{"id":5580,"date":"2008-11-25T08:43:15","date_gmt":"2008-11-25T13:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=5580"},"modified":"2008-11-25T08:43:15","modified_gmt":"2008-11-25T13:43:15","slug":"youd-think-theyd-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=5580","title":{"rendered":"You’d think they’d learn"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got this story from our buddy Confederate Yankee<\/a>, by way of Ace of Spades<\/a> about 250 Taliban who ambushed a superior force of 30 Marines;<\/p>\n

During the battle, the designated marksman single handedly thwarted a company-sized enemy RPG and machinegun ambush by reportedly killing 20 enemy fighters with his devastatingly accurate precision fire. He selflessly exposed himself time and again to intense enemy fire during a critical point in the eight-hour battle for Shewan in order to kill any enemy combatants who attempted to engage or maneuver on the Marines in the kill zone. What made his actions even more impressive was the fact that he didn\u2019t miss any shots, despite the enemies\u2019 rounds impacting within a foot of his fighting position.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was in my own little world,\u201d the young corporal said. \u201cI wasn\u2019t even aware of a lot of the rounds impacting near my position, because I was concentrating so hard on making sure my rounds were on target.\u201d<\/p>\n

After calling for close-air support, the small group of Marines pushed forward and broke the enemies\u2019 spirit as many of them dropped their weapons and fled the battlefield. At the end of the battle, the Marines had reduced an enemy stronghold, killed more than 50 insurgents and wounded several more.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t realize how many bad guys there were until we had broken through the enemies\u2019 lines and forced them to retreat. It was roughly 250 insurgents against 30 of us,\u201d the corporal said. \u201cIt was a good day for the Marine Corps. We killed a lot of bad guys, and none of our guys were seriously injured.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can read the whole story of the eight-hour gun battle at Military.com<\/a>. Discipline and accurate fire beats heavily armed rabble every time. That’s why the rabble has been on the run since 2000, despite what the media tells us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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