Would you do a "ride along" with a Marine/Army Company in Iraq?

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Posted: 3/14/2005 7:44:07 AM EDT

If you were offered an opportunity to tag along with a Marine or Army Company in Iraq for a couple of weeks, knowing that you may be injured or die, would you? For safety and pc reasons, you wouldn't be allowed to participate directly in combat (if combat errupted, you would be moved back to the rear, or wait in an APC or other armored vehicle until it was over), but they would allow you to carry your CCW just in case you had to defend yourself.

Knowing all of the risks, I would.

Posted: 3/14/2005 7:44:59 AM EDT

[#1]

No.

Posted: 3/14/2005 7:46:03 AM EDT

[#2]

Where do i sign up?

Can I CCW an M4?

Posted: 3/14/2005 7:46:47 AM EDT

[#3]

Posted: 3/14/2005 7:49:17 AM EDT

[#4]

Your CCW isn't going to be of any help when the enemy insurgents hits you with an IUD. You might as well leave your pistol at home. The insurgents even took out an M1A Abrams tank.

Posted: 3/14/2005 7:49:55 AM EDT

[#5]

I'd pay to go.....

Posted: 3/14/2005 7:50:23 AM EDT

[#6]

Yes.

Posted: 3/14/2005 7:51:28 AM EDT

[#7]

Only if i can shoot back. then hell yes i'll go. mmk

Posted: 3/14/2005 7:51:56 AM EDT

[#8]

If I could get the time off, and those Marine's would have me...sure.

Posted: 3/14/2005 7:52:12 AM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
Your CCW isn't going to be of any help when the enemy insurgents hits you with an IUD. You might as well leave your pistol at home. The insurgents even took out an M1A Abrams tank.

IUD = Intrauterine Device = Birth Control
IED = Improvised Explosive Device

Posted: 3/14/2005 7:54:15 AM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
Your CCW isn't going to be of any help when the enemy insurgents hits you with an IUD.

I am just picturing the terrorists throwing an IUD at a GI... "Take that infidel! Now your wife will not have children!"

Posted: 3/14/2005 7:55:16 AM EDT

[#11]

I'd rather tag along with the SEALs or DELTA

Posted: 3/14/2005 7:56:09 AM EDT

[#12]

Yep!

Posted: 3/14/2005 7:56:25 AM EDT

[#13]

I'd do it on two conditions. I would be 20 years younger so I wouldn't hinder the squad and if the shit erupted, I would be allowed to carry my weight.

Posted: 3/14/2005 7:56:30 AM EDT

[#14]

I think IUD is just a -tiny- bit different from IED. Mind you, if the enemy suddenly started attacking me with IUDs, I'd be very worried.

IEDs are rather over-rated, especially against tanks.

"Red 1, we've got a report of an IED at grid.. whatever"

Our SOP was to drive to the grid... Look it over with the tank's optics a bit. If we couldn't see anything, we'd drive up and down a few times, see if anything blew up. (Including running a tread over the soft shoulder). If that didn't do anything, then it was time to dismount and have a look on foot.

NTM

Posted: 3/14/2005 8:02:05 AM EDT

[#15]

Yep

Posted: 3/14/2005 8:02:05 AM EDT

[#16]

only if I could bring booze with me

Posted: 3/14/2005 8:04:22 AM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:
Your CCW isn't going to be of any help when the enemy insurgents hits you with an IUD.

Posted: 3/14/2005 8:11:25 AM EDT

[#18]

Why don't you just enlist instead of dwelling on the martial fantasies of a 12 year old?

Posted: 3/14/2005 8:20:26 AM EDT

[#19]

I never heard of any of the M1A1's getting taken out with IEDs, but I wouldn't sit in the APC if I were you. RPGs do a number on those things.

Posted: 3/14/2005 8:25:44 AM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:
Your CCW isn't going to be of any help when the enemy insurgents hits you with an IUD.

Those fiends!!!!!!!!

"NOOOOOOO! It doesn't go in there!!!!!!!!!!"

Posted: 3/14/2005 8:29:55 AM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:
If you were offered an opportunity to tag along with a Marine or Army Company in Iraq for a couple of weeks, knowing that you may be injured or die, would you? For safety and pc reasons, you wouldn't be allowed to participate directly in combat (if combat errupted, you would be moved back to the rear, or wait in an APC or other armored vehicle until it was over), but they would allow you to carry your CCW just in case you had to defend yourself.

Knowing all of the risks, I would.

I think I might, if they let me carry my OWN Kimber .45 and AR15.

HH

Posted: 3/14/2005 8:41:09 AM EDT

[#22]

One of my coworkers did, first Gulf War, has the pictures and the letter from a General to prove it. (NBC Recon, we're DOD employees and he's the one that developed their training for the particular system, they asked him to go since there werent enough trained crewmen available)

I'd do it in a heartbeat if offered the chance.

Kharn

Posted: 3/14/2005 8:42:29 AM EDT

[#23]

HELL YES

Posted: 3/14/2005 8:43:42 AM EDT

[#24]

HELL YES.

Posted: 3/14/2005 8:43:46 AM EDT

[#25]

Quoted:
I'd rather tag along with the SEALs or DELTA

that would be a lot more fun I'm sure, but I would never be able to keep up

Posted: 3/14/2005 8:55:01 AM EDT

[#26]

Hell Yes I would! As long as I could arm myself for self defense purposes if need be.

Posted: 3/14/2005 8:58:03 AM EDT

[#27]

You do realize that this board has a unholy assload of vets on it right? Knowing that, what's with the assinine question?

Posted: 3/14/2005 8:59:41 AM EDT

[#28]

They've knocked out a couple of M1s with IEDs, including at least one K-kill that blew the turret twenty yards from the hull. That was a rare one though.

Israelis have had similar problems with two or three of their Merkavas getting blasted.

NTM

Posted: 3/14/2005 9:03:49 AM EDT

[#29]

uhh, isn't there a mechanism for that? Oh yeah, it's called "enlisting"

Posted: 3/14/2005 9:04:20 AM EDT

[#30]

Where do i sign up?

Can I CCW an M4?

+1, But I'd want one of the crotch protector flak jacket thingies.

Posted: 3/14/2005 9:07:18 AM EDT

[#31]

Yes, but I wouldn't want to be holed up in an APC until things calmed down. I wouldn't want to be in that can when an RPG came knocking.

Posted: 3/14/2005 9:11:52 AM EDT

[#32]

Yes.

Posted: 3/14/2005 9:38:27 AM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:
I never heard of any of the M1A1's getting taken out with IEDs, but I wouldn't sit in the APC if I were you. RPGs do a number on those things.

Here you go... To get an impression of distance travelled, in the bottom picture you can just see the corner of the bustle rack in the bottom right corner.

NTM

Posted: 3/14/2005 9:56:20 AM EDT