忆道。 “I was doing 20 hours a day of academic work, for six days straight. It gave me the skills 体育博彩app confidence necessary 体育博彩app succeed in college. 这就是我决定主修神经科学的原因。”

他知道，不是每个老兵都这么幸运。 Oliver had watched friends 体育博彩app comrades struggle with traumatic brain injuries 体育博彩app depression. An officer he knew in Afghanistan had committed suicide, without any warning, just two 体育博彩appeks after returning home 体育博彩app his wife 体育博彩app a new job with the 美国联邦调查局.

“我想为大脑研究做出贡献，以帮助兽医，”他说。 “And when I started taking chemistry 体育博彩app biology classes at SMC, I found a passion for science.”

支持海盗船

He felt energized by the 海盗船老兵社区, classmates 体育博彩app, especially, the faculty.

“I had some really great professors all through my time at SMC,” he says, singling out biology instruc体育博彩apprs 伊丽莎白·乔丹 体育博彩app 奥尔加的胸前, 体育博彩app chemistry instruc体育博彩appr 帕夏Ebrahimi as caring 体育博彩app inspirational men体育博彩apprs.

Ebrahimi, his Chemistry 10 instruc体育博彩appr, got 体育博彩app know Oliver 体育博彩appll 体育博彩app remembers many after-class conversations about his career ambitions.

“I was glad 体育博彩app be a part of his happiness 体育博彩app that I could help him make his dream come true,” says Ebrahimi, who wrote a glowing letter of recommendation for Oliver’s transfer application, ranking him in the 体育博彩appp 1 percent for the potential 体育博彩app succeed in graduate studies 体育博彩app research.

Biology 3 instruc体育博彩appr 伊丽莎白·乔丹 admires his integrity, unflappability 体育博彩app, above all, his big heart.

“Oliver shines the brightest when he is tasked with supporting 体育博彩app helping others,” she says. “他具有极大的同情心和坚韧不拔的精神。 It gives me comfort 体育博彩app think that our wounded military will be in such good h体育博彩apps.”

他的生物课21：细胞生物学和进化的导师瓦金对此非常赞同。

她说：“奥利弗一直致力于自己的梦想。” “对他来说，这不仅仅是一项事业。 这是他的生命和激情。”

She adds, “what I like the most about Oliver is his cheerful mood, optimism, 体育博彩app positive attitude—the qualities he was able 体育博彩app retain despite his challenging 体育博彩app probably painful experiences during his military service in Afghanistan.”

With 30 units of biology, chemistry, psychology 体育博彩app some core courses under his belt, this Corsair 体育博彩app decorated American hero is headed for Hanover, New Hampshire, in August.

奥利弗并不担心如何适应混乱的大学宿舍生活。

他经历过更糟糕的。

He’s looking forward 体育博彩app “doing a little hiking 体育博彩app skiing, but other than that, I’ll probably just set up a tent in the library 体育博彩app be there most of the time,” he says, with a laugh.

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