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If you haven't seen this...

By The Armorer on September 1, 2006 | | Comments (3)

...you should.

Follow Israeli Infantry in a night attack. It's long, but worth it.

Some of you vets will find your palms sweaty.

Note to the narrating journalist - they are. They are just as scared as you.

Note the chaos - the not knowing what, exactly is going on. That's how most soldiers see combat - and what we try to ameliorate with Blue Force Tracker, individual radios, ubiquitous night vision... but at the point of contact, yer always lonely.

[Update: Looks like the link may have exceeded the bandwidth, or someone asked that it be removed.

Mebbe if you check back later it will work. You can try a right click and save as - that worked for me - but could also be because I've played it before and the file is stored on my machine (though I did flush the cache to check)]

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By AFSister on September 1, 2006 2:30 PM
Mebbe it's just me, but that link doesn't seem to be working.
 
By John of Argghhh! on September 1, 2006 2:45 PM
Mebbe it's just you... but you didn't read the whole post, either... 8^)
 
By AFSister on September 1, 2006 3:38 PM
:-P take THAT.... you, you... you Armorer, you... The right-click, save-as worked for me. BTW, it's not just the vets who will get sweaty palms watching this. Holy crap. Their language may be foreign, but their words, feelings, and thoughts are universal. Words, feelings and thoughts such as brotherhood, training, unity, trust, fear, controlled chaos, love, bravery, commitment, and family come to mind. You ALL need to watch this. Watch this and realize that our guys face this same kind of battle all over Iraq and Afghanistan nearly every day. Damn. Matt posted an email he received from Questing Cat regarding the newbies and their bravado, versus the seasoned warrior's experience. I couldn't help but think about it when watching this vid and listening to the officers (and nco's) address their troops. You know some of those guys are new and scared- and the trust they display in their leaders is astounding. I've watched Gunner Palace, but nothing in there compares to this 27 minute vid when it comes to fire-fights. This made it very real for me, to actually see video from the ground before, during and after the mission, instead of being shielded from the actual battles that go on. OK, I'm rambling, but I just can't seem to find the right succint words to describe my feelings after watching that. I think some of you will know exactly what I mean after you watch it.
 
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