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September 29th, 2010, 11:00 AM
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#1 | | Old Salt
Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 1,027
| M14 in use in Afghanistan (video)
Just came across this video on LiveLeak, thought you guys would be interested. Can anyone fill me in on why they're just wearing shorts and no shirts, no helmets, body armor, etc.?
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September 29th, 2010, 08:44 PM
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#2 | | Old Salt
Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Texas
Posts: 1,521
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Good vid. to answer your question they were probably as close as one can get in patrol base ops to "off duty" and they received some incoming or some kind of contact that neccesitated their expedient movement to start lighting dudes up.
happened to us sometimes, no time to change, just get on the gun and rock and role. Smokin and jokin one minute, the next is "wham, wham!" or "crack crack crack" and its time to party reguardless of uniform lol. just put on your IBA and git on line!
you gotta quit posting stuff like that before i go active again, lol. 
Great link!
DS K.
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September 29th, 2010, 08:45 PM
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#3 | | 175grs Of Love
Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: PNW
Posts: 59
| Quote:
Originally Posted by drx  Just came across this video on LiveLeak, thought you guys would be interested. Can anyone fill me in on why they're just wearing shorts and no shirts, no helmets, body armor, etc.? | Can't speak to that specific situation ... but I have been in Body Armor and PT shorts a few times myself ...
Sleeping ... only in PT shorts ... not on mission ... its my turn to sleep ... SHTF and perimeter gets hit or something ... grab weapon - ammo - IBA - and head to the perimeter.
Looks like a small mountain top OP to me. Sounded like the guy on the radio was trying to get someone down range to pop smoke, probably an airstrike (explosion at the end)
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September 29th, 2010, 09:20 PM
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#4 | | Lifer
Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Oregon
Posts: 2,720
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Great video. God Bless those guys. Wish I could do the same with them.
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October 1st, 2010, 11:03 PM
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#5 | | Squad Leader
Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 231
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Wow. that brought back some memories.
Yeah to answer your question, pretty much what the other guys said. When you live out there at your OPs, you get woken up from your sleep by crap and you toss your IBA and ACH on and run outside and start shooting. ACUs don't have magical bulletproof capabilities lol so why take the time to put them on if you don't have to ?
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October 19th, 2010, 12:14 PM
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#6 | | Automatic Rifleman
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Ft Worth, Texas
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Their uniforms are still on the spin cycle? 
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October 19th, 2010, 12:43 PM
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#7 | | Designated Marksman
Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Montana
Posts: 600
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ANY American soldier, Naked, with a sharp stick is 10x tuffer than any "jihaad jacka$$"
Maybe they just didn't need anything but boxer shorts and ammo!!
I shoulda joined the Marines on 9-12-01
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October 20th, 2010, 04:37 AM
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#8 | | Designated Marksman
Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central Ohio
Posts: 621
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DRX, thanks, Pal, . . .
That brought back some memories.
Sometimes you forget what you tucked into the backside of your brain 45 years ago.
May God bless,
Dwight
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October 22nd, 2010, 04:33 PM
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#9 | | Old Salt
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Surprise, AZ
Posts: 1,528
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Originally Posted by Whatsinaname181 Good vid. to answer your question they were probably as close as one can get in patrol base ops to "off duty" and they received some incoming or some kind of contact that neccesitated their expedient movement to start lighting dudes up.
happened to us sometimes, no time to change, just get on the gun and rock and role. Smokin and jokin one minute, the next is "wham, wham!" or "crack crack crack" and its time to party reguardless of uniform lol. just put on your IBA and git on line!
you gotta quit posting stuff like that before i go active again, lol.
Great link!
DS K. | +1 I think the same
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October 22nd, 2010, 04:52 PM
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#10 | | Guardian Of The Unknown
Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Fort Rucker, AL
Posts: 70
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Great video.
Looks like joint ops! Looked like Marine PT shorts (underwear), and Army PTs. I know the marines love those shorts, I just gotta give you guys a hard time about it.
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October 22nd, 2010, 06:24 PM
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#11 | | Rifleman
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ca & Wa
Posts: 56
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good link
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October 23rd, 2010, 08:59 PM
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#12 | | Grunt
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Delaware
Posts: 96
| Quote:
Originally Posted by TombGrd522 Great video.
Looks like joint ops! Looked like Marine PT shorts (underwear), and Army PTs. I know the marines love those shorts, I just gotta give you guys a hard time about it. | if you like the "silkies" there is an entire facebook page concerning them
i know how you army types like to stand around staring at half-nekked Marines 
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November 21st, 2010, 11:43 PM
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#13 | | Fire Team Leader
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bethlehem CT
Posts: 214
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from the movie "Restreop" gonna be on national geographic on the 29... WATCH IT!!! i really hope to be doing this next year
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November 22nd, 2010, 09:04 AM
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#14 | | Lifer
Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Northern Ca
Posts: 2,488
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Good excerpts, dvr set for the 29th.
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November 22nd, 2010, 04:13 PM
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#15 | | SGT of Marines
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Trappe, Maryland
Posts: 332
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I saw a Marine Mustang Lt. earn a Silver Star dressed in boxer shorts and combat boots. The photo upper left is me in Nam in 66. When it's hot you wear what is cool. Uniform regs went out the window in Nam.
Semper Fi Marines!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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