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By The Armorer on May 12, 2004 | | Comments (5)

...though I would appreciate it if some of my Army readers were to provide a little balance here. I love all America's warriors, but I'm starting to feel like a USMC cheerleading squad here... so pony up!

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I've already posted about 1LT Brian Chontosh.

Allow me to add:

Lance Corporal Joseph Perez Lance Corporal Armand McCormick Lance Corporal Robert Kerman

...to the list of heroes.

Read about it here.

And, as Puddle Pirate notes, let us not forget SGT Marcos Martinez.

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By triticale on May 12, 2004 3:45 PM
Yes I consider .pdfs as a nuisance, but these were worth reading. Especially here at work with the paid-version reader and an OC-48 connection. Two things struck me about the citations. One is the absence of "entered the service from..." information which I understand used to be included. This would not only satisfy my curiosity, but encourage local coverage. The other is the extensive use of recovered AKs. Did these people receive any training in using them (something John and I have corresponded about) or were they just well enough trained as riflemen as to be more effective with an unfamiliar arm than the troops to which they had been issued?
 
By J.M. Heinrichs on May 12, 2004 9:00 PM
AKs are very easy to use: the change lever and the magazine release positions differ from the M16; the major item to learn is that the change lever rptates down from Safe to Automatic to Repetition. I think it highly probable that these Marines have had some training in the use of weapons on the opposing side; we do such in the Canadian Army prior to each deployment. That being said, I think that, under similar circumstances and not having had a prior introduction to the AK, I would be able to learn how to handle one very quickly. Cheers JMH
   
By John of Argghhh! on May 12, 2004 10:20 PM
What JMH said. Okay, Coastie.
 
By Puddle Pirate on May 12, 2004 11:06 PM
Thanks, John. I'm a Corps fan from waaaaaaaaaay back.
 
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