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08-06-08, 07:57 PM
Thread: Scout/Sniper Platoon
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.50 close quaters
I am thinking of the recoil . Interesting theory but lordy the recoil !!
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06-22-08, 10:54 PM
Thread: Marine Reconnaissance
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I am a history nut myself and it is interesting...
I am a history nut myself and it is interesting to have another door opened . Thanks for sharing that knowledge.
SF,
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06-22-08, 06:45 PM
Thread: Marine Reconnaissance
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Finger , I used to think I was well read...
Finger ,
I used to think I was well read .... Very good .
The base library at Lejuene always was excellent but I had missed Herodotus '
Histories .
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06-22-08, 05:37 PM
Thread: Marine Reconnaissance
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Finger, I looked Numbers up in my...
Finger,
I looked Numbers up in my wife's bible .Looks to me like the first recorded .( Before Troy ?) -
06-22-08, 01:19 PM
Thread: Marine Reconnaissance
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books
Looks good Finger thanks .
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06-21-08, 11:00 PM
Thread: Marine Reconnaissance
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Sarge, 1906 good lord !! You have obviously...
Sarge,
1906 good lord !! You have obviously been doing research on this .
The Boxer Rebellion must have have provided some impetus for that kind of creative thought . Fascinating .
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06-21-08, 04:37 PM
Thread: Marine Reconnaissance
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Marine recon
Sarge,
Interesting reading on evolution of recon. I was reading General Twining'
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05-17-08, 10:35 PM
Thread: Apricots, Heaven or Hell?
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And I thought grunts were superstitious !
And I thought grunts were superstitious !
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04-03-08, 01:16 PM
Thread: Wild Life in the Beginning?
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rats
Always present in fixed positions . When we were nomads choppering or humping into the bush I don't remember them at all. Not even the base camps at Chu Lai or Phu bai .I remember our platoon taking...
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04-03-08, 10:13 AM
Thread: Wild Life in the Beginning?
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criiters
Had forgot about the wild pigs . They did eat bodies ...noisely .
Snakes . We saw them but maybe because we lived out there too and were used to them I don't remember anyone getting bit . We... -
03-15-08, 01:29 PM
Thread: Wild Life in the Beginning?
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early animals
In the Chu Lai area in 1966 we ( 2/5 ) saw a fair amount . Interesting little combat with a mongoose dashing around brush and finally bagging a cobra .A deer tripping a trip wire and being startled...
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03-07-08, 03:34 PM
Thread: Scout/Sniper Platoon
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Riven37 I agree. From the considerable...
Riven37
I agree. From the considerable material you have gathered the M-110 seems one fine weapon. From what I have gathered in fragmentary stories that the insurgents are using the Dragunov... -
03-06-08, 10:30 AM
Thread: Scout/Sniper Platoon
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M 110 Sniper Rifle
Thats it . Good research Riven37 !
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03-06-08, 08:13 AM
Thread: Scout/Sniper Platoon
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M 110 Sniper Rifle
That is interesting . I looked it up . It is a .308 based on the AR 10 ? It will be interesting to see how the rifle proves out .
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03-06-08, 12:35 AM
Thread: Scout/Sniper Platoon
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shooter
Thanks Kirby for the recommend. I have read that one and you are correct , it is very good.
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02-17-08, 11:07 PM
Thread: Scout/Sniper Platoon
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House to House
Another book I have just came across .Author name of Bellavia I believe .
Snipers in urban fighting of Iraq .
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02-14-08, 06:16 PM
Thread: Scout/Sniper Platoon
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Ronin
I do believe I'll buy it and read it .Always curious how Scout/Sniper platoons deal with urban warfare.
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02-06-08, 01:12 PM
Thread: Scout/Sniper Platoon
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Scout/Sniper Platoon
There is a book out called Ronin about a Marine Scout /Sniper Platoon in Iraq. Anyone read it yet ?
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09-19-07, 12:51 AM
Thread: Any Marines familiar with Camp Lejeune
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Katazman , A long time ago (1967 ) used to...
Katazman ,
A long time ago (1967 ) used to hunt on Camp Lejuene . Excellent dove hunting particularly . Check with special services .
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08-05-07, 10:53 AM
Thread: Marine Scout Companies
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Marine Scout Companies
I was reading the forward to " Never Without Heros" Marine 3rd Recon Bn ,
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05-01-07, 09:33 AM
Thread: An Army colonel's gamble pays off in Iraq
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I once spent a year in Libya . I liked the Libyan...
I once spent a year in Libya . I liked the Libyan Arab people. Learned the language a scosh and drank beaucoup glasses of tea with that sprig of mint .
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05-01-07, 07:54 AM
Thread: An Army colonel's gamble pays off in Iraq
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Army Colonel's plan
An excellent plan from an innovative officer. But I sure do hope that units relieving his will adopt his ideas. " Reinforce success ."
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04-07-07, 12:50 PM
Thread: The XM8 Lives, Sort Of
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They are trying to coble the M-16 / M-4 . I would...
They are trying to coble the M-16 / M-4 . I would think the expense/ effort
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03-25-07, 03:35 PM
Thread: Field rations letting U.S. troops down
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MRE Field rations
Very interesting indeed ! Don't the field troops get Tobasco sauce anymore ?
It does not sound like there are any supplement rats going out with the MREs. Never tried to make Mulligan stew out...
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Ghost Of Iwo Jima
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