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It's great to hear our troops laughing at thier enemies. I am really glad to see this, and big thanks to Good Lt. USA, all the way!
Posted by: Michael Weaver at March 21, 2007 01:53 AM (2OHpj)
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"I wanna shoot"
"I wanna shoot"
Some body get that man a gun !!!!!
Awesome vid thanks for posting it
Posted by: waza at March 21, 2007 03:17 AM (DVLq+)
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Count down to John, John Ryan or Gleep telling us how evil our troops are for killing those poor freedom fighters..............9..8..7..6..5.....
Excuse me while I quote Micheal Weaver's tag line.......................USA all the Way...
http://www.mp3.com.au/artist.asp?id=16834
Posted by: doriangrey at March 21, 2007 07:25 AM (F5T2G)
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Very nice, brightens up my day :-)
Posted by: Garduneh Mehr at March 21, 2007 07:50 AM (j97MF)
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Americans have been busting their asses for decades building war products to avoid going to war. Now that we are fighting a war, it's only natural that we use these weapons; ugly killing machines that they are...but so beautiful when viewed behind them. Hell raining on our enemies! Soldiers excited and willing to play this deadly game. Can it get any better? You bet...when they lose and the good guys...that's us--win! And if anyone doubts we are not the good guys, I ask this question: "America, my country tis of thee, sweet land of liberty!" I think this just about says it all. Remember those purple fingers sticking the air over in Iraq? Wonder how those people will feel some years hence if we are allowed to win that war in their country along side with them? Free people, deciding how to live, having access to a political process. I know what we are fighting for. Noble. Good. Now, let's shoot some more bad guys!
Posted by: RJ at March 21, 2007 07:53 AM (yyxO/)
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This is only a portion of a video that's about five minutes long. How do I know? I know the guys flying the helos. That's a mixed section (Cobra/Huey) over Haditha (I think, can't remember - might be Ramadi) from my MEU, probably Nov 2005. The Army unit they supported that night (all the guys whooping and hollering) were so impressed they sent the video to us about a week later as a thank you. Sadly, I never got a copy for myself, but we all watched the hell out of it.
Posted by: Mike the Marine at March 21, 2007 10:00 AM (nLHZn)
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By the way, the best comment on the whole video from one of the soldiers got cut out of this version. As I recollect, even HE thought our guys were being gratuitous. After the second rocket run, and THIRD dose of minigun from the Huey, the quote was something along the lines of "
JESUS CHRIST!... I mean kill 'em, but
JESUS..."
Posted by: Mike the Marine at March 21, 2007 10:12 AM (rr4ZT)
Posted by: Mike the Marine at March 21, 2007 10:27 AM (pEZMH)
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Brings back some good memories, I was a crew chief on a OH6A, D Co. 158th, 101st. We were a AH1G Cobra outfit flying north of Hue, 1970-1971. You would not want to be on the receiving end of 20mm from a mobile platform.
Posted by: Andy at March 21, 2007 11:26 AM (7/Mij)
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Doriangrey, nothing would please me more than that we all said "USA, all the way!" I don't claim exclusivity. It is what our Founders worked for, so that we would have a nation where we could be free. Thanks for feeling as you do! USA, all the way!
Posted by: Michael Weaver at March 21, 2007 11:51 AM (2OHpj)
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Sure does look pretty - especially when there aint no return fire.
Posted by: tbone at March 22, 2007 12:28 PM (HGqHt)
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tbone
Not all action is visible in all vids. There are a lot of weapons that don't use tracers when they fire. Also, you don't know that what you were seeing wasn't in response to an initial attack, in which case it was probably supressing fire intended to keep the enemy pinned.
It could be that they were suppressing a forward observer for a mortar position. We don't know, so the lack of visible return fire is not a big deal. the secondary explosions indicate enemy munitions wen't up when hit, so I think it's safe to say there was a battle going on.
USA, all the way!
Posted by: Michael Weaver at March 25, 2007 03:51 AM (2OHpj)
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