A war story from iraq

[youngvr4]

i thought i'd share this story to you all

first of all my cousin is a marine, lance corp. mp= military police

he's stationed near basra, not to far from kuwait

near his site is a huge cemetery and holy temple's

as him and his sargent were driving along near the cemetery, my cousin comes close to getting hit by a bullet. he's one of the 2 people in his crew who own the 50 caliber guns that you see on top of the trucks.
they stop and cover and the other marines in the crew come to help
they end up in the cemtery in a shootout with the terrorists.

my cousin has on him a M16 fully automatic, thats what the marines use and the army also i beleive.
30 round clips and he has about 5 clips on him, a saw in the truck which is a sick gun, it can let off 1000 rounds in 2 minutes, and they hold 200 round drums. and a 9mm baretta.
its dusk when this is going on and they are firing non-stop. he looks over the tombstone he's behind and starts firing back. he'll see a head pop up and he'd shoot and the head would drop, but he wasn't sure if he hit them or not cause they guy might have just ducked down. its an hour into the fight now its dark out and my cousin hears the sargent yell something. my cousin named marshall asks the sargent to repeat what he yelled, the sargent yells "nothing just keep shooting"
marshall runs out of ammo and goes to the saw. as hes firing he said at one point he could feel the bullet go right past his face. at this point he feels rage but stays calm.
2 hours later the fight finally comes to an end, yes it was a 3 hour shoot out.
the sargent gets them all together after the fight and talks to them about what they did good and what they could have done better.
after the 30 minute talk the sargent says, alright guys good job and i gotta go get patched up, they guys say for what. sargent says
'i got shot'" he was shot a inch below his waist right above his left leg.

crazy, the sargent was fighting for 2 hours after getting shot and then spoke to his people with a straight face for 30 minutes.
thats a tough guy.

[aloharocky]

Not to rain on your parade, and a good story, but that sort of thing is common. I could relate similar stories all day long. It's just that some people want US soldiers portrayed as spineless wimps that don't want to do their jobs.

[TankMMC]

Impressive.

[Oz]

It seriously took them 3 hours and countless thousands of dollars worth of ammunition to kill a few farmers with AK47's who resent the fact you're invading their country for no reason? Wow.

[Broke_as_****]

Originally Posted by Oz

It seriously took them 3 hours and countless thousands of dollars worth of ammunition to kill a few farmers with AK47's who resent the fact you're invading their country for no reason? Wow.

HAHAHAHAA, you must be firing golden bullets. A 1000 round crate of 5.56mm is like $10.

[youngvr4]

thank you broke, and Oz try more like 20 of them.

oh, you must be one of those that deeply hate bush and the decision on war.
i probably agree with you for the most part. but with the marines bieng in a bad position and the iraqi's in a perfect position(behind a building and on top of one)i say it came out pretty good, with only 1 marine bieng shot. there's' 14 of them and atleast 15-20 iraqi's qouted from my cousin.

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

You can disagree with the War but you should never put down the soldiers. Its not the soldiers who decided to raid Iraq, its the old politicians in D.C. who are safely away from danger that made the decision.

[SniperX13]

I am glad to hear that your cousin came out of the fire fight unscathed.

As for the bashing... its easy to do when your not involved in any shape or form.

[aloharocky]

Originally Posted by Oz

It seriously took them 3 hours and countless thousands of dollars worth of ammunition to kill a few farmers with AK47's who resent the fact you're invading their country for no reason? Wow.

See what I mean?

[taranaki]

Originally Posted by Zaphod Beeblebrox

You can disagree with the War but you should never put down the soldiers. Its not the soldiers who decided to raid Iraq, its the old politicians in D.C. who are safely away from danger that made the decision.

A wise post.


Props to the sarge for doing his job well,and a big fat finger to those who try to pretend that if you are against the war, you are against the military.

[onebolt]

yeah Oz, your a f***ing idiot. Don't make ignorant responses like that towards the courage of young soldiers fighting for their lives, their country, and for people just like you, who are safe in their homes but still complain and only have negative view points about everything. War is inevitable and it's been going on since the beginning of time. Deal with it or do something about it. Don't just make stupid, unintelligent remarks.

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

Whoa, even though I don't agree with OZ's thinking, I wouldn't call him a fuckin idiot, especially since he has the power to ban you. You may be pissed but take a few deep breathes and respond in a rational manner. You don't need to bash on someone to get your point across.

[onebolt]

sorry. I have alot friends in the Marine Corps that have to go to Iraq and risk their lives. It must have just hit a nerve. my apologize to Oz.

[imtheoneandonlyD]

Originally Posted by onebolt

yeah Oz, your a f***ing idiot. Don't make ignorant responses like that towards the courage of young soldiers fighting for their lives, their country, and for people just like you, who are safe in their homes but still complain and only have negative view points about everything. War is inevitable and it's been going on since the beginning of time. Deal with it or do something about it. Don't just make stupid, unintelligent remarks.

isnt oz from austrailia???? if so....our soilders arent really fighting for anything involving him. Unless he has family in the us or something. I dont think you will last long if you keep posting before you think.

[FairyDust]

Originally Posted by Zaphod Beeblebrox

You can disagree with the War but you should never put down the soldiers. Its not the soldiers who decided to raid Iraq, its the old politicians in D.C. who are safely away from danger that made the decision.

My husband is in the military and even though neither of us support this war, don't go putting us down just because he's doing his duty that he swore to do when he joined.

Originally Posted by SniperX13

As for the bashing... its easy to do when your not involved in any shape or form.

Even though I'm not in the military, my husbands work affect my life and our families life a lot more than most people would ever realize.