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Posted: 9/24/2002 6:33:07 PM EDT
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Below is the article on the incident from the LA times. Well, what is your opinion? Should the 2 fighter pilots face criminal charges of manslaughter or should they be acquitted? Friendly fire is defiantly not friendly, and it has been going on since the beginning of warfare. What I believe is these men may have been a little aggressive in pursuing their target before authorization but that aggressiveness is what keeps these men alive. If they truly believed they were taking on fire could they have evaded? Maybe, but if it was in fact AAA fire it was probably radar controlled which would allow them to keep firing at the fighters as they attempted to escape. I believe it is a tragedy what has happened but it doesn't warrant criminal charges. There was no mention of this location in the briefing that stated the area had friendlies (at leasts that's what I got out of it) so they really had no forewarning of a live fire exercise under way. Secondly in a combat situation you either react or die, there is no time to weigh out the options because if you waste that fraction of a second it could be your life. What do you believe should be the fate? I think let them go. By the way this is the first case against a pilot for friendly fire ever. They may be trying to make an example of a pilot who made a bad call Los Angeles Times September 24, 2002 Pg. 1 Column One 'Friendly Fire' Put In Docket U.S. seeks to prosecute two of its pilots in bombing that killed four Canadians in Afghan war. At home, there's a sense they're 'fall guys.' By Stephanie Simon, Times Staff Writer The two pilots were alone in the dark battling fatigue, battling fear, scouting an enemy that seemed to mass and melt away in the shadows of the hostile land beneath. Wedged into the cockpits of their F-16s, they raced through a moonless midnight, a routine overnight patrol southwest of Kandahar. They swallowed "Go Pills," stimulants prescribed by the Air Force to keep them alert. On they flew, on and on, for hours, on and on, alone. Then, from below: A flash. The arc of tracer fire. Balls of flame that looked to be coming right at them. Maj. Harry Schmidt called mission controllers cruising the region in a radar plane to report surface-to-air fire. He asked permission to strafe the ground with his cannon. "Stand by," the controller told him. "Hold fire." Flash. Flash. Schmidt reduced speed and swept lower. He squinted through his night-vision goggles. "I've got some men on a road and it looks like a piece of artillery firing at us," he reported, according to transcripts released by an inquiry board. "I am rolling in, in self-defense." He readied his 500-pound laser-guided bomb. "Bombs away," he announced, and dropped it, right on target. At that very moment, a ground commander radioed the radar plane: "Kandahar has friendlies.... Get [the F-16s] out of there." As he pulled up and soared away, Schmidt radioed the pilot in the other fighter jet: "I hope that was the right thing to do." The bomb Schmidt dropped killed four Canadian soldiers and wounded eight as they engaged in live-fire training on Afghanistan's Tarnak Farms range on April 18. A military inquiry has recommended charging Schmidt with involuntary manslaughter, aggravated assault and dereliction of duty. If convicted, he could face up to 64 years in prison. The pilot in the companion F-16, Maj. William Umbach, has been accused of the same criminal offenses. Though he did not drop the bomb, Umbach was serving as flight commander, in charge of the mission. He too could face 64 years. It is the first time the U.S. military has recommended criminal charges for wartime "friendly fire." In taking that step, authorities said the pilots acted recklessly and violated rules governing use of force in Operation Enduring Freedom. Critics, however, have suggested the Air Force caved to political and diplomatic pressure from incensed Canadians. The decision to prosecute has roiled the pilots' hometowns of Sherman and Petersburg--small rural communities in central Illinois decked out in American flags. In more than two dozen interviews there last week, the outrage was unanimous. "They should leave those pilots alone," said Angela Marvel, 36, indignant as she shopped for children's clothes. "It was an accident. Accidents happen all the time." "They're over there flying for our country. They're fighting our war.... And now, they're the fall guys," said John Russo, 71, commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in nearby Springfield. "When you're traveling 6 miles per minute in a fighter and you look down and see firing, you don't have a lot of time to make the right decision," said state Rep. Raymond Poe, a Republican. "Everyone around here feels, if we were up there, we probably would have done the same thing." Schmidt and Umbach served with the Illinois Air National Guard's 183rd Fighter Wing, based in Springfield. Schmidt, 37, a celebrated Top Gun pilot, was a full-time guardsman, the pride of his squadron. In fact, the Springfield fighter wing had courted him for months, eager to land a pilot described by both his peers and his superiors as "well above average." A former instructor at the Navy Fighter Weapons School, he had more than 3,200 hours of military flying time. Umbach, 43, a commercial airline pilot, was a traditional part-time guardsman, training on weekends. Logging 3,000 hours of military flying time over two decades, he had earned a rating as one of the Air Force's most experienced pilots. Shaken by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, he volunteered for deployment overseas and had been flying sorties nearly every other day for a month before the bombing. Holding court over a 7-Up at the Springfield VFW, Army veteran Jerry Helfrich called the pilots' prosecution "a travesty." Through thick cigarette smoke, his buddies grunted assent. After all, they pointed out, friendly fire has torn up battlefields in every major conflict--and it has always been considered a tragedy, not a crime. Confederate Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was fatally wounded by one of his own men during the Civil War. U.S. bombers in World War II accidentally killed the American general in charge of Army ground forces--and 110 of his soldiers--as they prepared for the D-Day invasion. In the Persian Gulf War a decade ago, 35 of 146 Americans who died--nearly 25%--were killed by friendly fire. During the campaign in Afghanistan, U.S. airstrikes mistakenly have killed more than 1,000 civilians, including dozens at a July wedding in a remote village. And four months before the Canadian deaths at Tarnak Farms, a B-52 dropped a bomb directly on U.S. forces near Kandahar, killing three Green Berets and at least two dozen Afghan allies. "War is ugly. War is nasty. War is cruel. These things happen," said Russo, an Army veteran who said he was strafed accidentally by the U.S. Marines during the Korean War. |
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He has started a legal defense fund for the pilots. Illinois Gov. George Ryan, also a veteran, has urged folks to contribute.
"If Maj. Schmidt felt he was in imminent danger, then that's what he thought," Russo said. "I'm not going to pass judgment on him. And no one else should either." After exhaustive investigations, American and Canadian panels determined that multiple errors contributed to the tragedy, from a breakdown in flight discipline to poor mission planning to "peer pressure" on Schmidt to "build credibility for [his] squadron" and prove his skill in combat after weeks of flying uneventful sorties over Iraq and Afghanistan. The coalition Board of Inquiry, the joint U.S.-Canadian panel that backed criminal charges against the pilots, found that Schmidt "misperceived the caliber, trajectory and distance traveled of the munitions"--which were not, in fact, aimed skyward at the F-16, but were rather fired along the ground in a drill that posed no threat to the planes. When Schmidt first spotted the flares, the proper course of action would have been to accelerate, climb and leave the area, the board concluded. Instead, Schmidt slowed down, descended to well within range of any surface-to-air projectiles, and circled around his perceived enemy. That was a direct violation of standing rules of engagement, which stated that "aircraft should NOT deliberately descend into [the range of anti-aircraft artillery] to engage and destroy." Rather than waiting for controllers to check whether friendly forces were in the area--a process that involved querying commanders on the ground--Schmidt invoked self-defense almost immediately. Less than two minutes elapsed between his first report of anti-aircraft fire and his "bombs away" call. Schmidt later told his superiors he felt an imminent threat; he believed the unidentified figures on the ground were targeting Umbach's plane. Yet the board found no evidence that he had alerted Umbach to the presumed danger. Umbach himself apparently did not think he was in peril. He took no evasive action and did not request permission to use his weapons. In fact, Canadian transcripts show that minutes after the bomb drop, Umbach radioed controllers in the distant radar plane with a question they could not possibly answer: "Can you confirm that they were shooting at us?" Two minutes later, Schmidt reassured him: "They were definitely shooting at you." "It sure seemed that they were tracking [the planes] around," Umbach replied. Schmidt then tried to explain what he had seen through his night-vision goggles that provoked such a swift and lethal response. "I had a group of guys on a road around a gun," he said, "and it did not look organized like it would be [if it were] our guys." The joint U.S.-Canadian inquiry concluded that even if those "guys on a road" had been the enemy, dropping a 500-pound bomb would have been an inappropriate response for such a small target. The board faulted Umbach, a veteran with 20 years of military experience, for failing to halt or delay the bombing. After the first sighting of flashes from the ground, he did radio a warning to Schmidt: "Let's just make sure that it's not friendlies." But he did not query mission controllers about allied forces in the area, did not direct Schmidt to withdraw to a safe altitude and did not even confirm that he and Schmidt were looking at the same target. As it turned out, they weren't. Discussing the location of the presumed enemy on the radio moments after the bombing, Umbach said: "It seems like it was right on a bridge. That's kind of where I was at." "Yeah, not quite," Schmidt replied. And then, after a pause: "I hope that was the right thing to do." "Me too," Umbach answered. The inquiry board concluded "by clear and convincing evidence," that it was not right, that the pilots "acted with reckless disregard for the foreseeable consequences of [their] actions." Air Force brass have not elaborated, letting the lengthy report speak for itself. The officers have not responded publicly since the charges were filed against them Sept. 13. Their attorneys, however, maintain that the men honestly--and reasonably--believed they were under attack. The pilots "were required to make split-second, life-or-death decisions without benefit of detached and calm reflection," said Schmidt's attorney, Charles Gittins. Without disputing the facts laid out in the board's report, the lawyers insist that the pilots acted appropriately in self-defense. And they argue that personnel involved in planning, coordinating and controlling the mission bear significant responsibility for what happened. Indeed, the joint U.S.-Canadian board found that multiple mistakes were made outside the F-16 cockpits. The fighter squadron Schmidt and Umbach were assigned to in Afghanistan did not have a consistent policy for briefing pilots on what they might encounter. Pilots did not get up-to-date maps showing airspace restrictions or military activity on the ground and had "insufficient information to execute their assigned mission," the board found. In a fatal breakdown of communication, controllers in the radar plane apparently did not know that the Canadians would be training near Kandahar that evening, even though the Canadians had filed appropriate information a week in advance. The pilots also had no information about the nighttime exercise. And Col. David Nichols, the pilots' commander, "bred a climate of mistrust" within his squadron that led his men to doubt the mission controllers assigned to approve their use of force, the board found. Though the U.S. military inquiry concluded that there were failures at many levels before and during the disastrous mission, only the pilots were recommended for court-martial. The panel stipulated non-judicial punishment for Nichols; his case is pending. Meanwhile, Schmidt and Umbach have been ordered to report to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana for an Article 32 hearing, similar to a civilian grand jury proceeding. At the hearing, which could open as early as next month, military authorities will present the case against the officers; their lawyers will offer their defense. Lt. Gen. Bruce Carlson, commander of the 8th Air Force, will then decide whether there is enough evidence to court-martial the pilots on the most serious charges. He could also dismiss the case altogether or press ahead with lesser charges that would bring short jail sentences, fines or bad-conduct discharges for the pilots. Charges of Scapegoating In central Illinois, in conversation after conversation, one word ricochets with bitter force: |
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Scapegoat.
"[These] are two of the finest pilots and Americans I've come across in my 12-plus years of service," said Staff Sgt. William Kaltenbach, an F-16 crew chief who serves with Schmidt and Umbach. "It is unfortunate," he said, that the tragedy has largely been blamed on the pilots alone "when a mission is planned, coordinated and executed by so many more." Among civilians and soldiers alike, there is widespread grumbling that the pilots were singled out to appease the Canadian government. There are angry whispers that the Pentagon is going after the little guys to deflect attention from a major lapse in command-and-control. The pilots "appear to be at risk of being treated as diplomatic pawns and scapegoats," Springfield's State Journal-Register said in an editorial last week. "We are frankly flabbergasted by the severity of the military's response.... This is not the My Lai massacre--this is a horrible mistake. Could it have been prevented? Certainly. But does the sole responsibility rest with these pilots? Absolutely not." Schmidt's attorney has suggested that the criminal charges may be motivated by "an inappropriate political agenda." Even some of the victims' relatives in Canada have expressed concern that the pilots are being treated too harshly. "I'm not interested in revenge," the father of one of the slain soldiers told a Canadian newspaper. "I don't want [Schmidt] to go to prison," said the grandmother of another victim. One expert in international law predicts that Schmidt and Umbach will not face the maximum penalty and may well avoid a court-martial altogether. A trial "could give the Pentagon a black eye" because it would air testimony about other failures in Operation Enduring Freedom, said Francis A. Boyle, a law professor at the University of Illinois. Plus, Boyle said, "if it got to a formal court-martial with a jury of their peers, my guess is they would stand a good chance of acquittal." Even if the pilots avoid prison, the criminal accusations have derailed their careers, burdened them with legal bills--and set a precedent that deeply troubles many military personnel. "We must be allowed the freedom to make split-second decisions, for lives depend on it," said firefighter Kevin Schott, who serves with the accused pilots in the 183rd Fighter Wing. "We always hope and pray that the decisions we make are the right ones," Schott said. "[But] we will never eliminate mistakes. I will stand proud and tall to salute Maj. Umbach and Maj. Schmidt." |
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It is a terrible tragedy that our Canadian brothers were killed and injured, but our pilots do not deserve to be prosecuted for this horrible incident. Period. [:(!]
Edit: I have received a pair of very enlightening e-mails regarding this incident. I am not military, or even ex-military, and thus, do not have much insight into events such as this. It has been explained that these men disobeyed a direct order to hold fire. That I understand. It has also been explained that they were in no danger, and the "self defense" issue is bogus. This leads me to a different conclusion than the one first stated. They (or at least the one who decided to take the action) deserve whatever the CMJ prescribes for this. Very sad all around. [V] |
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I think it is a bunch of B/S sacrificing these two guys to kiss butt to Canada for a mistake during wartime conditions. How many other soldiers have been charged with this crime over the years? I can't think of any. To top it off these guys are reserves.
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Quoted: I think it is a bunch of B/S sacrificing these two guys to kiss butt to Canada for a mistake during wartime conditions. How many other soldiers have been charged with this crime over the years? I can't think of any. To top it off these guys are reserves. View Quote im just curious what their reserve status has to do with anything? As the article stated these men are some of the best with thousands of hours to prove it. this coulve happened to anyone, guard, reserve, active duty |
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The pilots willfully disobeyed orders and ignored the rules of engagement set out for them and as a result the Canadian soldiers died. I don’t think they deserve jail time but they have earned a court marshal and being broken out of the Air Force.
Friendly fire accidents happen but this one would not have if they had followed orders and they should pay a price for that. |
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You could try to make a case if it was an active pilot, a weak one at that. But please, I don't care how many hours flying or experience they have, they are not using their reflexes and skills training day in and day out for these kind of missions. The mistakes they made I fault for that reason.
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When someone tells you "Hold Fire," you hold fire unless a) shooting is required to save the life of yourself or your wingman or b) you are directly ordered to fire, preferably with the tape on.
These guys, while obviously skilled pilots, made a huge error in judgement. The phrase "I am rolling in, in self-defense" sounds, to this combat aviator, like he was either talking himself into the drop or was covering for a marginal drop with a verbal smokescreen. If you heard a police officer say to his partner, "I am shooting in self-defence," would you be inclined to believe his life was really in danger? These guys could have maneuvered, climbed, and/or extended just as easily as they could have rolled in. After the "abort" call, they ought to have waited. |
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They were ordered not to engage and still did. I don’t care how good of pilot they are or weather Reserve, National Guard, or Regular Air Force they should not be allowed back in a cockpit. They killed those Canadian soldiers because they disobeyed direct orders.
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I drive past the 183TFW's gates everyday, everyday I'm reminded of it. These guys fly over my neighborhood all the time. Our community's proud to have them. I wasn't there and I'm not a combat pilot, so my opinion is a moot point. I just wonder if all servicemen will need a lawyer before they pull the trigger. A 64 year jail sentence may cause some to hesitate, is that a good thing on the battlefield?
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I'm not about to arm chair quarterback this one. War is a terrible thing, and the unintentional killing of friendlies has been around since the very first encounter between hostile groups. Let the military attend to it's own internal affairs as the military sees fit.
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Any word about these pilots being issued amphetamines ( "go pills" )?
They made a serious mistake, but it would set a bad precedent to use them as scapegoats to appease Canada or cover up lapses in the chain of command. F14Scott makes an important point. |
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They "reduced speed" in the face of " hostile fire" then disobeyed an order to hold fire to "roll in in self defense"? That means he had to turn around to drop the ordinance, right?
Why not hold fire and go to burners? Sounds like no real threat. Just a guy looking to drop a bomb on some bad guys who werent there.JMHO Dont forget, there are four dead soldiers, and their families. |
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Kiss Canada's ass? Bush didn't even say he was sorry for the incident except in a private conference to our Priminister. If some Canadians disobeyed orders and killed some Americans don't you think ATLEAST our Priminister would say sorry to the American public on behalf of Canadians, OR SOMETHING MORE?
And for your information even the families of those Canadian soldiers think that all this crap is over the edge, stating that they don't want anymore children to be missing their fathers. If you want to kiss our asses, start by following the free trade agreement you AGREED to. |
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I was reading in Bob Brown's Soldier of Fortune Magazine, I forget which issue; but I remember reading that the two pilots were told to hold fire pending verification. To me it would be common sense; to me as a firearms ownere, I do not shoot at a target unless it has been positively identified.
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Quoted: {misguided attempt at humor deleted} IBTL -- THE BIG LOCK -- (and possibly before I get my ass booted!) View Quote I know you were just trying to inject a little humor into the situation, but it's not in good taste - I don't think the families of those four guys would laugh at it, or many other Canadians either. If you want to do a good natured rant against Canadians, why not put it (without reference to the 4 dead guys and the 2 pilots) in its own thread and then delete your post in THIS thread? This is a serious and calm thread. Why wreck it? |
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From all the facts stated it would appear that they deliberately disobeyed an order, thus it resulted in lives lost!
The military takes following orders very seriously,you obey the orders given, if you do not then there are serious consequences, period! Civilian life and military life is so much different. Sorry these guys messed up, they disobeyed an order, this in itself is grounds for a court-marshal under the UCMJ, if you dont like it, go whine to your congressmen or something! Proper action would have been to follow the orders given. Even if the tracers they were seeing were from firearms, all they would have needed to do is climb to a safe altitude,await confermation as to whether it was friendlies or not, then proceed from there! The United States Government has given pilots flying fighter planes a great responsibility, and they are fully aware of this, and are quite aware of the consequences that will arise if they fail to respect that responsibility. Part of flying fighter planes is following orders, and complying with rules of engagment! Break the rules and disobey orders, well you asked for the trouble to happen! Some have said you dont have time to think,well you may be right on that, but that is why it is so important to follow orders that are given,even if you dont like them or agree with them, you see in civilain life you have the choice to not follow orders, in the military sure you can choose to not follow orders, but it will cost you a court marshal! Although I think 64 years in prison is a little harsh, the minimum that should be done is a court marshal to get these guys out of the Air force for good! Friendly fire in wars is usually an accident, this was no accident, the pilot refused to take evasive measures and to follow orders! Also canada has some good ground troops on the ground there! They have excellent sniper teams doing some very good work over there killing lots of terrorists! This was not your usual friendly fire incident, this was an incident that resulted from a man not obeying direct orders! nothing more and nothing less! |
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Flying fighters you can pretty much do whatever you want and get away with it as long as you don't bend any metal or more importantly kill anyone. Well these guys intentionally broke the rules and killed some innocent folks and they are going to have to pay for it. The last thing you do taking ground fire is slow down and circle back over the threat. If it was a valid threat they could have flown away from it and then come back if and when it was determined to be hostile target. Sorry but the flight lead is just as responsible because he didn't try to prevent a member of his flight from violating the ROE. He is responsible for the safe conduct of his flight. That being said, I don't think a large amount if any, prison time is justified. They'll be paying for the rest of their lives as it is.
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Most "friendly fire" incidents occur in the heat of battle. That means bullets are flying and the pressure is on. Quickly identifiying and engaging (or not enagaging) a target is difficult. Those two pilots were not currently "engaged" and had the time and information available to accurately identify the targets as FRIENDLY. They chose not to.
GROSS NEGLIGENCE is not the same as making a mistake while performing your duties in a lawful/orderly manner. They chose to disregard ROE and specific "hold" orders, so they willfully committed a dangerous and preventable act. At the very least, they shouldn't be flying. |
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At no time were these pilots and aircraft in any danger, the self defense argument is total B.S. F16's flying high and fast are under no threat from small arms fire on the ground. They were not engaged in a target and were ordered not to engage, these guy's got trigger happy they wanted their pound of flesh.
Like others have stated this is not a traditional friendly fire incident, if this happened during the heat of battle it would be a whole other story. I do not believe this was murder, this is negligence and from a military stand point it is disobeying a direct order that resulted in the death of allied forces. What the punishment should be I do not know. Never flying again would be a start but I do believe these pilots should be given a second chance and should not spend most of the rest of their lives in prison I am sure they will feel tremendous guilt for the rest of their lives anyway. |
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Sounds kinda flakey to me... I mean, if they had SAMs being fired, maybe...
They were ordered to hold their fire too. I don't think they should get 64 years, nor should the flight commander get hammered. But, they guy who dropped... It sounds to me like he was really in the wrong. 'course, I wasn't there... So what do I know. |
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Since you asked for opinions...
They definately broke the rules and disobeyed orders and should be prosecuted for that. Drummed out of the Nat'l Guard, the whole 9 yards. But I think the manslaughter charges are a little over the top. These guys should be made an example of, because the incident is an example of what can happen when you don't obey orders and follow regs. |
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O.k., when this happened I was over there, i went through basic with a bud that got a piece of iron in his side because of it. The DID NOT fire in the air, the pilots had orders to hold fire.Did the disobey and act unprofessionally, did they hotdog? yes. Should they get 64 yrs, I don't think so, should they have their nuts stomped on?, YES.
Oh, p.s., you'd think rallywagon would know better being a cop and all, trying to be funny or not. I don't knoe too many guys here who aren't happy to be canadian (actually in the forces we chuck shit at you all the time!) p.p.s. We confine most of the french up north, and if you guys invade I'm taking Maine, cripes, my grandma could take Maine! (I know, my wifes from there) |
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OH, one more thing, it was our snipers who took out mortar positions that could've rained steel on you guys during anaconda, it was one of our guys who just got the longest confirmed shot, (Sorry Carlos.) And it was our guys all over at least two articles of soldier of fortune. Sorry, I'm 1/4 yank but rallyass just struck a nerve, wonder how family of those guys would feel reading his crap.
I changed my mind about one thing, if you take us over, just let me have the cheaper, highr octane gas my "cuda likes, and let me keep my Ar's and my L1A1, Okay? |
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OH, one more thing, it was our snipers who took out mortar positions that could've rained steel on you guys during anaconda, it was one of our guys who just got the longest confirmed shot, (Sorry Carlos.) And it was our guys all over at least two articles of soldier of fortune. Sorry, I'm 1/4 yank but rallyass just struck a nerve, wonder how family of those guys would feel reading his crap.
I changed my mind about one thing, if you take us over, just let me have the cheaper, higher octane gas my "cuda likes, and let me keep my Ar's and my L1A1, Okay? |
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I remember sitting in my little M1 watching A-10's buzz around and wondering if the guy in the bird had any idea where he was and who we were. Contemplating being on the receiving end of friendly fire makes me a little critical of pilots who screw the pooch and kill friendlies in the process.
That said, I don't think there's anything criminal in what these pilots did. If they attacked against orders or without authorization then they should be relieved of duty, and maybe tossed out. I for damn sure don't see anything worth 64 years in the stockade. |
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Quoted: OH, one more thing, it was our snipers who took out mortar positions that could've rained steel on you guys during anaconda, it was one of our guys who just got the longest confirmed shot, (Sorry Carlos.) And it was our guys all over at least two articles of soldier of fortune. Sorry, [red]I'm 1/4 yank but rallyass just struck a nerve[/red], wonder how family of those guys would feel reading his crap. I changed my mind about one thing, if you take us over, just let me have the cheaper, highr octane gas my "cuda likes, and let me keep my Ar's and my L1A1, Okay? View Quote RABID (and everyone), Rallywagon has deleted his post and made a sincere apology here: [url]http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=145686[/url] I am glad he has done this--we all make mistakes. To everyone--there is a time and a place for humor. Please think before you post, some of the material here is very serious. Thanks to all. Mike (thebeekeeper1) |
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Hey RABID see my post on this thread, I came in total defense of the Canadian sniper teams over there in Afgahnistan! Your boys over there are tearing stuff up! And our forces are greatlly appreciative of the help that the Canadian Sniper teams are giveing over there!
I do believe the Canadian Sniper Teams have more then once saved the behinds of US Troops over there! |
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