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Wow what an incredible article by a living legend, Capt. Dale Dye. I was just a lowly combat engineer in Iraq, didn’t go through anything even remotely close to what the Marines went through on Iwo Jima and can’t even imagine how hard the fighting was for the Leathernecks and Soldiers in the...

When I was in the sandbox. I got to witness a lot of really cool stuff- the effect of the ma deuce on the human body, a pair of Apaches turning an insurgent mortar team into mush, an F-A-18 dropping a JDAM on a small house and I got to fire my weapon and the .50 cal a few times. But the biggest...

I have pictures on my hard drive of Delta Force operators sitting on the skids of the MH-6, the modern version listed in the article, tearing ass up MSR Tampa south of Baghdad on their way to kill some unfortunate hajis. Can’t remember which mission we were on, but I thought those dudes looked...

Helluva story, thanks for sharing. I’d love to take a ride in the Blackhawk again someday if the opportunity presented itself, but the Huey is the legend, and for good reason.

I would give my left nut and half a titty to get my hands on an M14 EBR, but I doubt that’s gonna happen anytime soon. I joined the army, the first time, in December of 1992, so I grew up with the AR15/M16 and love shooting them. I own several. I was also a SAW gunner in Iraq in 04-05, and I’d...

In the summer of 2005 we were running missions from BIAP to Abu Ghraib prison, and on our way back to BIAP a fuel truck had overturned at a roundabout on the main road into BIAP. There were 20 foot walls on either side of the road, so there was no turning around and finding a new route. So here...

The other student kicked the bear and pulled on its ears to get it to stop attacking his friend, then the bear turned its rage on him. I’ve read of some pretty stupid people who go into the wilderness unarmed, but knowingly going into grizzly territory without a firearm is dangerously dumb, just...

That makes sense, thanks for the reply. Guess I’ll have to make do with some green tip and razor core. I remember reading reports from the sandbox about how effective the 855A1 was compared to green tip and wish I could find some.

I’m curious as to when the M855A1 round is going to be more widely available to the civilian market? It’s been in production for over a decade, but it’s still prohibitively expensive if and when it’s available. Anyone have some good information?