FIREFIGHT: Marines Caught in Vicious Battle With Taliban

[Gerald]

Story,
Intense gunfire from Taliban militants sends U.S. troops — and a Fox News crew — scrambling for cover as they push out of a base in Afghanistan.

http://video.foxnews.com/v/4285489/firefight-with-taliban

[Raptor1]

So combat troops fight in a war zone?

Who would've believed?

[The Third Man]

Pull back and call in air.

[TLAM Strike]

Pull back and call in air.
Pull back to CONUS and call in Tridents... :ping:

[The Third Man]

No one has ever won a ground war in Afghanistan.

Barack Obama

If I thought for a minute that America's vital interests were not served, were not at stake here in Afghanistan, I would order all of you home right away.

Who is more deserving of contempt? The commander-in-chief who sends young Americans to die for a cause, however misguided, in which he sincerely believes? Or the commander-in-chief who sends young Americans to die for a cause in which he manifestly does not believe and yet refuses to forsake?

Hard to figure out where we are and where we are going.

[Takeda Shingen]

I get the impression that we have met before, The Third Man.

[Raptor1]

No one has ever won a ground war in Afghanistan.


Second Anglo-Afghan War, 1878-1880?

[The Third Man]

I get the impression that we have met before, The Third Man.

Where? I don't have the same impression. I'm new here, but enjoy the give and take which Subsim.com allows. And since I have questions reguarding SSN's the members have treated me well.

[Takeda Shingen]

Well, that's just the thing; I don't think that you're new to SubSim.

[Platapus]

Sock puppet?

[The Third Man]

Well, that's just the thing; I don't think that you're new to SubSim.


Why do you think that? Let me assure you Im in the 57 post range which certainly makes be a nube.

[FIREWALL]

Well, that's just the thing; I don't think that you're new to SubSim.


Shouldn't this discussion be done in a pm ?

[Takeda Shingen]

Shouldn't this discussion be done in a pm ?

Really? What was inappropriate? I said that I didn't think he was new to SubSim. I didn't call him names or say that that he was a bad person. If he is new, great. If he is not, I think that he has an obligation to come clean. You, and every other member deserve no less than honsesty and integrity.

[FIREWALL]

Really? What was inappropriate? I said that I didn't think he was new to SubSim. I didn't call him names or say that that he was a bad person. If he is new, great. If he is not, I think that he has an obligation to come clean. You, and every other member deserve no less than honsesty and integrity.

I don't think he owe's me or anyone else anything.

Neal can easily check if he's running another account.

[The Third Man]

let me make it easy on all. I'll leave and only come back on occasion. Subsim is a fair place,except for some, and I will tell all I know of my experiences here.. Takeda Shingen will especially be said to be bad people. bye, see ya...

[Platapus]

Anyway, getting back to the topic

Marines Caught in Vicious Battle

Ain't this what the Marines are bestest at? :yeah: :salute:

I have to give mega kudos to the camera operator. I think after about the second shot, I would have dropped and gotten it later. :salute:

[ETR3(SS)]

Army, not Marines.:yep:

[Platapus]

I will defer to you on that. I was just going on the title.:oops:

[ETR3(SS)]

Wasn't directed to you specifically, more to the OP. I'm not sure how familiar the OP is with the US military and their uniforms, my post is intended to provide enlightenment on the subject.

[Castout]

let me make it easy on all. I'll leave and only come back on occasion. Subsim is a fair place,except for some, and I will tell all I know of my experiences here.. Takeda Shingen will especially be said to be bad people. bye, see ya...

Nah Takeda Shingen is alright I have the same suspicion as him on you :DL

[Blood_splat]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj6s7D1dMBc&feature=topvideos

Firefight in our own country.

[nikimcbee]

I get the impression that we have met before, The Third Man.

Let me guess...
Was it at the prom?:hmmm:

[UnderseaLcpl]

Army, not Marines.:yep:

Thank God somebody said it. Marines don't mind being confused; it comes with the job, the haircut, and the mandatory 40-point IQ reduction, but they hate being confused with the Army.

I had a hard time seeing what was going on with the camera bouncing everywhere like that, but I'm proud of the way those men conducted themselves in the face of enemy fire, Marines or no. They were moving and communicating, and those are two of the most essential actions to take in a combat situation, particularly in an ambush.

Ain't this what the Marines are bestest at? :yeah: :salute:

It is just one of the many things Marines are bestest at:smug:

I have to give mega kudos to the camera operator. I think after about the second shot, I would have dropped and gotten it later. :salute:
If you had been screwing around with a camera after the first shot and your MOS wasn't military journalism, I'd have screamed very unpleasant things at you.:DL You have a sector of fire (however improvised) and at least three other people who are depending upon you to cover their backs and/or flanks. That's no time to be playing......uh.....somebody famous for pictures.

[Weiss Pinguin]

Let me guess...
Was it at the prom?:hmmm:
No, that would be the other man ;) Or perhaps the third wheel... or is it fifth wheel?...

[Weiss Pinguin]

If you had been screwing around with a camera after the first shot and your MOS wasn't military journalism, I'd have screamed very unpleasant things at you.:DL You have a sector of fire (however improvised) and at least three other people who are depending upon you to cover their backs and/or flanks. That's no time to be playing......uh.....somebody famous for pictures.
Combat paparazzi?