Today's Iraq War Videos: 05.15.06

[Dronetek]

Someone said "War is hell" and if today's videos show you anything its that things can change in an instant. I've never been in combat but seeing these men and woman put themselvs on the line for us really fills me with pride and I think I would go in to combat with any of them.






Description: If you look closely, you can actually see what we're shooting at. The following morning, we found four foxholes loaded with RPG's and AK-47 ammo, it's a good thing the mass ammount of fire prevented an enemy advance
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Description: Phantom Fury Nov 2004 Small Craft Co. Marines (I assume they are PT boats)
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Description: Soldiers stand gaurd as a robot drags a dead animal off the road, which could be used to hide an IED. Soon after the animal is dragged off the road, a firefight errupts.


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Description: Marines take gunfire and an RPG flies right by the camera.
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Description: Marines return fire after taking pot shots from a warehouse in Fallujah.


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Description: THERE WAS A FIREFIGHT !!!!!!!!!!!!
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Description: kirkuk iraq filming dec2, 2003
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http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=723423725&n=2

[HorrigEn]

DAMN nice videos! thx man :)
Marines are doing their job perfectly....

[Resurrection]

Great videos man...

[teleloe]

Sick videos!!

[Clay125]

Hell ya!!!!!!!!!!

[Dronetek]

One more. :) This one is pretty crazy.

Description: kirkuk iraq filming dec2, 2003
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[Mortarman]

Yeah, great finds! Thx

[Hemaworstje]

be me guest and join them..

[Compeed]

great vids!

[Dronetek]

be me guest and join them..
I still have a few years of reserves left and I did my time in Ballad Iraq when I was active duty. I'm pretty sure you cant reenlist as a different branch anyway.


At least, i'm pretty sure I cant.

[kaspur_eh]

thanks for posting bud

[CPLHUNTER]

Someone said "War is hell" and if today's videos show you anything its that things can change in an instant. I've never been in combat but seeing these men and woman put themselvs on the line for us really fills me with pride and I think I would go in to combat with any of them.




Description: Soldiers stand gaurd as a robot drags a dead animal off the road, which could be used to hide an IED. Soon after the animal is dragged off the road, a firefight errupts.





Wow great vids...I noticed that right after they dragged that animal, Arabic sounded over the dialog...maybe mosques calling "insurgents" to battle b/c right after you hear that, gunfire starts...

Go Devil Dogs!

[FozzieBear]

probably just evening prayer calls but you never know.

[BadKarma26]

dang they blew the **** out of that mosque

[CPLHUNTER]

dang they blew the **** out of that mosque

haha...your tax dollars at work p-)

Those "insurgents" must be insane to go up against such firepower...either that or I heard that alot of them are on BZ

[Dronetek]

probably just evening prayer calls but you never know.
I've heard story after story about soldiers hearing the call to prayer and soon after being attacked. Sometimes they will actually hear the words "Jihad" in there too.


Wow great vids...I noticed that right after they dragged that animal, Arabic sounded over the dialog...maybe mosques calling "insurgents" to battle b/c right after you hear that, gunfire starts...
When I first watched that video I thought the soldiers blew the animal up, but I think it was the IED inside being detonated as part of the attack.


EDIT: Hey, I just figured out how to convert FLV files to useable media files like AVI or MPEG. PM if you want in on this info.

[BadKarma26]

I've heard story after story about soldiers hearing the call to prayer and soon after being attacked. Sometimes they will actually hear the words "Jihad" in there too.


When I first watched that video I thought the soldiers blew the animal up, but I think it was the IED inside being detonated as part of the attack.


EDIT: Hey, I just figured out how to convert FLV files to useable media files like AVI or MPEG. PM if you want in on this info.

post a thread on OT about how to do it. I'm sure a lot of people are interested. Riva sucks balls

[Chairborne_Ranger]

"THERE WAS A FIREFIGHT !!!!!!!!!!!!"

Lol, were you quoting from the movie - Boondocks Saints? Great vids as always.

[thunderbird84]

Wow great vids...I noticed that right after they dragged that animal, Arabic sounded over the dialog...maybe mosques calling "insurgents" to battle b/c right after you hear that, gunfire starts... No, It was just a call for "prayer".

Those "insurgents" must be insane to go up against such firepower...either that or I heard that alot of them are on BZ (From a neutral point of view) They certainly acted like you would probably do if your country get invaded, the enemy and the reasons don't matter, though.

Regards
Thunderbird84

[Dronetek]

"THERE WAS A FIREFIGHT !!!!!!!!!!!!"

Lol, were you quoting from the movie - Boondocks Saints? Great vids as always.

I was wondering who would catch that first. woot


It's not my quote though, it was in the discription of the video. I'm sure they were quoting the movie since thats the first thing I thought when I read it.


No, It was just a call for "prayer".
Regards
Thunderbird84
Actually there is precedence to think it might have been the call to prayer that launched the attack. It's happened before many times. Do you think it’s a coincidence every time?

[Klepto]

Actually there is precedence to think it might have been the call to prayer that launched the attack. It's happened before many times. Do you think it’s a coincidence every time?

Do you know how many times a day they have to pray? Might be.

[CPLHUNTER]

Do you know how many times a day they have to pray? Might be.

Who knows...the first time I heard of the mosques being used to organize an attack was when we where fighting Al Sadr...

I just know that if I was over there that whenever I heard that I would be alert

[LthrnckZero]

I still have a few years of reserves left and I did my time in Ballad Iraq when I was active duty. I'm pretty sure you cant reenlist as a different branch anyway.


At least, i'm pretty sure I cant.

Why can't you reenlist into a different branch? You said you were on active duty so I am sure you are aware that there are people who do a couple years in one service and then switch to another. Is there some rule about switching while in IRR(I'm assuming that by reserves you meant IRR) that precludes you from doing so?

If not, come join the party. Or, reenlist in your current branch, either way it's all good.

I'm not trying to call you out or say you're full of BS or anything, I'm just curious if there is some rule against it that I'm not aware of, because that would just be retarded.

[Dronetek]

I'm not trying to call you out or say you're full of BS or anything, I'm just curious if there is some rule against it that I'm not aware of, because that would just be retarded.

I didnt think I was able to do that while I still have 2 years of reserve duty. We had a couple ex navy folks in my CAT, so I know you can go to different branches at some point. I just figured it would have to be when my USAF contract is up.

[CPLHUNTER]

Why can't you reenlist into a different branch? You said you were on active duty so I am sure you are aware that there are people who do a couple years in one service and then switch to another. Is there some rule about switching while in IRR(I'm assuming that by reserves you meant IRR) that precludes you from doing so?

If not, come join the party. Or, reenlist in your current branch, either way it's all good.

I'm not trying to call you out or say you're full of BS or anything, I'm just curious if there is some rule against it that I'm not aware of, because that would just be retarded.

Hmmm you broach a good question. I did 4 years in the Marines and just have started the process to join the NG.

I know that if you go from Marines to any other service you don't have to do boots and don't lose rank.

However I have heard that if you go from any other service to Marines you lose rank and have to do boots.

I was very surprised when the NG recruiter told me that since I'm former USMC I have a choice to do 4 weeks of boots or not if I didn't want to...kinda cheesy if you ask me....no disrespect to any NG's on this forum

[CPLHUNTER]

I didnt think I was able to do that while I still have 2 years of reserve duty. We had a couple ex navy folks in my CAT, so I know you can go to different branches at some point. I just figured it would have to be when my USAF contract is up.

Well you would have to finish your contract first. But don't quote me, talk to a recruiter.

[etlamatey]

LOL

Someone tell me those soldiers werent wasting ammo.

[stupify]

I still have a few years of reserves left and I did my time in Ballad Iraq when I was active duty. I'm pretty sure you cant reenlist as a different branch anyway.


At least, i'm pretty sure I cant.

Technically, you're right. As long as you're in IRR, you're good to go.


You can't re-enlist to another branch. You have to be discharged from the branch you're in and enlist in the other. If you're a Marine, you don't have to do basic when you switch services. Depending on your age and rank you do have to go to boot camp if you're coming from another service to the Corps.

[Generation Kill]

Sick Vids, the one with the rpg fire is crazy...


If you're a Marine, you don't have to do basic when you switch services. Depending on your age and rank you do have to go to boot camp if you're coming from another service to the Corps.

What if you are an Army Ranger or Green Beret? lol, I don't know why someone would switch branch as a Green Beret, but still

[stupify]

Sick Vids, the one with the rpg fire is crazy...



What if you are an Army Ranger or Green Beret? lol, I don't know why someone would switch branch as a Green Beret, but still

Stranger things have happened.

I'm sure consideration would be taken in circustances like that. Someone told me about some SEAL that left the Navy for the Army (SOF) so he could get commissioned as an officer. Might be fact, might be fiction.

There is a retire Marine Corps Maj or LtCol that was a Navy Corpsman with 1st and 3rd Recon during Viet Nam that switched services (joined the Marines) as an officer after finishing college. Don't remember his name, but I'm sure someone here may know who I'm talking about.

[lrrps]

haha...your tax dollars at work p-)

Those "insurgents" must be insane to go up against such firepower...either that or I heard that alot of them are on BZ

We thought the same of the Vietcongs, not that I support the commies but I think it doesn't hurt to remind our mistakes.

[Dronetek]

LOL

Someone tell me those soldiers werent wasting ammo.

They werent. That is one of our main tactics is to overwelm the enemy with firepower. Its a rule of combat that whoever is throwing those most lead wins the fight. At least I think it is.

[astro]

Taking Droneteks sig image as reference, I know in a firefight if I had to choose an M16 over a minigun? I'd take the minigun, purely for lead density :) Ammo waste be damned... that's what defense budgets are for.

[lrrps]

Taking Droneteks sig image as reference, I know in a firefight if I had to choose an M16 over a minigun? I'd take the minigun, purely for lead density :) Ammo waste be damned... that's what defense budgets are for.

That may be the Army policy but definately not the Marines.
Aimed shots are more effective than spray & pray.
Defense budgets are not bottomless, the reason why the M16A2 & A4 have the burst selector is to prevent soldiers from waiting ammo.

[CPLHUNTER]

That may be the Army policy but definately not the Marines.
Aimed shots are more effective than spray & pray.
Defense budgets are not bottomless, the reason why the M16A2 & A4 have the burst selector is to prevent soldiers from waiting ammo.

Leave the full auto up to crew served weapons.

I've fired full auto and semi and burst and found that I'm more accurate w/ semi than burst or full auto.

Simply b/c you don't have the mental idea of simply putting rounds down range, you are taking each shot at a specific target...not saturation.

There's a great vid on youtube if I could find it of an insurgent running into the middle of street and spraying a RPK at Marines...you can guess what happened next. Bad day for the bad guy

[Cpt. Spaulding]

great ones!!! pls repost the fallujah vids with link to download

[FozzieBear]

When I first watched that video I thought the soldiers blew the animal up, but I think it was the IED inside being detonated as part of the attack.

nah you hear the guy yell fire in the hole, and if that carcass was packed with arty shells it would have made a huge boom, i think that was just c4.

[TALOS]

nah you hear the guy yell fire in the hole, and if that carcass was packed with arty shells it would have made a huge boom, i think that was just c4.

True, but it definately precipated the attack, a little too coincidental maybe.

[FozzieBear]

True, but it definately precipated the attack, a little too coincidental maybe.
the RPG came over, then they blew the carcass i thought, anyway who can know if we werent there.

[jasonblaster]

WOW

That last one was wild.

[Dronetek]

WOW

That last one was wild.
Yeah, that one is my favorite. Mostly only because you actually get to see the flares being used in a battle.

I added it later so some of you might not have noticed it.

[devilgod]

drone, maybe after i enlist in jan and get shipped over there i can send you some videos, youll get to see my old ass gettin shot at.

[Dronetek]

drone, maybe after i enlist in jan and get shipped over there i can send you some videos, youll get to see my old ass gettin shot at.

Funny thing, I just got off the phone with an Army recruiter. I'm thinking about going back in.

[Noble713]

"Ohhhh, this...this is good. You guys always bring me the very best violence."
-Mr. Universe, Serenity

Awesome vids!