Fuck yeah.
We had T-shirts made after this. The guy telling our CCT “bring it in closer” was answered with “man, I love you.”
You could feel the 30mm rounds impacting the ground, trees, etc in your chest. The area was totally shredded.
edit: not my video but I was at the end of the convoy using a truck mounted gun interlocking fire.
I often think about how social media and everyone running around with cameras has changed how we train and prepare for war.Two F4s screaming in over the tree tops and dropping hot jelly on the bastards is also incredibly satisfying. Nothing takes the Evil out of the AO faster than nape.
I often think about how social media and everyone running around with cameras has changed how we train and prepare for war.
I often think about how social media and everyone running around with cameras has changed how we train and prepare for war.
200 dead Americans every week in SVN...
I don’t think a 21st century commander would remain in command with rates like that. 1SGs loose their shit if a trooper misses an annual dental screening.
The 25th ID's Stryker BDE took a mere fraction of that in Iraq and its division commander shut down the BDE in Afghanistan. He didn't want the div. overall to have too many casualties so he restricted his maneuver elements in Afghanistan to within a certain distance of their FOBs.
I don’t think a 21st century commander would remain in command with rates like that. 1SGs loose their shit if a trooper misses an annual dental screening.
I'd suspect precision munitions, drones, night vision, acog rifle sights, satellites, GPS, laser targeting systems, tactical & medical innovations etc help those 21st century commanders significantly keeping casualty numbers below the level of public intolerance.
Gulf War One was the showcase. Precision munitions were demonstrated to the world. Blue casualties were astonishingly light. Since then, the public expects low numbers.
In just eight-weeks during the Lam Son 719 operation we lost some 400 helicopters. Can you imagine if that happened today?
In just eight-weeks during the Lam Son 719 operation we lost some 400 helicopters. Can you imagine if that happened today?