9:20 and thats my cheery mood gone

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8509839.stm

thats terrifying. was also a bit disappointed, was hoping his wife would've been hotter

 

this quote from the sun should cheer u up. its almost like operation get behind the darkies

 

except the darkies are behind the white men

 

eh? did u not get it? they sent the afghans into a town filled with booby traps

 

they seem to be taking the fun out of the whole thing. last summer it was all artillery, airstrikes, catching them unawares etc, now they seem to actually want to end the war and bring the country back together. that isnt what i fought for.

 

i read it as the grenadiers were infront. makes more sense the other way round though.

 

its all about having an "afghan face" to operations.

 

good use of buzz words LR

 

the SAS wer in action last night. took out 50 Taliban commanders before this big offensive. oooo thats gotta hurt

 

you can tell i got the hearts and minds brief

basically every isaf operation has to have an afghan element, even doing air assault every one of our platoons had 2 random afghan army guys with us who basically did **** all, got in the way and generally monged about with the interpreter (i did have a minor scrap with 2 of them whilst trying to stand up in a chinook going into that panthers claw thing, apologised later, was a bit worried they'd shoot me ). it looks like this one is primarily afghan led but that might just be how its being spun to the media. there's be plenty of instances where they've carried out operations (done **** all) and isaf have "supported" (done the op)

 

didnt know u wer in the army. kill anyone?

 

he didnt have the baws to shoot a farmer

 

He didn't fire his gun once

 

i'm not. i was in the ta and got called up last year and sent out with the black watch, got back sept

quietly confident i missed everyone! had a shotgun for a lot of the tour so got shot at a lot of times and couldnt really do anything other than wave back. felt like a spare prick at a wedding!

 

a shotgun? ffs its not doom. thot u wud have the standard army rifle nah?

 

This type of operation is called " Shock and awe - **** it"

 

LR - was a pump action or a sawn off?

 

"a frickin 12 guage what do ye think!?"

guess the movie

 

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had a rifle for the first couple of months then our platoon signaller got injured and i took over his job. there's only 1 shotgun in the platoon (for blowing hinges on doors, its also good when you're in hash/wheat fields) so it goes to the signaller as he's always with the platoon commander with the lead section (1/3 of the platoon), had a pistol as well but left it under my bed when we went out as the mags were ****ed so it was just useless weight to lug about

hated the shotgun, jammed all the time, **** all range and when fired at might illuminates everything within 3m of you. it does look pretty cool though

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