Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

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05-19-2008, 17:07
PanzerJaeger

Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

Not sure where this should go, but I thought it was worth posting..

https://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y1...08_soldier.jpg

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https://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y1...8_soldier3.jpg

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https://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y1...8_soldier5.jpg

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Reuters via Fox
05-19-2008, 17:17
drone

Re: Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

Where is his helmet? The one guy behind him is wearing his, although the third guy is also missing headgear.
05-19-2008, 17:27
Adrian II

Re: Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

Is that a Quran behind that bush?
05-19-2008, 18:30
Spino

Re: Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

~:shock:

Geez Louise, that grunt just used up a few of his nine lives!

Dead Marines tell no tales... get that kevlar on!
05-19-2008, 19:04
Ice

Re: Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

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Originally Posted by Spino

~:shock:

Geez Louise, that grunt just used up a few of his nine lives!

Dead Marines tell no tales... get that kevlar on!

Yeah, where's his vest/helmet?
05-19-2008, 19:46
Vladimir

Re: Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

And where's the puppy?

:hide:
05-19-2008, 21:48
Husar

Re: Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

Nice body!
05-19-2008, 21:53
Samurai Waki

Re: Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

Reminds me of my grandpa's friend who had his Helmet Shot Clean Off his head by a Sniper Bullet at Monte Cassino. Didn't Harm him in the least, and he never took his helmet off, aside from a once a week shower, through the rest of the war.
05-20-2008, 00:51
Devastatin Dave

Re: Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

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Originally Posted by drone

Where is his helmet?

The camera man borrowed it!!!:laugh4:
05-20-2008, 01:00
CrossLOPER

Re: Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

The soldier in the background is like "oh wow looks like you almost died". :sweatdrop:
05-20-2008, 01:34
Papewaio

Re: Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

Wait till his mum sees the photos... then he will feel closer to death.
05-20-2008, 03:12
Somebody Else

Re: Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

No vest, no lid, no beltkit. Who does he think he is, Rambo?

SE
05-20-2008, 03:28
KarlXII

Re: Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

I think we're giving this soldier to much critizism. He may have been asleep, and his unit was ambushed, so the first thing he did was fire.
05-20-2008, 03:33
naut

Re: Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

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Originally Posted by SwedishFish

I think we're giving this soldier to much critizism. He may have been asleep, and his unit was ambushed, so the first thing he did was fire.

Even if that was the case, his mate behind him still had time to kit up.
05-20-2008, 03:43
Evil_Maniac From Mars

Re: Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

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Originally Posted by Rythmic

Even if that was the case, his mate behind him still had time to kit up.

Maybe he was awake and on watch or something - or paranoid. :book:
05-20-2008, 03:47
drone

Re: Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

I did notice that, it doesn't look like he even has spare ammo, maybe it's in that green thing next to him. Seems a little stupid not to have the helmet on though, especially since that's the most exposed part of his body when in that trench/gully.
05-20-2008, 10:18
JR-

Re: Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

awesome pics, lucky guy.
05-20-2008, 10:23
HoreTore

Re: Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

Quote:

Originally Posted by drone

I did notice that, it doesn't look like he even has spare ammo, maybe it's in that green thing next to him. Seems a little stupid not to have the helmet on though, especially since that's the most exposed part of his body when in that trench/gully.

Looks more like training IMO...
05-20-2008, 10:58
Husar

Re: Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rythmic

Even if that was the case, his mate behind him still had time to kit up.

Uhm, he seems to be wearing a T-Shirt and no helmet as well.

Remember kids, armored troops tire faster in the desert, that's why you send unarmored troops. :idea2:
05-20-2008, 11:12
HoreTore

Re: Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

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Originally Posted by Husar

Remember kids, armored troops tire faster in the desert, that's why you send unarmored troops. :idea2:

Yes, but once you make an armourer you can't take away their armour. You'd have to build it in another province to do that.
05-20-2008, 11:45
Sigurd

Re: Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

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Originally Posted by Husar

Uhm, he seems to be wearing a T-Shirt and no helmet as well.

Look again Hausar :beam:... Right behind the guy's right shoulder is a marine with a helmet.
He was lucky none of those shots hit his head. I bet there were more than one hitting that wall.
05-20-2008, 12:08
CrossLOPER

Re: Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

Husar is right, there are two other guys in the background. One is on the rock looking down on the fallen marine while the other one (unarmored) ducks for cover.
05-20-2008, 12:23
LittleGrizzly

Re: Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

what was going through his mind....? 'I am beowulf and i am here to kill your monster!'
05-20-2008, 13:02
Adrian II

Re: Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

I may have been an emergency in some compound, you know. Afghan guerilla's usually do hit and run attacks. This may have been one of them. There is no time for every soldier to get all his gear in such situations. For all we know the guy may have been lining up for the showers one minute before this happened.
05-20-2008, 13:49
Fragony

Re: Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

More importantly, what kind of gun is that? Looks pretty damn bad
05-20-2008, 13:52
naut

Re: Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

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Originally Posted by Fragony

More importantly, what kind of gun is that? Looks pretty damn bad

M4 Carbine, with a red dot laser sight.
05-20-2008, 14:04
Vladimir

Re: Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

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Originally Posted by Rythmic

M4 Carbine, with a red dot laser sight.

No it's a full M-16 with a rail mounting system, (Surefire?) light, and most likely a reflex or red dot scope. No lasers during the day.
05-20-2008, 14:09
Fragony

Re: Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

Thought it was a bit long for an M-4 :yes:
05-20-2008, 14:41
KukriKhan

Re: Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adrian II

I may have been an emergency in some compound, you know. Afghan guerilla's usually do hit and run attacks. This may have been one of them. There is no time for every soldier to get all his gear in such situations. For all we know the guy may have been lining up for the showers one minute before this happened.

That seems the most likely scenario - hit & run. Searching the Rueters photo files got me this page showing PanzerJaeger's series, as well as others; most showing fully uniformed Marines on the day of the incident, but also a few pix of squad-sized groups in tee-shirts, possibly doing PT or some other fatigue duty (sweat marks on the shirts), with their weapons nearby, but not in-hand.
05-20-2008, 16:29
Husar

Re: Marine Cheats Death in Afghanistan

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Originally Posted by Sigurd Fafnesbane

Hausar

That has to be on purpose but this is the wrong thread Sigurd, nice try but I won't cancel our friendship yet...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sigurd Fafnesbane

Right behind the guy's right shoulder is a marine with a helmet.

Oh yes, actually missed that one and only saw the other guy in the background.

HoreTore, the US have many provinces and some of them are quite backwards I heard.

And you know, even if he wore a helmet, a hit in his face would still have killed him, in the end he's playing with his own life anyway so I guess we should leave such decisions to him, maybe this was actually the safer thing to do depending on the situation.

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