He’s laying down because it’s hard to stand with balls of steel.

As the saying goes, war is hell. While the wars of yore were thought of as noble excursions for the adventurous, modern war is a lot more “walking around and waiting for someone to drop a bomb on you from the sky.” See why the Army’s having recruitment problems?

But if you find yourself in the horrible position of having an explosive dropped on you from above, there’s really only one thing you can do: try to get away from it as fast as possible. This guy did that by simply picking up the explosive and throwing it — solidifying his place as an absolute badass.