Posted on Feb 12, 2015
What is your first reaction to the toughness this Soldier displayed?
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Daily Military News & Combat Footage at FUNKER530.com - http://vid.io/xGB While on route in Eastern Afghanistan, a U.S. Army convoy gets attacked. This soldi...
Watch from a first person's view as a US Army machine gunner's turret takes 2 hits by RPGs during a mounted convoy in eastern Afghanistan. Although dazed by the impact, he responds in the way that we would all aspire for: he continues mission (Charlie Mike) because he is loyal to the mission and to his brothers and sisters more than his own personal safety. If this doesn't fire you up, please check your pulse.
** Question for RP members: What is your first reaction to the toughness this Soldier displayed? **
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Note: this is a raw first person video that may conjure up memories for some RP members.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThFZ-TX2bc8
** Question for RP members: What is your first reaction to the toughness this Soldier displayed? **
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Note: this is a raw first person video that may conjure up memories for some RP members.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThFZ-TX2bc8
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I was in a Convoy Security Detachment and he would have gotten reemed for not scanning his sector and being more prepared. Above all, he survived, his crew survived, and that's what counts. Great recovery and proud of a fellow seviceman for reacting under fire.
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Get your ass back on the 240. He didn't seem wonder why did he wait so long to get back on the weapon system. If your shooting there ducking lol.
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That a boy, I was a gunner in operation Iraqi Freedom from 2005-2006, civilians need more exposure to this kind of stuff, so maybe a couple more would understand. Understand what we go through, and why whatever they seem to be down and depressed about, isn't worth our time, way to do your job brother!!
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I'll be the other bad guy here i agree forward security was terrible, After the first rpg the soldier never returned fire it looked as if he ducked out action. we had a situation similar to that. We had two rgs on overwatch on a small area that had several qualats, we were ambushed with RPGs, idf, and small arms fire from all angles the first gun trucks gunner automatically ducked out of the turret and never fired a single round while my gunner started laying down rounds at every possible target (I was a heavy dismount) I noticed instantly the other truck wasnt returning fire so I stood up through the rear escape hatch and fired off every 203 I had then I switched to a battle buddies saw and continued. The soldier in the other gun that abandoned his turret(like the one in the video) Was stripped of rank, given 45 days extra unpaid duty and was never aloud to go on mission with us again for acts of cowardice, the soldier in the video has nothing to be proud of, he should have been identifying targets and engaging not hiding, he shouldn't be in the gun.
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