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Wild Helmet Cam Vid Claims to Show Heroic U.S. Soldier Drawing Taliban Gunfire Away From ‘Pinned Down’ Squad

Sep. 26, 2012 6:44pm Jason Howerton

Wild Helmet Cam Vid Shows Heroic U.S. Soldier Drawing Taliban Gunfire Away From Pinned Down Squad

(source: YouTube)

A wild video posted on YouTube allegedly shows an unnamed U.S. soldier and his squad engaging in a machine gun fight with Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan — all captured by the soldiers helmet cam. The video also shows that same soldier risking his life and heroically drawing fire away from his fellow soldiers so they could get to safety.

According to the description of the video, the soldier and his squad were doing “recon” and intelligence gathering outside a village in the hyper-violent Kunar Province of Afghanistan when they were pelted with heavy machine gun fire from Taliban insurgents.

After seeing that his entire squad was “pinned down,” the soldier exposed himself “to draw fire so my squad could get to safety.” He was reportedly shot four times.

(source: YouTube)

Via the YouTube video’s description, the soldier reportedly behind the camera explains how it all went down:

“I got a hit a total of 4 times. My helmet cam died and i made it down the mountain on my own. I was also hit in the side of my helmet and my eye pro was shot off of my face. We were doing overwatch on the village to recon and gather intel. I was point heading down the face of the hill with the LT. when we got hit. the rest of the squad was pinned down by machine gun fire. I didn’t start the video until a few mins into the firefight for obvious reasons. I came out into the open to draw fire so my squad could get to safety.”

He goes on: “A round struck the tube by my hand of the 203 grenade launcher which knocked it out of my hands. When I picked the rifle back up it was still functional but the grenade launcher tube had a nice sized 7.62 cal bullet hole in it and was rendered useless. ”

The video description also says no bullets “penetrated his body armor, and he made it home with no permanent injuries.”

The footage is “part of an ongoing documentation of the war in Afghanistan,” the description states. War footage from Afghanistan is reportedly uploaded regularly here.

(H/T: Reddit)

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JohnLarson
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:10pm
Terrorism needs to be fought with special ops, not 1900s style full scale wars.

With just a fraction of the money spent on the two wars, we could have beefed up special ops 100x, and probably would have killed bin Laden and dismantled al-qaeda years before we did.

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- VaARNG_Guardsman
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:57pm
  Glad you’re not in Command.
  
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- Master_and_Commander
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 9:13pm
  Ditto, VaARNG_Guardsman
  
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- JohnLarson
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 9:21pm
  Because the two conventional wars we started worked out so well?
  
  All the money we spend in Afghanistan, and most of the Al-Qaeda brass we kill are in Pakistan, and they’re killed by drones and small troops on the ground, no Army brigades rolling in.
  
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- Thevoice
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 10:16pm
  Gee what a brave American …Watching that all I keep saying is …Come on …Hurry…where is the dam air strike to flatten that place….
  
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- CSMRGR_SF
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 10:35pm
  We can NOT do our job without the help of the regular army. More special op’s guys can NOT win a war like this alone. We may remove the head bad guys, but it take the regular army to help remove the little bad guys.
  
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- woodyee
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 10:41pm
  John, Iraq and Afghanistan are not conventional wars. No flame needed to set that right, fellas…
  
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- VaARNG_Guardsman
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 10:53pm
  JOHNLARSON:
  
  “Because the two conventional wars we started worked out so well?”
  
  [facepalm]
  
  I don’t know where to start with you, perhaps we should begin with COIN, or asymmetrical warfare.
  
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- SgtB
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 10:55pm
  No, you cannot win or fight a war against an idea. You CAN fight and win a war against a nation and its’ people; and in such a war, total warfare is the only sane and rational way to win with minimized losses to your side. We should not be playing war with 10 men at a time and we should not be occupying foreign lands. Any war should be the last ditch effort to protect and defend the Citizens of this nation. It should be so violent and bloody for the opposing forces that their children’s children will look back on that war and see it as a warning to themselves that a war of aggression will net them their demise. To think otherwise is ignorant.
  
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- FstEti
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 10:57pm
  Actually, detonation of a small nuclear device somewhere in the Middle East is LONG overdue and would do WONDERS for an attitude correction in that part of the world to both the big and little guys. If the Mullah’s and Imams get the message that they WILL be dispatched to personally meet their Prophet Mohammad, the world would be a better and safer place. As for the loving and peaceful Muslims that I keep reading about, perhaps the message that a similar detonation could easily be replicated in Mecca would provide a wealth of information regarding the radicals in their Mosques.
  Just a thought………
  
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- NonVictim
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 1:06am
  If we would’ve waged a straight-up 1900s-style, balls out conventional warfare in which we showed our enemies and their supports no mercy… these campaigns might’ve been done within a few years. The Russians were right the first time. These people are barbarians. And until they adopt a mindset that don’t involve killing anyone who offend them, their views, or their precious religion… they must be treated as such.
  
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- banjarmon
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 1:14am
  To the unnamed U.S. soldier…YOU SIR are A TRUE HERO!!!! The others serving with you are soldiers doing their job. I thank all of you for fighting to keep our country FREE!!!
  
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- cookcountypatriot
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 1:29am
  i agree…we need to send out special operators and create hell on earth for them
  
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- Saving_the_Republic.com
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 2:36am
  Problem is those calling the shots are trying to fight guerrilla warfare with conventional tactics and ROE. You would think after Vietnam they would have learned their lesson. You would think after the Afghans kicked the Russians out they would learn but no! They dont understand they are fighting ideology. You cannot kill an idea. It doesnt hurt doesnt cry doesnt love and until those in power understand this more troops will die. Not an issue of spec ops running it. Its an issue of engaging them without the rules! We have rules they dont!
  
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- SquareHead
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 10:40am
  JohnLarson has a point.
  
  I would say that we should with:
  1. Closing the borders, use American troops to defend our borders.
  2. Stop immigration from Muslim nations.
  3. Stop giving visas to Muslim nations.
  None of which where done, the borders are wide open, and we have had an increase of immigration.
  
  Instead the Bush administration and now the Obama followed suit with: (Mitt “The Weathervane” will do the same, if elected)
  
  1. Patriot Act, so they can keep list of those of us that read TheBlaze and Infowars, and listen to our conversations and read our emails.
  2. TSA Tyrannical Sexual Assault, that is perpetrated on our grand parents and children, while not checking young Arab men in the fear of being called racist.
  3. Killed 10,000 of Americans bravest defending borders in Afghanistan and Iraq. And we have an untold thousands that have lost limbs, and suffered many wounds and trauma, that will be with them for life.
  4. Killed 1.5 Million Arabs ( Like that will make them likes us betters!)
  
  Our soldiers are being used like disposable pawns by weak kneed politicians, and the Industrial Military Complex, that looks to wars as an investment. We have not fought a real war since WW2! Every one since has not had clear goals. Our military could have easily won everyone of the wars, if the politicians stayed out of it. The question is should we be fighting them in the first place?
  
  Eisenhower’s warning:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y06NSBB
  
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- SquareHead
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 10:42am
  @SGTB
  
  Well said! History on your side to back up your point.
  
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- SquareHead
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 11:24am
  Perhaps we should look at why there is a terrorism threat to the USA?
  
  He never had problems with the Irish Republican Army? Though terrorist, they did not threaten us! Silly you might say, but is it treason es to ask why the Muslim Terrorist attack us?
  
  We always here that there are 3 reasons for why terrorist hate us:
  1. We are successful and don’t live like it is the 7th century!
  2. Israel and our support of her.
  3. Because of our Pop culture and Hollywood & porn. (There they do have a point, though personally I opt for not watching as opposed to blow myself up)
  
  Neither one of those hold water and here is why:
  1. Japan, Switzerland, South Korea, Norway, Singapore and Chile have not been attacked despite being successful!
  2. We have supported Israel since 1948, why did it take 30 years or a generation for the Arabs to hate America?
  3. Regarding the Pop culture, Hollywood and porn. We see the same throughout all of Europe, and Asia, and those nations have not been attacked!
  
  So this begs the question: What did we do that others didn’t?
  1. Overthrew the elected president of Iran and put in the Shaw a Dictator.
  2. We trained and armed the Taliban to defeat the Soviets.
  3. We armed and trained Saddam to fight Khomeini
  4. Us propping up Mubarak
  5. Us having military base in Saudi Arabia, which was a major grievance of Osama and the Taliban. (Imagine Chaves having a military base in Memphis!)
  
  The Neocon’s and now the Democrats are igno
- Publius Duo
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 11:37am
  Carpet bomb them into the stone age… oh wait, they are already there. Hum…. nevermind.
  
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- The_Veteran
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 11:54am
  @ VAARNG_GUARDSMAN – COIN? Really? Petraeus’ Counterinsurgency manual is nothing but Nation Building. He and your supreme leader Obama has you and thousands of others that are over there believing you’re fighting a war when the whole time you’re NATION BUILDING. Ask yourself why it was for so many years the world respected the US. It might be because there was a time when we waged war, everybody knew we came to destroy. Now what is it they have ya’ll doing? Shaking hands with your enemies, handing out candy to the kiddies so they might believe you are there to do some good all the while your brothers and sisters are getting blown away by some dimwit taliban that still had enough brains to wait for you to trust them because they know you’re not there to kill them. Here’s some food for thought. Declare you’ve won and get out now. No one is going to care 5 or 10 years from now because they won’t be waiting for the son or daughter to come home in a coffin. If you don’t want to do that and you want to continue the fight, well then fight. Tell the politicians to go to he!! and bomb the crap out of them for a week straight. Tell them they have 24 hrs to get their women and children out and then lay waste to every village in that country. Bring back napalm if you have to. Make them so damn afraid to poke their head out of a whole they’ll forget all about ever ******* off another American, but you won’t because it’s not PC.
  
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- .rjk
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 6:43pm
  and the running back does not need the offensive line to do the heavy lifting in football either.
  
  sure.
  
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- shades
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 11:50am
  This is the key point we need to fight this war against terror on their soil not ours, as soon as we let up they have the chance to start attacking us here. keep the fight over seas were our families can stay safe.
  
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- CommunismSurvivor
  Posted on September 30, 2012 at 5:43pm
  @SGTB: You totally can fight and win a war against an idea. Hitler’s National Socialism was an idea. We killed it dead. The way you fight a war against something like this is, you exterminate them all like roaches.
  
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its_the_end_of_the_world_as_we_know_it
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:07pm
Wild. Thank you for your service. All I did was party when I was his age.

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- rrb4kids
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 12:51am
  LTCWILLY – He has the patch on his shoulder of the 4th ID (Infantry Division)… not special ops. If you look you can see it in the video around 1:54 (might have to pause and rewind a few time to catch it there). I was in the 4th ID and it caught my eye. Probably 11B i would guess.
  
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- Crus8r
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 4:00am
  This guy is the Dumbest son-of-a-b!@#$ I have ever seen. He is running around upright, in the open, on the contact side of the hill, alone and wasting rounds shooting into the air instead of well placed shots at the enemy positions. This is the reason why we have so many needless casualties. If he spent more time practicing basic infantry skills and less time worrying about helmet cameras, we would have a better story to tell. After getting hit, he stays in the open where he was hit to begin with and just cries out for help. It is obvious he can still move and return fire, so get the hell out of the way of enemy fire! I am an Infantry Platoon Sergeant and this kind of stuff really ****** me off! Who the hell is teaching this guy how to operate in a combat zone? I don’t have enough space to mention all the errors that lead to this guy getting wounded. I would like to see his leadership get a foot in the **** for letting soldiers go out on patrol who are obviously under-trained. This is a crime to the men and women who volunteer for service. They trust their leadership to prepare them and this guy’s seniors failed him. I will pray to the rest of the unit, they need it.
- Mil-Dot
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 8:01am
  I agree with Crus.
  This helmet camera crap is nothing more than a mechanism so that cowardly, criminal politicians can play soldier too, all from the safety of their armchairs. They sit back and poke their noses in the business of other countries, and then send our guys in to back up THEIR big mouths. Then, after calling in their secretaries, and ordering a couple of pizzas, they watch as our guys get shot and/or kill the bad guys. Just like a fricking video game. They are disgusting. Get those damn cameras out of there.
  
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- kennyg933
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 9:13am
  I mostly agree with Crus8r. Having his cheese out in the wind wasn’t his best decision. Why he chose to move down ALONE without a clear idea of where the small arms fire was coming from, I can’t even guess. Throwing lead back down the hill aimlessly, changing magazines out in the open when you can see the small arms fire hitting the dirt around him wasn’t a good technique either. And continuallyt shouting out, making sure that the shooters don’t forget about you wasn’t a great decision. I know the guy was hit, and was extremely scared, as anyone would be, so I’m not trivializing the predicament he was in, and I do not know about the 10 minutes prior to the video. As for the gear, you can see how slow the guy was moving. These troops carry WAY too much crap with them. All so beaureacrats and lawyers can micromanage the petroleum and/or poppy wars the Federal Reserve demands we engage in in order to keep the supply of borrowed money flowing. Did that man need to BE THERE? No,. he did not need to be there. In reality, he was equipped and then hit out in the open for no damn good reason. After all, we KILLED the boogie man, right?
  
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strawberry411a
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:57pm
I am not sure what to think of this video…..was he an 11b?

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- woodyee
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:28pm
  Don’t matter – his actions were reckless and stupid.
  
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- ltcwilly
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 9:30pm
  Strawberry, the way he was outfitted, he is probably part of some type of Special Operations team. Woodyee, you are an idiot.
  
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- Centurian
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 9:39pm
  Woodyee,
  
  So what you are saying is that he should have just stayed low and watched the rest of his squad get creamed!
  
  You’re an idiot! Grow a spine, then grow some balls.
  
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- SgtB
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 11:01pm
  I’ll reiterate what woodye has said. This Soldier did a dumb thing. You do not walk out onto open terrain without cover or concealment. It is suicide and instead of helping the rest of his team, he probably single handedly took them out of the fight. You see, by making this stupid decision, he injured himself and took himself and at least 1, probably 2 more men out of the firefight to rescue him. Even if they didn’t retrieve him right away, him screaming “I’m shot!”, probably did not help the marksmanship of the remaining men who were fit to fight. It both distracted them and I’m sure it caused them some emotional excitement that made it even harder to stay on target.
  
  Sgt Baker, Marine Corps Combat Marksmanship Instructor
  
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- NativeSpud
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 1:02am
  Running around exposed on a hillside is not something they taught us to do in basic training, let alone advanced infantry training. Number 1, where was his buddy? If this video is real, it appears that he went John Wayne and endangered himself and the rest of his squad.
  
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- apollo18
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 3:52am
  Yup, as an 8404, just because u decided that today was your day to get your decorations, doesn’t mean it’s mine. Commence your care under fire while we get air support. Hope you get it right because I might not b able to reach you before dark or they get bored and leave. It looked great in the movies, but when they finished the director yelled “cut”, they got up, collected their checks and went home. We’ll say how brave you were in your eulogy. And you know we’re gonna beat your a$$ when we get back.
  
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- RRFlyer
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 10:02am
  All I can say is I’m glad I didn’t have to serve with (Sgt Baker, Marine Corps Combat Marksmanship Instructor) . You are a disgrace to the Marines
  
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pantokrator
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:53pm
Dude should have stormed down the hill to that building at the base of that hill once he opened up. He was a sitting duck on that hillside. Had these been trained soldiers he was up against, he would have been dead in a matter of seconds.

Nonetheless, an incredible, gutsy act of bravery for his buddies. I was cringing at the sight of those bullets hitting the ground around him. Can’t say I would have had the courage to do the same. It tortures me to know that we are still over there with men and women dying every day for nothing right now. We should have pulled out of that hellhole within hours after Bin Laden’s confirmed death.

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- bpodlesnik
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:20pm
  Did you know who or what was down in that building? Or if he got down there, that there would be an easy way back? I also don’t think you realize just how far down that building was and how steep the hill was. I don’t think he needs and internet warrior telling him what to do in the middle of the battlefield.
  
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- pschlentz
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:55pm
  @bpodlesnik, You gotta a lot of common sense!
  pantokrator is a dope…
  
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- LakeHartwellSailor
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 9:07pm
  Can’t say that I would “storm the hill”….cameras do not give you a good sense of the steepness of the terrain, and those buildings looked like they were a long way away. From what I could ascertain, the terrain was rough and even if it was flat, that would be one suicidal charge.
  
  Seems to me that there was not alot of covering fire while he was moving, despite his warning that he was going to move. But than again, the description of the clip was he was maneuvering to draw fire so his squad could move to a better position where they are not pinned down. Pretty much indicates to me that this guy was willing to lay down his life for his buddies. Hit four times, and he keeps fighting; thank God he came out of that firefight alive.
  
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OlefromMN
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:53pm
My worst day at work does not hold a candle to an average day in a combat zone. May God keep them all sharp and safe.

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broper
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:52pm
I salute his bravery and his willingness to engage a ruthless committed enemy. I don’t understand why he was so exposed for so long, and it appears that he never glanced behind him to see where his buddies were… so it appeared that he was making a clear and potentially singular target for the enemy, and they finally hit him. At that moment he no longer was effective as a combatant, but required evacuation. He is constantly yelling “I’m hit”… which only causes others to attempt to reach him using the same open terrain. His actions definately were brave, but could have caused others to lose their lives in attempting to provide him aid. I am a veteran and his movements didn’t seem to be coordinated by a team leader, and his weapon fire appeared to be aimed high and long range so exposing himself didn’t seem correct. I wish him a full recovery.

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- muffythetuffy
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:01pm
  AK47 HAS LONGER RANGE THAN US ARMY TOY RIFLES
  
  He appeared to be out in the open without any support. Those Red Chinese Infantry are good shots, better equipped and use a better rifle. Does anyone have any doubts that we are fighting the Chinese in Afghanistan? In every war since WWII our troops have really been fighting Russian and Chinese troops even if our Government keeps it classified.
  
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- woodyee
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:27pm
  I’ll say it Broper – his actions were STUPID.
  
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- FREEDOMoverFEAR
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:39pm
  I liked the way he walked to cover when being fired at shows how smart he was. HE was definitely trying to draw fire you can tell by the way he yells repeatedly for the people he was saving to help him “help I’ve been hit in the gun! Help come back and help me.”
  
  Guy deemed he was out of range turned on his camera to get a good photo op realized he was in fact in range and crapped his pants. No hero no saving just a guy wanting to make a video to help him get laid back in America.
  
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- roagie1
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 9:09pm
  I love the fact that he is there .GOD BLESS HIM AN ALL OUR TROOPS … But i too don’t understand why he stayed exposed so long ,, And he had an optic sight that he never used,,All we had was an M-14 , and in the day light from high ground it was the king ,,,,,
  
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- darkknight91
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 9:15pm
  Muffy, AK’s do not have a longer range than M4. That said, I agree .223 is a stupid weapon to use for combat. .308 would be a much better caliber. Not seeing the context of this video it’s hard to make a judgment call on what he was trying to do. Seems to me he put himself in danger and his buddies by getting shot and screaming “I’m hit” so somebody has to risk their life to get him. Dumb move on his part if you ask me.
  
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- ltcwilly
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 9:32pm
  Woodyee, you are an idiot.
  
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- ltcwilly
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 9:34pm
  Freedomoverfear, I’m sure the closest you ever got to combat was in a Blue Light Special at KMart
  
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- woodyee
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 10:32pm
  @ CivilianWilly – I’ve spent more time on a military crapper than you have playing an LTC on Nintendo.
  You fools!
  1. He has superior advantage. He is above. He left for an insecure position.
  2. He is with his squad; 4-6 men
  3. He deprived his men of a rifle and a launcher by taking the reckless initiative of moving to an exposed and indefensible position.
  4. He was hit, not once, not twice, but by his own account, 4 times. Reasons – see 1, 2 and 3.
  5. His claim to have taken reckless action to “protect” his squad is incredible. His squad is shooting down, from a trail; he left a position from behind a boulder to move down an exposed hill with no cover. He abandoned his unit.
  6. He endangered his unit by requesting they expose themselves to his stupidity.
  7. LTCWilly, the only thing you were ever an LTC in was latrine brigade, if anything remotely military, you ignorant clod…
  
  Centurian – you’ll be worthy of a response when you learn to spell Centurion correctly…azzwipe…
  
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- Jloyoyo
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 10:39pm
  @Muffy: You do know the AK47 is no longer in production. The AK74M is what the Russians now use. The Chinese used to use a Type 81 Rifle, the Chinese recently just deployed the QBZ-95. No developed nation’s military uses the AK47 anymore, the Cold War is dead dude.
  
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- NativeSpud
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 12:59am
  @MUFFY
  At 500 yards, the 124 grain 7.62×39 bullet drops 85 inches. At the same range, a 55 grain 5.56 bullet only drops 44 inches. You obviously learned all your weapon knowledge by playing the PS3.
  
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- SuaSponte
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 9:04am
  @muffy
  obviously, youve never been in a firefight beyond 50 to 100 meters. The m855 greatly outranges the7.62x39mm and the 5.45x39mm. Not to mention the best ak’s, either type, are at best a 3-6 minute weapon, even firing the best ammo available. Ive made robust hits past 800 meters, using m16a4, trijicon, and mk262 ammo. Those who say we should issue 7.62x51mm rifles to everyone, well our hit percentage would drop, dramatically. The m16/m4, using m855 or mk262 is a very effective combination, and is relatively easy to get good hits with. I know, been there, done that, and was a STS.
  
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- Klingon00
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 10:40am
  @Muffythetuffy: Simply not true. The 5.56 in the Stoner design is capable of hitting a man sized target out to 500-600 meters typically. The 7.62×39 out of an AK is considered a 300-400 meter effective range for point targets.
  
  Now the 7.62x54R round is another matter and more likely to be used for long range work by locals in Afghanistan. It’s ballistics is similar to the .308, but then we aren’t comparing infantry rifles anymore either.
  
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- CWPrequired
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 3:40pm
  Boy’s better be stocking up on the 5.56 at cheaper than dirt! I think NATO uses the same round. Better get a gun that shoots the 5.56 so that when NATO comes in to “save us”, you can get their rounds off their cold dead bodies.
  
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dont_drive_slow_in_the_left_lane_obliviot
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:48pm
make me want to get in there.

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momrules
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:36pm
I think my blood pressure went up just watching that video. Bullets flying, hitting all around him……..
hitting him.

My Lord, what our combat soldiers have to deal with. God bless them all.

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- loriann12
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:35pm
  The hard part was hearing him yell “I’m Hit!” so many times. It was hard to watch. We should all pray for our men and women overseas, and that they get realistic rules of engagement.
  
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ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:36pm
And you thought you might of had a bad day at work !!!!

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Ragnars Repos
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:28pm
Amazing video.

Cue the massive air strike.

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Busterman
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:27pm
I am at a loss for words here. This film does not appear to be authorized, could be bogus. As a person who shoots still and video there is no way that this was “permitted” nothing gets outs through DOD unless it is underground, or bogus. http://www.dvidshub.net A real source, or check any army site for “released” photos.

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- Hill60
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:40pm
  Buster – check out places like YouTube, Funker, LiveLeak etc. There are TONS of videos that are being posted that were shot by members of our armed forces – whether they’re “permitted” or not. I see where you’d think doing something like this would be forbidden – after all – their primary concern should be engaging the enemy, protecting themselves etc. and not turning on their video cameras – but these sorts of videos are very, very common.
  
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- Busterman
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:35pm
  I understand what you say Hill60 but videos like this get people hurt. The Dumb ass more worried about his helment cam getting the shot, or giving away information that is “problematic” A camera is like a gun, don’t play with it unless you know what you are doing. In the field. Still clicking away…
  
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- ltcwilly
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 9:35pm
  Busterman, nothing bogus about this video. You can buy those type of cameras in the PX everywhere overseas.
  
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- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 9:05am
  No question that it took courage to do what he did. It also was a not to bright thing to do. Becoming a bullet magnet while isolating yourself from you squad is just asking to be killed of the “stupids’.
  
  I had a First Shirt who took me aside and told me the following: You will lose men in combat. Some will die. Some will be wounded. A soldier can die bravely or poorly but no soldier should die of the “stupids”. It was my to prevent the “stupids”.
  
  I later learned what he meant.
  
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cruise_missile
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:23pm
Obama was golfing or drinking champagne with Beyonce while this was going on.

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catsmtrods
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:20pm
If his squad got to safety ok heroic, if not stupid!

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flaf
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:15pm
Thank god for body armour.

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korbin
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:15pm
God bless him, but he took himself out of the battle with that reload.

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- korbin
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:17pm
  Yell RELOAD kneel and take cover, fumbling around with empty mags throw those bastards on the ground Brother…
  
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- korbin
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:19pm
  Posts keep getting cut off, I am on his side not being an arm chair quarterback just an observation…God Bless em.. oathekeepers.org
  
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- razhunter100
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:28pm
  aye , oathkeepers…been a member long time.
  
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- NativeSpud
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 1:33am
  Murphys Laws of War:
  
  Never draw fire; it irritates everyone around you.
  
  Density of fire increases proportionally to the curiousness of the target.
  
  Never stand when you can sit, never sit when you can lie down, never stay awake when you can sleep.
  
  Suppressive fires – won’t.
  
  You are not Superman; Marines and fighter pilots take note.
  
  Try to look unimportant; the enemy may be low on ammo and not want to waste a bullet on you.
  
  Teamwork is essential; it gives the enemy other people to shoot at.
  
  Don’t look conspicuous; it draws fire. For this reason, it is not at all uncommon for aircraft carriers to be known as bomb magnets.
  
  Incoming fire has the right of way.
  
  If the Platoon Sergeant can see you, so can the enemy.
  
  The enemy never watches until you make a mistake.
  
  Murphy was a grunt.
  
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BlackCrow
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:14pm
Bring back napalm and lace it with hog lard!

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- woodyee
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:25pm
  Best post i’ve read thus far. I’m p!$$ed off that this Jackass abandoned his unit, put himself in an exposed and indefensible position, only to endanger his unit by expecting them to expose themselves to come to his aid.
  
  Stupid, stupid, stupid…
  
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- ltcwilly
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 9:36pm
  Woodyee, see my previous post about Blue Light Specials.
  
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jefe
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:12pm
this just ****** me off…what are we doing letting our troops just get picked off over there? bring them home and manage the BS with drones and bombs! This is insane!!!

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strawberry411a
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:09pm
I am not sure what to think of the video…..

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- Caballosinnombre
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:23pm
  It was at the very least a very heroic act to draw fire away from his squad. Thank God for their bravery.
  
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- Hill60
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:29pm
  I agree – seemingly heroic – but then he’s screaming “I’m hit” which means he’s expecting assistance. So the squad that he was trying to save by drawing fire, now has to risk their lives to provide him with covering fire or medical assistance.
  
  Not sure how I feel about it – seems counter productive.
  
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Brainmuffin
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:02pm
Was it Obama has the troops in Afghanistan?

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- razhunter100
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:07pm
  both bus h and obama…remember the ‘surge’…?
  
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- Will4Freedom
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:25pm
  Dems had the Prez, House and Senate for two years. Why didn’t he just bring the troops home? Instead of complaining the deficit is a result of Bush’s “unfunded wars”?
  
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- razhunter100
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:27pm
  err…surges.
  
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PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 6:57pm
These Men are amazing heroes. God keep them safe. Bring them home alive to their loved ones.

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DoomsdayProphet
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 6:57pm
Wasn’t heroic was idiotic. He should have been AIMING down scope on them. Fluff ROE.

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- John1-1-5
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:10pm
  Your the idiot you jerk, you should call yourself the DUMBASSPROPHET
  
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- Hill60
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:26pm
  The helmet cam makes it deceptive – it does look like he’s just blasting away – but that’s because the cam is mounted high on his helmet – in fact, you’re looking down on top of his Trijicon ACOG – that red stripe is part of the fiber optics. He was aiming.
  
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- woodyee
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:22pm
  He’s right, John. The stupidazz endangered his unit by leaving them, endangered himself by going to an exposed and indefensible position, and endangered his unit when he was wounded while doing all the above.
  
  Stupidazz oughta be court-marshaled…
  
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- ltcwilly
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 9:38pm
  Woodyee, I’ll bet those three years as a Air Force personnel clerk really prepared you to make your stupid, uninformed comments.
  
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razhunter100
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 6:55pm
http://www.drudgereport.com/
Clinton Sees Link to Qaeda Offshoot in Deadly Libya Attack
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/27/world/africa/clinton-cites-clear-link-between-al-qaeda-and-attack-in-libya.html?_r=0
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton indicated for the first time on Wednesday that there was an explicit link between the Qaeda franchise in North Africa and the attack at the American diplomatic mission in Libya that killed four Americans, including the ambassador, J. Christopher Stevens.

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- JMadison
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:14pm
  No no no did someone forget to give her the memo? It’s all about the video remember.
  
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- razhunter100
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:26pm
  lol yep.
  
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- Armyduderetired
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:34pm
  Hey good reporting dude! The blaze ain’t quit there yet. I tried to let them know about sl-t puppy Elizabeth Warren that been practicing law in Mass without a license. They still have not reported on that. Thanks for the links.
  
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- scout n ambush
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:08pm
  Ambassador stevens was working for obama recruting alqeda to fight in syria that is what is being reported by saudia arabia thats what this b hussien o regime is hiding so just bring’em all home and blast the crap outta the place Hiroshima style .We need these fellow Americans here to help with the coming “problems”.
  
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razhunter100
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 6:55pm
baIIs of steel…holie fargin’ sheet…shot 4 times.

am speechless, wordless.

much love to you ,my brother.

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Coded-Dude
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 6:54pm
Brave solider. Stay safe out there!

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- JMadison
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:08pm
  Yeah it’s kinda scary seeing all the rounds impacting in and around his position..
  
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BellaMia7
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 6:52pm
Obama was golfing and body surfing and waxing his chest; then bowing and groveling to some of the most evil people in the world – while our men die to defend the constitution. Taxpayer funded $200/lb Wgyu beef anyone?

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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:16pm
  I hope and pray that he gets kicked out of the White House in 39? days.
  
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- KickinBack
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:32pm
  ATI
  
  Even if he does get the boot, I hope and pray he doesn’t unleash a rash of “scorched earth” policies during his lame duck session.
  
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- woodyee
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:31pm
  Bella, neither he nor anyone fighting in Afghanistan, is fighting to save the Constitution. If they were, they’d be HERE!
  
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