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82ND-ABN

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Posted: 2/22/2011 11:08:50 PM EDT

[Last Edit: 82ND-ABN]

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/macon/obituary.aspx?n=John-Mattis&pid=148697477

John Mattis, more often referred to as eodtech2000 among our community, passed away February 11th, 2011. He succumbed to the effects of cancer in his bone marrow. He was a tough as nails man. He fought his way through it for two years, enduring chemotherapy and bone marrow transplants along with numerous varieties of other medical treatments and procedures. Most people here never knew we came close to losing him a couple of times over the past 6 months. Why? Because the man never complained.

John served our country as an EOD technician. He served honorably and with distinction. He was an American patriot and often expressed his pride in this generation of combat troops.

John joined AR15.com back in January 2002. He loved this community and shared much of his spare time with us. I was fortunate to have known him. I first met the man about seven years ago at one of the famous Hun Farm shoots where he travelled all the way from Georgia to join us. Everyone was glad to have him.

John will be sorely missed. He was one of our best.

God bless John Mattis and his loving family. May he rest in peace.

Tiger21Bravo Member Joined Mar 2010 Posts 592 EE 100% (13) OH, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:10:05 PM EDT [#1]
	I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.

Amped "Lucky my mom was home...." Joined Nov 2008 Posts 3038 EE 100% (16) CA, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:10:05 PM EDT [Last Edit: Amped] [#2] damn
	waiting for FO time..... Molon Labe

GrumpyPug PostCount++; Joined May 2001 Posts 20079 EE 100% (28) TX, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:11:20 PM EDT [#3] Aww man
	There are, however, rules against addressing someone as "fuckface". - John_Wayne777 My first ARFCOM award! For service above and beyond, I hereby grant to peekay the Grammar Iron Cross. - PAEBR332

Tahawus Joined May 2009 Posts 1341 EE 0% (0) NY, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:11:44 PM EDT [#4] Prayers sent for John and his family.

VoodooChile Just Smile and Wave Boys Joined Sep 2002 Posts 14613 EE 100% (1) OK, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:11:46 PM EDT [#5]
	There, I said it...Don't tell me you weren't thinking the same thing! I just want to go to the backyard, get a stick, and clean this thread off the bottom of my shoe....

StonerStudent Team Member Joined Nov 2002 Posts 13958 EE 0% (0) KY, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:12:23 PM EDT [#6] Damn........RIP bud.
	You know what I do to squealers? I let 'em have it in the belly, so they can roll around for a long time thinkin' it over

mp_moody Member Joined Jul 2007 Posts 1795 EE 100% (70) AZ, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:12:29 PM EDT [#7]

badfish274 Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right... Joined Dec 2006 Posts 20266 EE 100% (69) FL, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:12:34 PM EDT [#8] Aww man, he was one of the nicest and most knowledgeable guys on here.
	The above post should be read with a heavy dose of sarcasm. 9mm? America doesn't speak metric. This post brought to you by BushBoar. Blame him!

unit687 Asystole IS a Stable Rythm!!! Joined Nov 2007 Posts 1717 EE 0% (0) TN, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:12:45 PM EDT [#9] prayers up
	"They say that dead men don't pull triggers.....i'll prove 'em WRONG!" -mudvayne ‚——’¯¯‘;====±—- !‚–’¯ƒ¹¶

tmleadr03 Semper Fi Brothers Joined Oct 2002 Posts 3995 EE 100% (1) CO, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:12:53 PM EDT [#10]
	It is getting close to the time to shrug.

DontShootMyDog Joined Sep 2005 Posts 8415 EE 100% (16) FL, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:13:02 PM EDT [#11]

Storm_Tracker Nader Chaser Joined Sep 2004 Posts 6428 EE 100% (65) USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:13:08 PM EDT [#12] Although I didn't know him personally I definitely knew him virtually here and his posts. I recall him talking about his fight with cancer. My condolences to his friends and family. RIP

tr_1127 Joined May 2008 Posts 2875 EE 0% (0) IN, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:13:34 PM EDT [#13]

Ohio_Bill Member Joined Apr 2009 Posts 2021 EE 100% (2) OH, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:13:36 PM EDT [#14] Damn.
	"My irritability keeps me alive and kicking" --Howard Devoto "I would rather have taken him behind the building and beat the ever-living shit out of him, but that may have cast my company in a bad light." -- racer934

swingset Former site staff fanboy. Joined Aug 2003 Posts 32217 EE 100% (56) OH, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:13:58 PM EDT [#15] Rest in Peace, fellow ARFcommer.
	http://localnumber69.com/blog/

Treadhead Member Joined Jun 2001 Posts 7801 EE 100% (106) USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:14:00 PM EDT [#16] Godspeed to him.

Merrell ARFcom's resident optimist™ Joined Apr 2003 Posts 42190 EE 100% (8) PA, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:14:30 PM EDT [#17] aw damn

djsmiles Browncoat Joined Sep 2005 Posts 12698 EE 100% (20) MA, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:15:04 PM EDT [#18]
	Originally Texted By Poke4570: I love you and I'm drunk Originally Posted By TacticalToaster Unfortunately, my knowledge of the female anatomy is strictly theoretical.

TXGunnersM8 The Jerk Joined May 2005 Posts 4157 EE 100% (23) TX, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:15:16 PM EDT [#19]
	"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them." -John Wayne

AKSig I AM THE C.L.I.T. COMMANDER! Joined Nov 2007 Posts 13312 EE 0% (0) PA, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:16:03 PM EDT [#20]

tyman Joined Nov 2004 Posts 28692 EE 100% (6) KS, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:16:18 PM EDT [#21] Are you fuckin serious? Damn.

rugerdog Member Joined May 2006 Posts 1210 EE 96% (23) UT, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:16:21 PM EDT [#22] Godspeed Prayers sent for family.
	huh!

ATLDiver

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GA, USA

Posted: 2/22/2011 11:16:42 PM EDT

[#23]

Originally Posted By 82ND-ABN:
http://media.ar15.com/media/images/xAvatar/18765.GIF

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/macon/obituary.aspx?n=John-Mattis&pid=148697477

John Mattis, more often referred to as eodtech2000 among our community, passed away February 11th, 2011. He succumbed to the effects of cancer in his bone marrow. He was a tough as nails man. He fought his way through it for two years, enduring chemotherapy and bone marrow transplants along with numerous varieties of other medical treatments and procedures. Most people here never knew we came close to losing him a couple of times over the past 6 months. Why? Because the man never complained.

John served our country as an EOD technician. He served honorably and with distinction. He was an American patriot and often expressed his pride in this generation of combat troops.

John joined AR15.com back in January 2002. He loved this community and shared much of his spare time with us. I was fortunate to have known him. I first met the man about seven years ago at one of the famous Hun Farm shoots where he travelled all the way from Georgia to join us. Everyone was glad to have him.

John will be sorely missed. He was one of our best.

God bless John Mattis and his loving family. May he rest in peace.

God speed John...My condolences to his family.

Chokey "Just a fly in the ointment, Hans." Joined Oct 2001 Posts 18922 EE 0% (0) OH, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:16:42 PM EDT [#24]
	NRA Benefactor Member كافر

clutchsmoke Member Joined Sep 2004 Posts 4558 EE 100% (22) OH, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:16:52 PM EDT [#25] Seemed like a hell of a nice guy from his posts, I'm gonna miss him.

Screechjet1

Does this eggnog taste expired to you?

Joined Sep 2005
Posts 16431
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USA

Posted: 2/22/2011 11:17:02 PM EDT

[#26]

I always enjoyed reading his posts, and he will be sorely missed.

One or twice he would talk frankly about his cancer, and it was clear to me, though he'd never type it, that he was in pain at times and the cancer he had was very serious.

For some reason, I think of Joshua Deets' epigraph in the novel Lonesome Dove. It was a fitting tribute for a Soldier and American.

JOSH DEETS
SERVED WITH ME 30 YEARS. FOUGHT IN 21 ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE COMMANCHE AND KIOWA. CHERFUL IN ALL WEATHERS, NEVER SHERKED A TASK. SPLENDID BEHAVIOUR

I hope his family and friends know we will miss his companionship, his insight and hope that his memory will provide them comfort.

"This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can."
LCDR Robert W. Copeland, USNR, CO, USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE 413)

pbaeod Member Joined Mar 2005 Posts 1189 EE 0% (0) FL, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:17:09 PM EDT [Last Edit: pbaeod] [#27] Damn I am sorry I didn't see this sooner. This dude was like a brother to me a good hearted soul who loved the field this is terrible. I really don't know what to say RSP complete brother smile be brave.
	If you say it's a bad idea, I'm all for it.

Switchh Wearer of Tinfoil Joined Aug 2009 Posts 1962 EE 100% (25) ME, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:17:27 PM EDT [#28] Prayers sent.
	On the topic of home invasions: WinstonSmith What do I do? I bellow "Finally", grab my home defense firearm, disengage the safety, and commence to smearing my naked form with a 50/50 mix of Astroglide and Breakfree.

www-glock19-com scum weapon seller Joined Sep 2001 Posts 28649 EE 100% (59) NE, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:17:39 PM EDT [Last Edit: www-glock19-com] [#29] always seemed like decent guy from his posts
	Originally Posted By Aimless: Some dirty sons of bitches coming to steal your cattle that your family's livelihood depends on? What do you do? Kill the fuckers with a submachinegun.

Moon-Watcher Kobayashi Maru! Joined Jan 2005 Posts 3583 EE 0% (0) CA, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:18:11 PM EDT [#30]
	I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Whiplash_83 Joined Mar 2004 Posts 10362 EE 100% (83) USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:18:31 PM EDT [#31]

Stegadeth Stormin' Mormon Joined May 2010 Posts 4547 EE 0% (0) TX, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:18:38 PM EDT [#32] Prayers for his family and friends who knew him best and will miss him most. God bless his memory.
	“If I ever apply for a job working with retarded kids I'm listing my arfcom membership as work experience.” HarryStone

flcroc Joined Dec 2009 Posts 706 EE 100% (4) FL, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:18:38 PM EDT [#33] RIP, sir, and thank you for your service.

Bob1984 Member Joined Feb 2005 Posts 23154 EE 0% (0) USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:18:38 PM EDT [#34] I remember him for his high-quality top shelf posts and he was often present in the threads I participated in. RIP Sir.
	The beatings will continue until morale improves.

583 Enjoying retirement Joined Nov 2007 Posts 8725 EE 100% (6) OH, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:19:08 PM EDT [Last Edit: 583] [#35] Damn...
	"A recession is when your neighbor loses his job. A depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his." Ronald Wilson Reagan 1980

WGPKlaus Member Joined Jul 2008 Posts 12107 EE 100% (11) MD, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:20:40 PM EDT [#36] Keeping John, his family and friends in my prayers, may he rest in peace.

96Ag Aggie Joined Jan 2003 Posts 5908 EE 100% (2) TX, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:21:33 PM EDT [#37] Prayers sent. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile
	And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. - Revelations 19:11

TheGrayMan Confusion, misdirection, obfuscation Joined Apr 2007 Posts 16912 EE 100% (5) USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:22:37 PM EDT [#38] Never even knew he was sick... Godspeed.
	"Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought." - Sir William Osler -

FB41 American Gun Goon Joined May 2003 Posts 4197 EE 100% (3) USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:22:55 PM EDT [#39] Semper Fi, John.
	"Dear God: You're making the idiots who voted for obama wake-up. Keep going- there's a few You've missed! Thank You and Amen- FB41 and his dear Uncle Sam." Home in Florida, Work in Alaska- Who sez there ain't a God? USMC 1977-1987

ceverett Joined Apr 2008 Posts 4183 EE 0% (0) ID, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:23:12 PM EDT [#40] I didn't see him post often, but his posts were always very informative. Prayers inbound.

RedDogSoldier 2 Steps Forward, 3 Steps Back Joined Aug 2009 Posts 3791 EE 0% (0) USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:23:15 PM EDT [#41] RIP
	wingnutx: We'll rape your dog, shoot your mom, and take your shit. Screechjet1: Dog raping means you're fucking serious. Hand over that flintlock, peasant, or the dog is getting a bunch of the old in and out. And your mom will be watching.

BillyDBerger Joined Oct 2006 Posts 12283 EE 100% (159) FL, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:23:40 PM EDT [#42] damn, we lost another one.

foxherb53 UP RIVER Joined Apr 2007 Posts 18056 EE 0% (0) WA, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:27:17 PM EDT [#43]
	I'm not always right , but I'm not really wrong either!!! How do you like me now??? "May God have mercy on my enemy , because I won't" G.S.Patton

HardShell Just happy to be here! Joined Sep 2002 Posts 30194 EE 100% (84) AL, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:27:35 PM EDT [#44] So very sorry to read this...
	I am a CHRISTIAN, a CONSERVATIVE, and a REPUBLICAN... in exactly that order, and completely without apology.

Screechjet1

Does this eggnog taste expired to you?

Joined Sep 2005
Posts 16432
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USA

Posted: 2/22/2011 11:28:16 PM EDT

[#45]

Originally Posted By TheGrayMan:
Never even knew he was sick...

Godspeed.

One thing I remember was how he would reference his own fight with cancer usually only to encourage others.

Pretty damn impressive. He knew his odds weren't good and didn't let it get to him; rather he shared his strength and positive spirit. That's an example to which we
should all adhere to in our turn.

"This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can."
LCDR Robert W. Copeland, USNR, CO, USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE 413)

F22_RaptoR The Discombobulator Joined Jun 2006 Posts 7793 EE 100% (1) AB, CAN	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:28:33 PM EDT [#46] Ohh man, I remember hearing about this! He will be missed
	You snorted AIDS - 82ND-ABN "Whoa, whoa...you mean my Klorp was made in China!?!" - operatorerror

Keith_J Veteran of Reagan Era Joined Jan 2001 Posts 58420 EE 100% (1) TX, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:28:45 PM EDT [#47] It is like losing a brother. We spoke often. I met him IRL back in 05 at Wayne's farm (Hun Farm). He loved beer. Good beer. Belgian beer. Drink one in his memory.
	GD: Too much Chicken Little, not enough Gene Kranz.

Cypher15 Member Joined May 2007 Posts 13114 EE 100% (1) MD, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:29:07 PM EDT [#48] wow.. hes gonna be missed here
	Coyote with 40 people crammed into a minivan gets into a chase with DPS, Paco over estimates his driving abilities and whmmo! the Astrovan of Immigration becomes a Pinata of Pain, hurling broken bodies like so many tasty pieces of cheap candy...

Jarhead_22 Weasels ripped my flesh Joined Feb 2001 Posts 31848 EE 100% (63) TX, USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:29:11 PM EDT [#49] Aww no. Man, he will be missed. RIP
	Things are more like they are now than they have ever been.

Leeland111 Team Member Joined Mar 2007 Posts 3511 EE 100% (18) USA	Posted: 2/22/2011 11:29:24 PM EDT [#50]
	To paraphrase a buddy of mine: You're right, I'm compensating. If I could kill people from 200 meters away with my dick, I wouldn't need a gun now, would I?

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