Didn’t happen. An ambush 7 miles long?
Well shoot. If you say that there's no way you can get shot up on that road, then I gotta believe that the Marines just panicked.
Cause you know that Marines that end up on Force Recon and then go on up to SOCOM are just the types to "panic". that's what they're known for.
Heck, I thought fire discipline and counter ambush fire and maneuver was for really, really, really smart brave guys in the Army or Navy. So most Marines in an ambush will usually just hide and then when the shooting stops everybody opens up at once.
They would never practice assaulting and maneuvering.
Cause we know that the f'ing muzzies like ALL guerillas wouldn't hide themselves among civilians and open fire or use them as shields...or hide in their houses/huts/holes in the ground. Right?
The elements not in the killing zone wouldn't flank the ambushing elements and kill the living sh#t out of them. If they set up the ambush near a group of civilians hoping to keep them from returning fire then guess what? Everybody in that enemy's area of directed fire is going to get shot up, mortared and grenades shoved down their throats. Then the fun starts when you call in the artillery or CAS.
Marines panic, I'm sure some do. I'll even go so far as to say most of them "panic". Sounds like you've been in a firefight, maybe even in that area. Usually well trained troops have controlled panic. Like the "holy sh#t, that almost hit me" panic. Then the training comes in to play.
I'll venture to trust what the Marines are saying. Sorry, that's just the way I'm going to think it shook out.
There is no way investigating this incident was going to help his career,Bullsh#t. If you're an officer you know that once you get to staff level, politics as much as anything else helps. He doesn't have to "make it go away"...or do anything. just cut these men loose and let "justice be served".
Cause if they are found innocent, then the system worked. How long would you like to be on trial after serving a rotation and getting your unit shot up and then have to defend yourself from going to Leavenworth?
unless he swept it under the carpet. He wouldn’t do so. He made General based on an outstanding record, NOT being a suck up.
If you say he wasn't a major assk#sser and brown noser, then by all means this guy's the next Major General James Day. Cause we all know that no Army general would sell out Marines in order to further his career. I'm sorry I ever posted that.
BTTT
You can believe whatever and whomever you wish. But if you knew the area, you would also go, “WTF,O?!” - but you don’t, so believe whatever you want.
If you want to believe the higher ups in their own unit fired folks for no reason other than sucking up politically - go ahead.
If you want to believe a General (whom I didn’t know or work with) made the decision to send the entire unit out of the country because he was bored that day and he didn’t realize the attention it would get - go ahead.
If you want to believe the soldiers who worked the area for over a year lied about physical evidence and twisted statements around because they hate Marines more than they hate terrorists - go ahead.
BTW - this incident remains the only ‘ambush’ to ever take place along this highway. It has plenty of IED strikes, but this is the only ‘ambush’ - and it is the only ambush that was 7 miles long located next to the gate of a major FOB - but believe what you want.