They weren't as bad as they could have been. I was with a good company.
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They weren't as bad as they could have been. I was with a good company.
I've seen both flyboys and squids, not to mention damn near every supply MOS there is get into combat.
I read an article about a year ago on how a British Submarine crew deployed to A'stan and patrolled!
Oh, I bet they loved that.
The Royal Navy has a list of volunteers for Afghan numbering in the thousands. Often a compay in a British batalion will consist of so many different cap badges that it'd make the film "The Wild Geese" blush. If I remember rightly, B company of 3 Para is a unit consisting of anyone with parachute training.
Hell, my company was supposed to be an 88M company (truckers). My platoon had about 1/2 88M, plus me, the lone 92F (fueler), 2 each 92A and 92Y (supply guys), 2 74D (NBC guys), 6 92G (cooks), 2 42A (desk jockeys), and one 11B (Infantry). All of us were drivers or gunners at various points on combat logistics patrols.
And then we have a 67R doing improved security detail. (Me).
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well the issue bug repelent would melt the plastic my SA80 had big thumprint on the pistol grip
other than the old sweats not being able to use the sling there where no complaints (87-91 QOHLDRS)Wow, fueling. I just remembered something that happened in my training. The first time we were refuelling our APCs as freshly started, n00b operators, our staff sergeant swore that if you spilled diesel over yourself you would never get the smell out of your uniform and our leather boots would practically melt.
Naturally there was a lot of uneasiness and arms-length awkwardness that day. Never cared to try it out.
Wow, fueling. I just remembered something that happened in my training. The first time we were refuelling our APCs as freshly started, n00b operators, our staff sergeant swore that if you spilled diesel over yourself you would never get the smell out of your uniform and our leather boots would practically melt.
Naturally there was a lot of uneasiness and arms-length awkwardness that day. Never cared to try it out.
He's pretty right about the smell. Not so much about the boots. And I would imagine that it was JP8, not diesel.
Were these Army or Marine APCs?
Hm, I have to say I'm not too sure about the fuel. It was a while ago. I suspect it would have ruined our boot polish, at the very least.
Actually, I'm not from the US. I'm from Singapore, and was in the Singapore army for national service. The APC in question was a Bionix, by the way.
Ah, well nevermind about the JP8. That's what the US military uses in almost every vehicle.
Yeah, it definitely would have corroded the polish off.
I have never fired the L1A1 either, but have fired a couple civilian semiauto FN FALs. Best handling of any military semi-auto in my opinion but it has its faults: Sights are lousy, Front Sling Swivel should not be on the barrel, Triggers are horrible, and mounting optics is difficult. I am not quite sure what you can do to improve the accuracy as can be done with the M14 / M1A series of guns.
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