Thanks for the vid ELP! Many lessons here...
Yes. There are many lessons that could have been applied to Afghanistan in this vid.
* Notice the talk of Civic Action Programs? We half assed it in Afghanistan. While engaging (or attempting to) in CAP with our conventional forces, we went hog wild crazy with raids and drone strikes. Can you say conflicting strategy?
* We talk about IEDs as a new weapon. Really its just a different type of the same dangers that we've been facing forever in a day. Today's Marines say IED, Vietnam Vets say punji sticks, betty bombs, landmines and other booby traps.
* Jungle fighting will seal the deal on the M27 (you say IAR, I say modern day Browning Automatic Rifle). When you're in the bush and need to lay down suppressive fire so you can break contact, the paltry amount of fire from the M27 will cry out for a return to the SAW.
I look forward to reading the history of this current conflict as the Marine Corps Historical Branch assembles it.
Yes. There are many lessons that could have been applied to Afghanistan in this vid.
* Notice the talk of Civic Action Programs? We half assed it in Afghanistan. While engaging (or attempting to) in CAP with our conventional forces, we went hog wild crazy with raids and drone strikes. Can you say conflicting strategy?
* We talk about IEDs as a new weapon. Really its just a different type of the same dangers that we've been facing forever in a day. Today's Marines say IED, Vietnam Vets say punji sticks, betty bombs, landmines and other booby traps.
* Jungle fighting will seal the deal on the M27 (you say IAR, I say modern day Browning Automatic Rifle). When you're in the bush and need to lay down suppressive fire so you can break contact, the paltry amount of fire from the M27 will cry out for a return to the SAW.
I look forward to reading the history of this current conflict as the Marine Corps Historical Branch assembles it.
Screw the m27 and the Saw and lets get everyone using scar17's and MK-48
ReplyDeletei could get behind that. definitely!
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