just saw the Hurt Locker...

[Prussian to the Iron]

Fresh blood can obstruct the action of an M-16 or an M-4 because they are, quite frankly, pieces of crap, and the more things you have installed on the rail system the more likely a jam altogether.

The reason no one was ever around while they were disarming the bomb is because it is trained army doctrine that once a potential bomb is discovered that everyone but EOD move several hundred meters away and establish some sort of circular perimeter until EOD arrives. I think the minimum is 300, but 600-1000 is preferred. If an officer or NCO does not move his men far enough away and they get hurt in a blast he can be brought up on charges and/or lose command. The only exception to this rule is in the event of the spotting party being a convoy, in which case they GTFO and call it up.

This "move far away" thing is something that is taught to basic tranees who join the US Army and taught again at OCS, BNOC, and any MOS/Branch school that has the potential to see combat.

the blood was in a Barret .50 Cal mag. oh, and it went from somehere on his upper body, with his mags in pouches on his flak jacket towards the ground, to said mags, inside of them, and, somehow, through each bullet. and apparently water/spit and fingers clean it off. whatever, just doesn't make sense either way.


yes, but in several sequences there is no friendly forces creating a perimeter, and the EOD team itself is forced to clear a bomb factory. they would send infantry to do it, than EOD. and my dad, a captain in the Marines, who's been to Iraq/middle-east town 5 times, knows quite a bit about this stuff. i think he knows what he's talking about. none of us can even truly understand or gauge anything about any of that stuff like someone whos been there.

P.S: He actually did inform me of the entire convoy/troops moving to a distance like that in a rough circle as a perimiter.

P.S.S: he's going to OCS in virginia, where we are moving in may, so he's gonna be one of the guys there. he'll have some trouble keeping up with the young guys

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Out of interest Prussian Iron, did you see District 9? If so what did you think?

yes. it was a great movie, one of the best I'd seen in 2009. not much of a movie year admittedly though. nothing like '08 or '05-'06.