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On the ground with SF

John,

All the best, man. Stay warm and safe. Thanks again for your service. Please pass the greeting on to the rest of your unit as well.

Mark
 
BISECT. ROUGH LEVEL. LEVEL ELEVATION. LEVEL CROSSLEVEL. TRAVERSE HALFWAY/MINOR ADJUST. ENEMY NUNS IN THE OPEN! 100 ROUNDS H.E.

I feel your pain, homie. I was 0341 Mortarman during my stint in the Marines. :D Good luck, bro!
 
John, thanks for the pics and especially your service. :) Always nice to hear from you. Those are some cool pics!! God Bless!!!

Heber
 
First firefight tonight. Had to use my Native to get into the rounds- I dreaded cutting through the wax on the old 60 'lum rounds, but it had to be done.

I'm fine, no friendly casualties. 11 rounds 120 'lum, 2 rounds HE, 6 rounds 60mm HE, 4 rounds, 'lum. Gonna see if I can get back to sleep...
 
"We got a break in the wire!" Green was shouting at me.

"What?" I managed, opening my eyes. He yelled it again.

"Get your **** on, and get in the tower!"

I didn't get in the tower. Another 11C was telling me a few seconds later to get in the pit. There was a lot of running. Frantic fumbling with cold- and heavy- ammo. Soon 120mm 'lum rounds were blasting out, then there was a call for HE.

About that time the MK 19 opened up. Thudding away, firing over our heads. We could hear the whump! of the rounds landing a second after each shot. Some SF killer was whooping away as he fired.

We got the 60 into action, as well, firing first HE, then 'lum.

Turns out there were "only" 2 or 3 of them, initially attacking with a PKM and some form of rocket. Gonna be lots of dunnage- empty "tootsie rolls", "cheese charges", and empty crates- to clean up this morning. We have a general coming in. :rolleyes:
 
Glad you are OK.

I was hoping you wouldn't have to ply your trade, but glad you know what you are about.

Prayers still coming.

Take care,

Tom
 
Glad you are safe, Sir. Thank you for both sharing with us what you are doing, and for doing it in the first place.

If I had any right to, I'd salute, but I don't. So how about if you're ever in Mass, look me up and I'll buy you a round of your choice.
 
Burning increments is da greatest! Keep raining steel on those bastids!:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
 
Prayers coming John. Stay safe.
 
Thanks, guys. Shot a few rounds at the range today...probably post a couple pics tomorrow.

J
 
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