Combat footage

[Logsdon]

This guy is freaking amazing, he uploads daily real combat footage taken from helm cams

Edited April 15, 2012 by Logsdon 1st MRB

[Coogan 1st MRB]

thats awsome! thats some intense shit

[Logsdon]

thats awsome! thats some intense shit

uploads daily.

[evo-lution ßÄЯ]

kinda scary

[Percy]

^ Agreed

[Captain Giraffe BAR]

This is terrifying.

[Zorbanos 1st MRB]

fuckin' gnarly. my dream is to do this shit for a living one day

[S. Richards]

Police call my brass!

fuckin' gnarly. my dream is to do this shit for a living one day

To get shot at from unknown vantage points from non-uniformed combatants whilst in their shithole country with little to any downtime or good food/showers/sleep, and lets not forget some of your closest friends might not make it back. Might want to sort your priorties and knowledge about active combat/combat support units out, because it's not all "shoot bad guys, days over lets grab a beer."

[Bickford]

reminds me of the fun days in my life. god i miss them sometimes, and im being serious

[Captain Giraffe BAR]

The differing reactions are interesting. I still think it's fucking terrifying.

[Captain Giraffe BAR]

No worries broski, I'm sure if I was actually in the situation I'd be like "Fuck .. I'm actually being shot at o_o;;"

But I'd still have to keep a cool head and lay down some suppressing fire

It seems so weird to me now that at one point I was seriously thinking about doing ROTC, like I started researching ranger school and talking to a friend at West Point about what it's like. But then I became friends with a vet in one of my Russian classes who had been a forward observer in Iraq, and talking to him made me realize joining the military just because I didn't know what else to do wasn't really a great life choice and that I had other options. It also made me appreciate even more the work service members put in and I'll never be able to fully express my respect or gratitude.

[Logsdon]

To get shot at from unknown vantage points from non-uniformed combatants whilst in their shithole country with little to any downtime or good food/showers/sleep, and lets not forget some of your closest friends might not make it back. Might want to sort your priorties and knowledge about active combat/combat support units out, because it's not all "shoot bad guys, days over lets grab a beer."

True, but it's the life of a grunt, and somebody has to do it. Gives you a new perspective on life

[Bickford]

when you get in a fire fight, you dont think of what your doing, the training takes over and before you realize it your just doing things on your own because of the training. getting shot at isnt bad or that terrifying. getting blown up IS terrifying. When i was in my first firefight, yes i was scared, but all the ones after that i wasnt, every IED the blew up on me was terrifying.

[S. Richards]

True, but it's the life of a grunt, and somebody has to do it. Gives you a new perspective on life

I only say it because many young guys that are prospective on enlisting have diluted/grandiose visions of the Marine Corps diverged from testosterone/bravado that they will be over there shooting bad guys and when their back stateside they'll go on "cool" training ops, and none of it will have any repercussions. If you were to say, I wanna join just to experience the military or I wanna join because I don't know what else to do after high school, I can respect that, but to say I wanna join to kill people and go to battle, without prior knowledge of the burdens of executing said actions, is just born of pure ignorance. Ask my buddy how awesome it felt to watch an 8 year old have his intestines ripped out and sent fifty feet down the street from a 20 mike mike out of an A-10 during a CAS mission, or how fun it was to watch him crawl along the ground crying for his mother before he died. If thats a true reason, you need to be hospitalized and diagnosed as an aggressive sociopath.

Believe me, I'm not saying don't join at all, I'm all for it and it was the best time of my life, but some enlistments come with a heavy price.

And any Marine that says otherwise is either a lying baby back bitch or a recruiter and I'll be quick to dishone them as a fellow brother of mine.

[Bickford]

I only say it because many young guys that are prospective on enlisting have diluted/grandiose visions of the Marine Corps diverged from testosterone/bravado that they will be over there shooting bad guys and when their back stateside they'll go on "cool" training ops, and none of it will have any repercussions. If you were to say, I wanna join just to experience the military or I wanna join because I don't know what else to do after high school, I can respect that, but to say I wanna join to kill people and go to battle, without prior knowledge of the burdens of executing said actions, is just born of pure ignorance. Ask my buddy how awesome it felt to watch an 8 year old have his intestines ripped out and sent fifty feet down the street from a 20 mike mike out of an A-10 during a CAS mission, or how fun it was to watch him crawl along the ground crying for his mother before he died. If thats a true reason, you need to be hospitalized and diagnosed as an aggressive sociopath.

Believe me, I'm not saying don't join at all, I'm all for it and it was the best time of my life, but some enlistments come with a heavy price.

And any Marine that says otherwise is either a lying baby back bitch or a recruiter and I'll be quick to dishone them as a fellow brother of mine.

i completly agree, i have lived, fought, and watched my buddys die in my arms, and weighs heavy over my head everyday that goes by, ive gotten better and over most of it, but when i drink thats when its the heavest.

[Logsdon]

I only say it because many young guys that are prospective on enlisting have diluted/grandiose visions of the Marine Corps diverged from testosterone/bravado that they will be over there shooting bad guys and when their back stateside they'll go on "cool" training ops, and none of it will have any repercussions. If you were to say, I wanna join just to experience the military or I wanna join because I don't know what else to do after high school, I can respect that, but to say I wanna join to kill people and go to battle, without prior knowledge of the burdens of executing said actions, is just born of pure ignorance. Ask my buddy how awesome it felt to watch an 8 year old have his intestines ripped out and sent fifty feet down the street from a 20 mike mike out of an A-10 during a CAS mission, or how fun it was to watch him crawl along the ground crying for his mother before he died. If thats a true reason, you need to be hospitalized and diagnosed as an aggressive sociopath.

Believe me, I'm not saying don't join at all, I'm all for it and it was the best time of my life, but some enlistments come with a heavy price.

And any Marine that says otherwise is either a lying baby back bitch or a recruiter and I'll be quick to dishone them as a fellow brother of mine.

I didn't mean any disrespect, and I never thought for a second that going to battle would be fun, in fact, I'm terrified by it. But it's a high calling and I can't wait for the SDI in my face at Parris Island, even though I'll probably hate it then. I need the discipline and I want to serve my country. I'll be fine with whatever position I'm in. Infantry, Recon, Public Relations, whatever. Whatever gets me in a Marine Corps uniform.