Marines in Afghanistan proving once again America’s military is the finest in the world
From Michael Ledeen at The Corner:
In the city of Shewan, approximately 250 insurgents ambushed 30 Marines and paid a heavy price for it.
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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’t miss any shots, despite the enemies’ rounds impacting within a foot of his fighting position.
Read the whole thing at The Corner (above) or at Military.com. I’m a civilian but please allow me to say: Oo-rah, boys. Oo-rah!
Comment from The Bulletproof Monk
Time November 25, 2008 at 15:47
Kinda slams home that “one shot, one kill” slogan, doesn’t it?
Glad to see that we still have selfless heros on the front lines.