Vid - Taking Four To The Chest

[doc540]

I wasn't there, so I'm not going to criticize walking slowing into rapid, in-coming fire.

Taliban was shooting slow, controlled fire and dinged him four times.

Glad he wasn't hurt badly.

http://youtu.be/rLHU-_OhT8g

[knkali]

glad he is OK. However, I was always taught in my training that when I do I reload (if there is time --which there was in the vid) is to verify one is in the chamber by removing the fresh mag and checking to see what side the top round is on in the mag. Just slapping the bolt release and assuming the rifle is ready is a no no. I do it as habit now. Of course during a fire fight this is impossible. I am not in any way trying to one up our guy. He is a great warrior and I am in no way trying to be disrespectful to our giuys banging away over there.

[doc540]

" I got a hit a total of 4 times. My helmet cam died and i made it down the mountain on my own. I was also hit in the side of my helmet and my eye pro was shot off of my face. We were doing overwatch on the village to recon and gather intel. I was point heading down the face of the hill with the LT. when we got hit. the rest of the squad was pinned down by machine gun fire. I didn't start the video until a few mins into the firefight for obvious reasons. I came out into the open to draw fire so my squad could get to safety."

"A round struck the tube by my hand of the 203 grenade launcher which knocked it out of my hands. When I picked the rifle back up it was still functional but the grenade launcher tube had a nice sized 7.62 cal bullet hole in it and was rendered useless. "

[knkali]

thank you for the narrative. When I played it, I had no audio for some reason. I will be quiet because I dont know sheet. Glad there are men like this out there for us.

Did you read the comments under the video window? Bad stuff.

[Tinman507]

My God! Where do we find these young people?
I cannot imagine walking, and scrambling calmly under fire like that hero did.
Every damned person in this country should drop to their knees and thank the Almighty for people like this.

Thank you young Troop for your courage and dedication.

[knkali]

amen

[AJBert]

I'm going to bite my tounge for the most part and just say that there are a couple of things that make me wonder if this wasn't filmed somewhere in CA.

[knkali]

I'm going to bite my tounge for the most part and just say that there are a couple of things that make me wonder if this wasn't filmed somewhere in CA.

you want to say it so pm me if you want to reveal why that is.

[AJBert]

you want to say it so pm me if you want to reveal why that is.

Like I said, biting my tounge. I'm fairly certain others that have been over there can see what I'm talking about.

Not saying this is a fraud by any means, but I'm not sold. If it is fake some person will come out with it. All I have are suspistions at the moment as this is the first time I've seen it.

[steveschu]

I think he is not a hero, nor brave....'dumb ***' comes to mind.

[CJB]

The United States Miliary has had countless stupid sons of ******* do things that they ought not do. Some, that survive, are called heros. Even more, that die, are called heros. But, most of them are just called casualties, losses, statistics and notifications.
cjb

You can't run an army without profanity, and it has to be eloquent profanity. An army without profanity couldn't fight its way out of a piss-soaked paper bag.
gsp,jr

I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor, dumb bastard die for his country.
gsp,jr