Stuff you carried in combat

[Ndnsoldierboy]

Yeah, I hear you................R.O.E and the Geneva Convention are full of shyt sometimes.............what I hated was ROE changed almost every 4-5 days without notice, you did something, then your getting your azz chewed because it was by ROE......LOL!!!!....and you just did the same exact thing couple of days before......ah well......still made for many a good time.........

We couldn't go out unless our PLT LDR got the daily intel brief from S-2 and then he would tell us what they told him. R.O.E. and all kinds of B.S. that happened in other sectors in Iraq...not just Baghdad, where we patrolled all the time, but in Mosul, Ramadi, etc. It got old real quick listening too all that stuff.

[50cal]

we were out on patrol once, and did some raids.....LOL!!!....come to find out, ROE had changed and we were no longer allowed to do what we had been doing....LOL!!!!....out LT was good about stuff but half the time he was trying to keep us out of trouble....what with all the contraband the Sgt Major found on his walk thru one night....LOL!!!!......ah well.......still got a good buzz......tell you one thing.....worse time to drink is combat, with temps hovering about 120, no water and no food......really smart......LOL!!!

[Ndnsoldierboy]

we were out on patrol once, and did some raids.....LOL!!!....come to find out, ROE had changed and we were no longer allowed to do what we had been doing....LOL!!!!....out LT was good about stuff but half the time he was trying to keep us out of trouble....what with all the contraband the Sgt Major found on his walk thru one night....LOL!!!!......ah well.......still got a good buzz......tell you one thing.....worse time to drink is combat, with temps hovering about 120, no water and no food......really smart......LOL!!!

That wuz some funny s*** there...we didn't have the time to being doing any drinking...our command made sure of that.

[50cal]

believe me, there is always time......especially if the haji's are right by the road.....they can time when to throw the bottle, same time they see you throwing some coin or MRE's......LOL!!!.....one time our convoy get stopped by the Gunny because he just happened to be looking in the mirror when the haji threw the bottle....LOL!!!.....Cpl Bean got his azz chewed in front of the entire company!!....LMFAO!!!!!...........it was awhile before anyone tried it again....

[Ndnsoldierboy]

only offenses I heard in my brigade about was a soldiers trying to steal from another soldier, one dissing on the Chaplain, and a white soldier using racial slurs about blacks.

Now, in the base paper, it was different they had doods busted for drinking, drugs, refusing to go out the wire, there was a few of the assaults on females as well in the paper.

[injunboy]

never got buzzed during combat but we was gonna ride in the back of a five ton to 29 palms from mateo in pendleton. the plan was to get alittle loaded but that gin tricked us. yeah i just remember hangin on to the troop strap for dear life

[Ndnsoldierboy]

I had a few shots of Jinro Soju once in Korea in 1987, nothing in Iraq or Afghanistan. I did see alcohol in the homes were had to search there, but never took anything from them, or the expat's on base who were bootlegging on base...in the middle east. Hell, some of the foreign soldiers on our base got to drink alcohol...they were not in the UCMJ in the 'Stan...

[50cal]

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Now this is badazz..........wonder when the Marines will utilize this weapon????........NSB, you guys using this yet????

[50cal]

[Ndnsoldierboy]

I have not seen one yet...The units I work with would probably kill themselves with something like this... I work with National Guard and Army Reserve and it is painful sometimes. Getting flagged alone by their M-16's by these clowns is not fun...I get on their case about this alot.

If anyone is gonna get this weapon it will be some active duty unit, like from the 101st, 2nd ID, 3rd ID, 82nd, or 10th MTN.

[Ndnsoldierboy]

"here comes the boom!!!!....here comes the boom!!!!"..............LOL!!!......the new Milkor Mulitshot USA mark 14.......

This is what I want to carry into battle. Especially in Afghanistan.

[Ndnsoldierboy]

50cal...since you are going back to Afghanistan don't forget the snivel gear...

[Ndnsoldierboy]

Read in the USA Today about one of the units that we trained and they lost a soldier in Iraq the other day...it sucks reading that, but I always look for anyone I know that deployed to the 2-way range so to speak. I have seen peeps I know who are KIA.

[Historian]

You might be interested in a book titled:

"The Things They Carried", by Tim O'Brien, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA, 1990

While is is about the Vietnam War, you may still find it an interesting read.

[Ndnsoldierboy]

You might be interested in a book titled:

"The Things They Carried", by Tim O'Brien, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA, 1990

While is is about the Vietnam War, you may still find it an interesting read.

I read it...its a fiction book, but its pretty good book. I'm not too much of a military fiction reader...usually read true stories.


I have carried some flags in my ruck as well...got them stashed away in a footlocker now...