FIREFIGHT: Marines Caught in Vicious Battle With Taliban - Page 2

Platapus · 07-19-10, 02:08 PM

Anyway, getting back to the topic

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Marines Caught in Vicious Battle

Ain't this what the Marines are bestest at?

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.

ETR3(SS) · 07-19-10, 05:27 PM

Army, not Marines.

Platapus · 07-19-10, 05:47 PM

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

ETR3(SS) · 07-19-10, 07:39 PM

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 · 07-19-10, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by 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...

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

Blood_splat · 07-19-10, 09:49 PM

Firefight in our own country.

nikimcbee · 07-19-10, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

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

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

UnderseaLcpl · 07-20-10, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by ETR3(SS)

Army, not Marines.

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.

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Originally Posted by PLatapus

Ain't this what the Marines are bestest at?

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

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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.

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.

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 · 07-20-10, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

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

No, that would be the other man

Or perhaps the third wheel... or is it fifth wheel?...

Weiss Pinguin · 07-20-10, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

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.

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?

07-19-10, 05:27 PM	#17
ETR3(SS) Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between test depth and periscope depth Posts: 3,021 Downloads: 175 Uploads: 16	Army, not Marines. __________________ USS Kentucky SSBN 737 (G) Comms Div 2003-2006 Qualified 19 November 03 Yes I was really on a submarine.

07-19-10, 05:47 PM	#18
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,375 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I will defer to you on that. I was just going on the title. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

07-19-10, 07:39 PM	#19
ETR3(SS) Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between test depth and periscope depth Posts: 3,021 Downloads: 175 Uploads: 16	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. __________________ USS Kentucky SSBN 737 (G) Comms Div 2003-2006 Qualified 19 November 03 Yes I was really on a submarine.

07-19-10, 09:49 PM	#21
Blood_splat Samurai Navy Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Beneath the waves Posts: 568 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Firefight in our own country.