Marines During The Iraqi Freedom operation

[goldman]

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[NcDeuce]

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:D

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:D knuckleduster!

[Hugh Jorgan]

brass knuckles rule!

[memphiz]

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:D
awsome :lol:

[Ratamacue]

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rofl rofl rofl

[born_to_kill]

great pictures

god bless usa

[MVSpartan117]

Great pics!! I love the one with the sign and the brass knuckles!

[Aussie E]

Great photo's, thanks for posting them. It looked like the Marines carrying side arms were 1911. Does that mean the are Marine SF?

[Identity31690]

The pictures are linked to the 15th Marine Expedtionary Unit's website.

[memphiz]

are brassnuckles issued? id love to get a pair of them

[wholagun]

Three Questions:
1) I thought that the marines used marpat not the army cammo..???

2) Also is that Benz G wagon??

3) Also what kind of machine gun is the guy fireing? .50 Cal?

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[MVSpartan117]

Three Questions:
1) I thought that the marines used marpat not the army cammo..???

2) Also is that Benz G wagon??

3) Also what kind of machine gun is the guy fireing? .50 Cal?

1. They havent yet issued marpat to all marines

2. not sure, probably though

3. M2 Browning .50 cal.

[rob]

the marines to have a number of g wagons so yes.

[deutschersoldat]

why shouldnt i mess with texas?????-
Are there dangerous cows??

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[TriggerPuller]

Great photo's, thanks for posting them. It looked like the Marines carrying side arms were 1911. Does that mean the are Marine SF? No such thing. Looks like the ones with .45's and M-4's are FAST and all the rest are 15th MEU(SOC).

TP

[Ballistic]

Thanks so much, great pictures, some of these will serve as my new desktops !!! :D

Marines are so hardcore !!

Thx again. woot

[deutschersoldat]

?? are you gay with marines or what?? ^^

[HELEX]

Marine Corps uses the G Wagon, so it is very likely that this is one. They chose it because its transportable in CH-46 Sea Knight, CH-53 Sea Stallion, and in the future, the V-22 Osprey. The HMMVE is not.

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[Identity31690]

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Is that a secure way to attach an AN/PEQ to your weapon? Looks a little flimsy...

[Aussie E]

TriggerPuller
What is FAST? And isn't Force Recon considered SF? I know that MEU(SOC) stands for Marine Expaditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), wouldn't that mean you have special forces for special operation? I'm not trying to piss you off just trying to learn.
Gotta love the TLA's

[Aussie E]

The Ziptie is a reduntant securing method (RSM), the AN/PEQ mounts to the handguard by a clamp and picatinny rail.
Gottta love the TLA's

[Ballistic]

?? are you gay with marines or what?? ^^

This is the first I've been short with someone here.

You're a ****head.

No, Im not gay ( :roll: ) I was merely pointing out that I think Marines are some tough SOBs. Do you have a problem with that you bloody twit ?

[Ballistic]

TriggerPuller
What is FAST? And isn't Force Recon considered SF? I know that MEU(SOC) stands for Marine Expaditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), wouldn't that mean you have special forces for special operation? I'm not trying to piss you off just trying to learn.
Gotta love the TLA's

FAST stands for Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Teams. The only Special Forces in the United States are US Army Special Forces (such as 5th Special Forces Group, if Im not mistaken). Force Recon are Special Operations Forces (???). Please correct me if Im wrong TP or any of the others.

[deutschersoldat]

?? are you gay with marines or what?? ^^

This is the first I've been short with someone here.

You're a ****head.

No, Im not gay ( :roll: ) I was merely pointing out that I think Marines are some tough SOBs. Do you have a problem with that you bloody twit ?

you missunderstood me

to be gay with somebody doesnt mean that you are a homosexxueall

[Ballistic]

?? are you gay with marines or what?? ^^

This is the first I've been short with someone here.

You're a ****head.

No, Im not gay ( :roll: ) I was merely pointing out that I think Marines are some tough SOBs. Do you have a problem with that you bloody twit ?

you missunderstood me

to be gay with somebody doesnt mean that you are a homosexxueall

Well then what exactly do you mean then ?

[Wilco]

The only two ways I know "gay" is used is:

Homo******
Happy

The "happy" wouldn't sound right with that sentence:


?? are you happy with marines or what?? ^^

But "homo******" fits better:


?? are you homo****** with marines or what?? ^^

So I think the second type of "gay" is what you meant.

[usa320]

why shouldnt i mess with texas?????-
Are there dangerous cows??


They invented the gun battle...not to mention its home to the largest army base in the free world.

And that dude is a ****.

[Ballistic]

The only two ways I know "gay" is used is:

Homo******
Happy

The "happy" wouldn't sound right with that sentence:


?? are you happy with marines or what?? ^^

But "homo******" fits better:


?? are you homo****** with marines or what?? ^^

So I think the second type of "gay" is what you meant.

Thats what I was thinking........happy just doesn't fit..... :bash: <-soldat

[zenmaster]

The only Marines I've seen using the G-wagon are Force Recon. The Marines just added an 80-90 man element to SOCOM, but that was only last year. You don't mess with Texas (****ounced Tay-Haas :D ) because Texans tend to be very proud of their state. Plus it rhymes! :) Nice pic, though. I like the brass knuckles- wonder where he found them.

[FallenAngel]

why shouldnt i mess with texas?????-
Are there dangerous cows??


They invented the gun battle...not to mention its home to the largest army base in the free world.


I thought 29 Palms in California was the largest military base (structures and population) in the world?

That, or maybe Nellis AFB area-wise since it take up almost half of Nevada. ;)

[Vance]

why shouldnt i mess with texas?????-
Are there dangerous cows??

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Yes. p-)

[American Patriot]

Only steers and queers come from Texas, boy.

[TriggerPuller]

Force Recon is not SF or SoF. SF are "Green Berets" SoF is SEALs,CAG,SF,Rangers,160th SOAR and Air Force Special Operations(CCT) and the new Marine Det-1. SoF falls under SOCOM and JSOC.Force Recon does not so hence not considered SoF. It is more or less a matter of symantics really. We consider ALL Marines elite and no unit any more elite than another because we all work for the Fleet Command and we are all Marines.Before FR became a primary MOS you usually spent 18 months or if you were lucky a couple of years(there are excetions though) and then you go back to the Fleet(Infantry) where you will try and bring what you learned and your experiences to help your unit and the new kids who get all ga ga gew gew over you being a quote BTDT.
Hope this helps,you actually kinda have to be a Marine to follow!

TP

[Ballistic]

Thanks TP, knew mostly what was considered SF and SOF in the US but just wasnt sure about Force Recon. Thanks for heads up. :)

[xjym2002]

We consider ALL Marines elite and no unit any more elite than another because we all work for the Fleet Command and we are all Marines.


TP, which is more elite, Army Ranger or Marines? From Mark Bowden's book SF thought Rangers as novices, and regular Army like 10th Mtn. as civilians.

[Jack Mehoff]

hahahaha ALL Marines are elite hahahahaha. I wish I could spend 11 weeks for boot, 3 weeks for MCT and a few more weeks in 3043 Supply Administration and Operations Clerk, then proceed to call myself "elite".

[Ratamacue]

hahahaha ALL Marines are elite hahahahaha. I wish I could spend 11 weeks for boot, 3 weeks for MCT and a few more weeks in 3043 Supply Administration and Operations Clerk, then proceed to call myself "elite".

I'm not sure it's so much that all Marines are "elite" so much as every Marine is a Marine, and that's all that matters.

[TriggerPuller]

hahahaha ALL Marines are elite hahahahaha. I wish I could spend 11 weeks for boot, 3 weeks for MCT and a few more weeks in 3043 Supply Administration and Operations Clerk, then proceed to call myself "elite". The Marine Corps as a hole is considered an elite fighting force asswipe. Iam about sick of your smart mouth,care to put ANY of your weak ass skills up against mine?
And one more thing that Operations Clerk is a Rifleman first and foremost and Iam sure would out shoot your rifle range score at that high speed Fort relaxin Jackson you prolly went to!You are fuuckin pissing me off lately!!

TP!!!!!

[TALOS]

Great photo's, thanks for posting them. It looked like the Marines carrying side arms were 1911. Does that mean the are Marine SF? No such thing. Looks like the ones with .45's and M-4's are FAST and all the rest are 15th MEU(SOC).

TP
Hey trigger, I thought the Marines agreed to join socom and have SF instead of just soc troops?

[TriggerPuller]

We consider ALL Marines elite and no unit any more elite than another because we all work for the Fleet Command and we are all Marines.


TP, which is more elite, Army Ranger or Marines? From Mark Bowden's book SF thought Rangers as novices, and regular Army like 10th Mtn. as civilians. That is creative license fromn the author. Everybody has different missions. Rangers are awesome sodiers and i have nothing but respect for them. Some of my best friends an are Rangers and of course we are bias for our own service but that doesnt mean we dont have mutual respect for what eachother brings to the table. I can tell you that Ranger school is a lot harder kick in the nuts that Marine Infantry school.

Looking at my above statement from a previous post I must say that I mispoke! Marines as a whole are considered an elite fighting force because we are self contained with our own Infantry and Airforce which is the 7th largest air force in the world IIRC(no small feat since we are only 170,000 strong total).We dont look at anty other Marine as being more elite than another no matter what their MOS is beacuse we are Marines first and foremost and most importantly!

TP

[TriggerPuller]

Great photo's, thanks for posting them. It looked like the Marines carrying side arms were 1911. Does that mean the are Marine SF? No such thing. Looks like the ones with .45's and M-4's are FAST and all the rest are 15th MEU(SOC).

TP
Hey trigger, I thought the Marines agreed to join socom and have SF instead of just soc troops?ONLY the new Marine Det is part of SOCOM. The rest of the Corps including FR is not part of it.
You guys need to learn the difference between SF and SoF. Special Forces is it's own entity AKA Green Berets,but dont call an SF soldier a Green Beret! SoF's is all the units that fall under SOCOM as previously mentioned. Also dont get confused with the with the MEU(SOC) acronym they/we are Infantry Marines that do a "work up" for a specific mission and will learn some new set skills that you wont do while a regular grunt Infantry Marine(usually).It is hard to put this down in context in writing.

TP

[xjym2002]

That is creative license fromn the author. Everybody has different missions. Rangers are awesome sodiers and i have nothing but respect for them. Some of my best friends an are Rangers and of course we are bias for our own service but that doesnt mean we dont have mutual respect for what eachother brings to the table. I can tell you that Ranger school is a lot harder kick in the nuts that Marine Infantry school.
TP

Thanks TP.
Perhaps it's because Rangers are much younger than those Deltas and thus more likely to make mistake from veteran's point of view.

[TALOS]

Great photo's, thanks for posting them. It looked like the Marines carrying side arms were 1911. Does that mean the are Marine SF? No such thing. Looks like the ones with .45's and M-4's are FAST and all the rest are 15th MEU(SOC).

TP
Hey trigger, I thought the Marines agreed to join socom and have SF instead of just soc troops?ONLY the new Marine Det is part of SOCOM. The rest of the Corps including FR is not part of it.
You guys need to learn the difference between SF and SoF. Special Forces is it's own entity AKA Green Berets,but dont call an SF soldier a Green Beret! SoF's is all the units that fall under SOCOM as previously mentioned. Also dont get confused with the with the MEU(SOC) acronym they/we are Infantry Marines that do a "work up" for a specific mission and will learn some new set skills that you wont do while a regular grunt Infantry Marine(usually).It is hard to put this down in context in writing.

TP
Thx for clearing that up trigger, I wasnt sure of all that just what I had read. :oops:

[Jack Mehoff]

hahahaha ALL Marines are elite hahahahaha. I wish I could spend 11 weeks for boot, 3 weeks for MCT and a few more weeks in 3043 Supply Administration and Operations Clerk, then proceed to call myself "elite". The Marine Corps as a hole is considered an elite fighting force asswipe. Iam about sick of your smart mouth,care to put ANY of your weak ass skills up against mine?
And one more thing that Operations Clerk is a Rifleman first and foremost and Iam sure would out shoot your rifle range score at that high speed Fort relaxin Jackson you prolly went to!You are fuuckin pissing me off lately!!

TP!!!!!

uhhhh....tough guy :roll: I'd love to see if you're really as tough as your mouth or fingers. Give me a PM so we can make an "appointment". No, this is not a threat, it's an offer. Threaten people over the internet seems a little bit retarded.

By the way, I graduated from Fort Benning, smacktard.

[Stavka]

hahahaha ALL Marines are elite hahahahaha. I wish I could spend 11 weeks for boot, 3 weeks for MCT and a few more weeks in 3043 Supply Administration and Operations Clerk, then proceed to call myself "elite". The Marine Corps as a hole is considered an elite fighting force asswipe. Iam about sick of your smart mouth,care to put ANY of your weak ass skills up against mine?
And one more thing that Operations Clerk is a Rifleman first and foremost and Iam sure would out shoot your rifle range score at that high speed Fort relaxin Jackson you prolly went to!You are fuuckin pissing me off lately!!

TP!!!!!

The great thing about that rant about your skills is that you spelled "whole" wrong... ;)

And while were on the marines issue, define elite please.
As far as I know the Marine Corps (nothing but respect for the corps btw) is not considered an "elite fighting force". Seriously, regarding the manpower they waltz around with?

A fighting force of that size, larger than certain countries entire defence force, of course has its own office clerks, laundry-workers, dessert chefs and so on. Sure they are "riflemen first and foremost", but inevitably that skill as a rifleman will simmer away after making coffee through the entire Gulf War.

Now as far as I understand, feel free to correct me if Im wrong, the Marine Corps demands a generally higher standard physically and skill-wise from their personnel compared to the US Army general populace, but that is a completely subjective opinion/notion of mine.

Regards / Stavka

[TriggerPuller]

hahahaha ALL Marines are elite hahahahaha. I wish I could spend 11 weeks for boot, 3 weeks for MCT and a few more weeks in 3043 Supply Administration and Operations Clerk, then proceed to call myself "elite". The Marine Corps as a hole is considered an elite fighting force asswipe. Iam about sick of your smart mouth,care to put ANY of your weak ass skills up against mine?
And one more thing that Operations Clerk is a Rifleman first and foremost and Iam sure would out shoot your rifle range score at that high speed Fort relaxin Jackson you prolly went to!You are fuuckin pissing me off lately!!

TP!!!!!

uhhhh....tough guy :roll: I'd love to see if you're really as tough as your mouth or fingers. Give me a PM so we can make an "appointment". No, this is not a threat, it's an offer. Threaten people over the internet seems a little bit retarded.

By the way, I graduated from Fort Benning, smacktard. Dude you are a midget wannabe and add nothing but one liners and smart ass remarks. You show no insight to the military and are an attention whore with your look at me and my high flying tricks. I did retract my statement about how it was worded if you paid any attention which in essence I was wrong and Iam man enough to admit it. My combat record and record in the ring stands for itself you havent got anything on me son but thats cool just keep fooling yourself and soon enough you will believe you own crap.
If you know anything about Socnet and why or how ones gets to be there,voted in by your peers according to your combat and SoF background by former CAG,and SEALs and other FR Marines that I have served with in the past. So no wannabe warrior here my friend. Iam also the moderator in the H2H forum and not because I beat up on some little kid as yourself get it? I never threatened you,I dont have to,i just wanted to know if you wanted to put your Rifle,pistol and general knowledge of tactics up against mine,you are the paranoid one! I agree it is retared to make threats but sometimes it is the only way to get through to people around here.Iam on the edge with all this **** going on and I have had a few friends killed recently and iam waiting for the word to go myself.I take the Marine corps very very seriously and your remark(hahahah) was not well received by me. I will take you up on that offer if this is not settled between us here,you make the call? I would much rather spend my time fuucking with the liberal Euro's here than with somebody that is on our side!

Rock

[Jack Mehoff]

*yawn*

Drop me a PM so we can make an "appointment" Mr. Internet Tough Guy. I'm really curious to see if you are really as tough as your pie hole or fingers in this case.

p.s. I repeat, this is NOT a threat. I don't make threats over the internet because it's freaking retarded.