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Posted: 10/29/2009 9:39:54 PM EDT
[#1]
Fuckin' A tag for that stud!
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Posted: 10/29/2009 9:41:10 PM EDT
[#2]
A fantastic read. I know that he wanted to keep it short, but he is a good writer and given the chance I would encourage him to tell the "long" story. Many would take the time to read no matter how long it got.
Thank you for posting that here. |
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Posted: 10/29/2009 9:41:38 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By themagikbullet:
wow 
I thank that soldier for his sacrifice and will take his advice to heart. Marine, not soldier. |
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PA, USA
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Posted: 10/29/2009 9:42:06 PM EDT
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great post. is there any way infantry guys can have the military pay for them to take a course? |
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Posted: 10/29/2009 9:42:34 PM EDT
[#5]
Wow. I guess some of us just assume certain things are taught in military.
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Posted: 10/29/2009 9:47:37 PM EDT
[#6]
That is an excellent post I appreciated reading on the other forum.
I think you did a good thing cross posting it. |
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 10/29/2009 9:49:03 PM EDT
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whoa! i always though that perhaps i spent too much time worrying about how to be faster, i dont have that now. that man is a hero.
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Posted: 10/29/2009 9:53:15 PM EDT
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Thanks for posting that, JW.
BTW... Why the fuck does the USMC still teach to blade towards a target? |
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Posted: 10/29/2009 10:01:21 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By GhostRing: Truly heartbreaking and inspiring. Yes. |
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Posted: 10/29/2009 10:12:34 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By S-1:
Thanks for posting that, JW. BTW... Why the fuck does the USMC still teach to blade towards a target? In the days before SAPI plates you bladed towards the enemy to present a smaller target. We got our plates issued to us in Kuwait a few weeks before moving North (this is Feb 2004). No time to consider how much of a game changer plates are. As far as I know the training doctrine has changed and Marines are taught to square off to their targets. However, if you rewind the clock back to at least 1999 when I was taught in urban fighting it was imparitive to shoot and move, when you move your body will be square to your target to aid in creating a stable shooting platform. Thankfully I had a squad leader that had been in FAST Company before going into the Reserves. He drilled us a lot with mag changes and stowing empty mags in your cargo pocket. |
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WI, USA
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Posted: 10/29/2009 10:18:29 PM EDT
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I've been doing standard, tactical, and one-handed reload drills with my pistols for months now. This is a good kick-in-the-pants to start doing drills with the rifle too.
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TN, USA
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Posted: 10/29/2009 10:19:01 PM EDT
[#12]
God bless him, God bless every U.S.Warrior and God bless America
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Posted: 10/29/2009 10:21:58 PM EDT
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Tagged for later
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Posted: 10/29/2009 10:30:09 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Bama-Shooter: Wow. I guess some of us just assume certain things are taught in military. +1 Great read. |
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Posted: 10/29/2009 10:37:07 PM EDT
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Inspiring. Every post like this helps on my way to OCS. And lots of respect for Magpul for making their class work for that man. Great post thanks.
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Posted: 10/29/2009 10:37:50 PM EDT
[#16]
tag for later reading
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Posted: 10/29/2009 10:38:11 PM EDT
[#17]
BTT!!!!
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Posted: 10/29/2009 10:39:10 PM EDT
[#18]
Thank you for sharing. Great story from a heck of a great man. I wish him well in everything he does, but he looks like he can do anything he likes.
If you can, tell him thank you for sharing his story with us. My vote for best thread on here in a long time. |
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Posted: 10/29/2009 10:49:11 PM EDT
[Last Edit: squirrell18]
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The military training in the old days was even worse. My friend was in the Marines in the late 70's and they never learned anything valuable. The only firing on the move they ever did was from the hip(if you can believe that) and they never practiced reloading etc. They also wanted him to use as little lube as possible(they were scared of lubing the bolt like Pat Rogers always talks about). He drove a amphibious tractor that had a .50 machine gun on it and he said they fired it 2 times in the entire time he was in. They only fired a few times per year and only was given 1 single 30 round mag to fire full auto(from the hip) per 6th months.
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Posted: 10/29/2009 10:51:22 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By John_Wayne777:
I'm quoting this post from a wounded Marine on another forum so that people here can see it and learn from it. He goes by the screen-name "RetreatHell" on another forum. I've thought long and hard about reproducing that post here, but I think it's too valuable a lesson learned at too high a price not to. Good move IMO. I seriously doubt the Marine would disapprove. |
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Posted: 10/29/2009 10:55:11 PM EDT
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Tag for later
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Posted: 10/29/2009 10:55:53 PM EDT
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This has to be one of the most important posts I have seen in GD in a long fucking time. Thanks for posting that J_W.
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Posted: 10/29/2009 10:57:22 PM EDT
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Thanks for sharing. Great post.
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Posted: 10/29/2009 10:57:25 PM EDT
[#24]
Excellent read & great advice. Woke me up as I am one who always practiced pistol mag changes, never rifle. I just tried to do my AK mag change quick. Terrible. Dangerously terrible. I will practice.
Thank you for the post & God Bless that young Marine. |
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Posted: 10/29/2009 10:57:48 PM EDT
[#25]
Outstanding post. I think today we take for granted many of the TTPs that came about in response to OIF/OEF. This young man is obviously still a warrior.
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Posted: 10/29/2009 11:08:24 PM EDT
[Last Edit: BattletweeteR]
[#26]
powerful wisdom that was passed on to others.
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Posted: 10/29/2009 11:12:33 PM EDT
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I really appreciate his service and passing his lessons to us. May fortune smile on that man.
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USA
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Posted: 10/29/2009 11:26:30 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By BattletweeteR:
powerful wisdom that was passed on to others. This. As a younger instructor who doesn't have a military background I greatly appreciate the wisdom shared by those who have been there. Many thanks to the Marine involved and to all those who served. I want to personally say that your sacrifice will not be forgotten by me or any in my presence, ever. I.C. |
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Posted: 10/29/2009 11:38:50 PM EDT
[Last Edit: SilentType]
[#29]
Man, where were his fellow Marines?
Nobody was close enough to cover him while he did his reload or were their attentions turned else where? He sounds like one hell of a good Marine. I hope the doctors and scientists out there can get him back into the fight someday someway. I'll pray for that, because this country needs men like him now more than ever. God Bless him. My children sleep free because of him. |
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Posted: 10/29/2009 11:48:53 PM EDT
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Tag
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MO, USA
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Posted: 10/30/2009 12:04:17 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Rogue-one]
[#31]
This is a great post. I went throught most of my fromal LEO rifle training with my agency back in 03 and we did cover most of what the poster said that he did not get and did so to the pont of bloody fingers. To this day guys bitch durng our training about doing malfunction drills and reloads. I will print this post and save it for our next range sesion. One other thing that I would like to add as a manditory training issue. Not sure if the Marine had a side arm, but at those distances transitioning to a side arm is another option and needs to be practiced. Shooting on the move is also a huge issue in urban combat and with out an optic its darn hard to be accurate.
Based on the pics he posted he looks like young man. So long as our gov does not screw up or medical system to bad, new advances will catch up to him and he will be on his feet again. |
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Posted: 10/30/2009 12:18:39 AM EDT
[#32]
OST
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Posted: 10/30/2009 12:34:04 AM EDT
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Is that one of those expensive ass inconel short production run flash hiders?
I need to take another pistol class. I'd love to take a carbine class, but it'd be a very expensive endeavor and I just don't have the money to do that right now.
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CA, USA
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Posted: 10/30/2009 12:46:06 AM EDT
[#34]
Great post. Thanks for posting.
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GA, USA
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Posted: 10/30/2009 12:56:05 AM EDT
[Last Edit: slashsplat]
[#35]
Originally Posted By themagikbullet:
wow
I thank that soldier Marine for his sacrifice and will take his advice to heart. +1 |
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USA
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Posted: 10/30/2009 1:13:36 AM EDT
[#36]
Originally Posted By GhostRing: Truly heartbreaking and inspiring. |
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MN, USA
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Posted: 10/30/2009 1:22:13 AM EDT
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mother fuck
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Posted: 10/30/2009 1:22:40 AM EDT
[#38]
Great post. Another reminder to work on those mag changes. Keeping the damn rifle pointed in the direction of expected threats while doing so!
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Posted: 10/30/2009 2:02:15 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By flyfishnepa:
great post. is there any way infantry guys can have the military pay for them to take a course? I'm not sure exactly how courses were paid for us back when I was in, but we had guest instructors all the time come in and teach courses. It was easier then us going "out" somewhere else. Or at least easier to gain approval. Some of the best training I have had....didn't come from military instructors. |
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Posted: 10/30/2009 2:24:25 AM EDT
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tag
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Posted: 10/30/2009 2:31:44 AM EDT
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Simply amazing reading.
I was always told that rifle training was pretty much dictated by the match shooter mafia of the Marine Corps. Maybe that's changed now. |
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Posted: 10/30/2009 2:38:15 AM EDT
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A dam good read.
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Posted: 10/30/2009 2:41:34 AM EDT
[#43]
tag for reading later, when I'm less tired
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Posted: 10/30/2009 2:57:38 AM EDT
[#44]
wow
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TX, USA
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Posted: 10/30/2009 3:02:17 AM EDT
[#45]
good read. and its taken to heart
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Posted: 10/30/2009 3:16:28 AM EDT
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That was very hard to read but very very true.
Thanks for posting. I just forwarded it to my son in Iraq. That man has balls! |
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Posted: 10/30/2009 3:27:02 AM EDT
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TAG
- Clint |
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Posted: 10/30/2009 4:24:15 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By John_Wayne777:
I've thought long and hard about reproducing that post here, but I think it's too valuable a lesson learned at too high a price not to. Thanks for doing so. There is a course coming up near me that I've wanted to take, but I wasn't really sure if I could afford it. After reading that, my only thought was, "How can I afford not to?" I went to sign up online just now, but can't. I'll have to call tomorrow. |
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Posted: 10/30/2009 4:27:31 AM EDT
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Damned straight this is a tag.
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Posted: 10/30/2009 4:45:29 AM EDT
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thanks for the post that guy is a complete badass. Awesome to see him doing classes and costa helping him. thanks again
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