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Marine Firefight Video Coverage in Marja
- Thread starter ChuckMK23
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Great story...nice to see our Marines fighting the good fight...
Looks like they could have used some air cover though...(says the P-3 guy who's never been over there, and doesn't know shit about a ground battle)...
Pickle
Looks like they could have used some air cover though...(says the P-3 guy who's never been over there, and doesn't know shit about a ground battle)...
Pickle
Super Cobra probably would've been nice to have overhead about that time.
Aside from the NYT's inability to have an entirely positive article about us it was actually pretty interesting. It was nice to see someone differentiate a "sniper" from a sniper.
Any guys who have been on the ground there have a comment on having to wear all the gear? Watching them try and run with it was painful.
Any guys who have been on the ground there have a comment on having to wear all the gear? Watching them try and run with it was painful.
gaijin6423
Ask me about ninjas!
One of my guys' family jewels were saved by wearing all that gear when a badguy suicided outside Camp Bastion last year while he was on post. It sucks complete ass trying to move in it, though. I always force my guys/gals to PT in their armor, but you can never truly simulate how bad it sucks, particularly when you don't have hundreds of rounds of ammo, grenades, flares, radios, water, etc, etc hanging off the damn thing. Personally, I opted for a plate carrier when I left fun-filled Camp Leatherneck during this last deployment, but that only cut out the bulk, not the weight. Hell of a lot easier to get in/out of vehicles and breathe, though.
The Marine Corps has elected to let Battalion Commanders and up assign PPE levels to their units, letting them tailor what armor is worn, based on the situation. There are times, such as the opening stages of Marjeh, where the threat in some places totally warranted the big ass turtle armor, vice the reduced bulk (and reduced protection) of a plate carrier.
I think that I remember the situation in the video, actually, and I believe it was a fairly enduring one, with some other considerations that contributed to the apparent (vice actual) lack of air support.
The Marine Corps has elected to let Battalion Commanders and up assign PPE levels to their units, letting them tailor what armor is worn, based on the situation. There are times, such as the opening stages of Marjeh, where the threat in some places totally warranted the big ass turtle armor, vice the reduced bulk (and reduced protection) of a plate carrier.
I think that I remember the situation in the video, actually, and I believe it was a fairly enduring one, with some other considerations that contributed to the apparent (vice actual) lack of air support.
gaijin6423
Ask me about ninjas!
Could be any number of units/agencies/dudes. Without re-watching the video, though, I'd put my money on ANA. Does he look like a little kid wearing his dad's cammies to paintball?
My internet isn't cooperating at the moment, so off memory, yes. But at one point he was on the line with what looks like an M240B or similarly sized medium MG putting rounds on the Taliban position.