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It's better then KAF, the pool was great ( when its open ) we would stop in there inbetween adventures and jump in and get it all dirty. Made alot of people angry, which was half the fun. Small Canex, but the kitchen rocked, waaay better then KAF, from the limited exposure we got of either...

These little moments are great, and there are many of them that go un-mentioned, thanks for sharing this one. If only TB Jack was there.

Are those more myth's? I like the wedge thingy, my weapon doesnt rattle as much ( no idea about it extending its life ) -grenades in general are not like hollywood, and I believe more PenDam's or demonstrations with them need to be done to show the troops just what the do/don't do ( having seen...

Thanks for the link Teddy,

Several medals have been nominated for folks on our Roto ( TF 106 ) but I have know idea how long the board that deliberates on them takes. They are of various types, and Im not sure what the highest one being looked at is. You bring up a valid point about 'too many medals' diminshing the...

The Brits are a tough bunch, but those "Rat Patrol' jeeps dont do them any favors. Glad they're on our side

+1 to Quag

Hitormiss, write what you can, when you can, for me these were the easy Tic's to talk about. There are several fights I started to write about and had to walk away from. ( for now ) Your experiences when you post them will help the next folks, and it will help you as well. Things you may have...

Nothing contained in the AAR's is Opsec, nor is any of the play by play commentary I've included to show human side to fighting, for the purpose of the forums I've intentionally left out any detailed mention of several things, that most people here with experience can read between the lines.

And dominate it by repeated 'pivot' turns  ;D, they wll be a great force multiplier, timmie thinks the Lav is a tank, wish I could hear what he calls the Leo

In no particular order, some other ramblings I haven't slotted anywhere, but some of your pm's have prompted more lucid thinking; 1- I mentioned ammo resupply earlier, our PL had various 'Ready' cans on the outside of the Lav's-- each section had 25 ish spare mags ( dont tell CQ) and had them...

I believe the most I ever heard him send was our grid- enemy grid and direction- what he wanted done to it and very minor adjustments ( new ammo is great ) several of us in our platoon are old mortar dogs and prior to our string of fights we helped him a bit, he also did some during phase he...

Thanks all, will do, again didnt post the lessons learned part. my copy paste clipboard is shyte. 1- Adhoc organization, I dont think there was a fight where we had the same organization twice, every chance contact is when you are not in a nice formation. So there wind up being folks not with...

Garmser; large town, completely empty of locals due to the Taliban taking over the District center. The fighting in and around this town was about 3-4 days, off and on and the TIC in this part is around noon on day 3. Again, none of this is OPSEC, but I'll leave out the names My section had...

That's good to hear, I agree that course should be mandatory if not for every CBT arm, atleast 1 per section, det we raised a big fuss about it over there, perhaps it finally trickled down the way it's supposed to, at any rate glad to hear it's back on

were you ( the RCR ) given more TCCC ? we had guys qualified 1-2 years ago, but noone recently, we're told no more courses, for various reasons that course is vital

I've almost got an AAR for a TIC in Garmser finished, but forgot to add the 'lessons learned' part of the sangin fight 1- grenades, use lots of grenades,  between the 4 of us we had 1 grenade left at the end of the fight 2- we generally carried 10 mags- rule of thumb for my guys was 6 mags to...

ditto,  great story

my bad, it's 60 not 65, IF I read that link correctly ( and thats always in question ) it appears they can draw a pension after their 25 yr contract- WHICH is not how it was explained in a plethora of briefings we attended ( sometime ago )- many of the folks giving the briefing admitted...

Im sure they're 'jingled' up nicely