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God Bless Them, and May God Help Us Keep Building Them
A little Yazidi girl sits in the middle of a firefight, clutching the corpse of her mother. She’s right in the middle of a firefight. No way she’s going to make it. Vagaries of war right?
Not when there’s a Free Burma Ranger and two US SF guys on site.
FBR: I’m getting her.
US SF: We got your back. We’ll suppress.
So all three needlessly (except for, you know, saving the life of a strategically/operationally/tactically unimportant little girl) expose themselves to fire, and pull her out.
Note: I have no idea what the SF advisors’ Rules of Engagement are. But, based on experience, I’ll hazard a guess that the ROE stated something like “may accompany authorized partners up to the last covered and concealed position before the objective.”
Probably went something like this:
-Hey, ‘Ski.
-Yo, Smitty.
-I know we’re supposed to stay here, behind the berm, but do that tank up there right in the middle of the fight look like cover?
-It do.
-An’ if we’re behind it, are we concealed?
-We are.
-So, shall we move forward?
-We shall.
In related news, there was a green-on-blue attempted massacre at Shaheen. The turncoat Afghan commando fired a RPG round into an SF team’s hootch (I have no idea if it was a tent, a CHU, or a pre-existing building). The RPG seriously wounded seven troopers. One guy toward the back, that had his tactical belt on, but no plates, no helmet, slung his M4 and ran toward the threat out front of the hootch, with his M4 in the “low carry” position. When he got outside, he caught the second RPG round right on the “main” body of the M4. It didn’t, for whatever reason, explode, it ricocheted; it knocked him on his keester. He dropped his primary and transitioned to his secondary, a M9 Beretta 9mm pistol, and dropped the faithless, jihadi bastard. Probably saved the lives of every guy in the hootch.
This is my old unit. I got sources. I’ll keep you posted on whether this troop (deservedly) gets the MoH.
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Holy cow, but that’s intense. God bless all those who serve to protect others from horror.
Can I send it to my beloved dive team guys?
XOXOXOXOXOXOXO
You guys are my heroes. Every last one of ya’. Even the naughty ones.
I love these guys.
Thank you.
God bless them all.
No snowflakes here! Thank God for you guys!
These men keep the world revolving; all of us are forever in their debt.
“Those guys.” Thank goodness for those guys. I left the “you guys” crowd about a year and a half ago.
But, yes, God bless them.
Hey man, you’ve been there and earned it, too. Do you ever really leave? Physically yes, but your heart is still with ’em.
Every moment that it beats.
God bless them indeed. Incredible valor and love.
Thanks for the reminder for us to keep praying for them.
Please do keep us updated.
Wilco.
I saw that on Twitter the other day along with this comment from Andrew Klavan
Whoa, Boss! Totally righteous….God love you and your guys! Prayers and Panda Hugs! HooWah! and Rah!
Bien sur, por supuesto, y how could it hurt?
I knew there was some reason I liked that Klavan guy…
… whose last thought was “I shot him with an RPG…”
Thanks, Boss.
God bless you brave souls.
They are fighting so that others may live. These stories need to be told. Thanks Boss.
There is no greater glue than kindness. Humanity may succumb to it’s baser nature in the end but boy we do great things some days.
That takes guts, honor, and a love of humanity that I can’t even imagine–that is until I just watched your video. I’m still shivering @bossmongo
I’ve got a nephew over in Afghanistan right now – due back in September after finishing his 14th “visit” to that lovely country! God bless them all and bring them home safe!
14? I hope you can deliver some of our heartfelt appreciation for his service. God bless that man!
Oh yeah, that was intense. God bless those Rangers and may God help the poor people suffering from these evil marauders. There are people who wear white hats and there are people who wear black hats. Sometimes it’s that simple.
God be with him.
I’ll bet!!!
Thanks, BM, for linking to this. I missed it first time around.
Silver Star?
I haven’t heard anything, but I haven’t asked, either. I’ll find out.