On June 27 Operation Redwing was a go, they sent SEAL team 10 to capture or kill a dangerous al Qaeda leader. They came in the dead of night and dropped down by helicopter and were completely on their own. They circled around the village for hours trying to find a good vantage point for outlook. They didn’t see any Taliban soldiers around the village. They move up the mountain and encounter some goat herders who gave away their position.
I believe the biggest epiphany Luttrell had during his time as a SEAL occurred during his stay in Sabray while he waited for rescue from the United States. When Luttrell stops and sees the man Operation Redwing was supposed to kill or capture, Ben Sharmack, he stops: I seem to recall he had green eyes, and they were filled with a hatred which would have melted a U.S Army tank. He stared right through me and spoke not one word…I tightened my grip on the Mark 12 and very slowly turned it on him until the barrel was aimed right between his
On page 163 Downs leads his platoon down a trail and into an ambush. Downs paid for the mistake himself when he got wounded but when he lost one of his men in the ambush he had thoughts of leaving Vietnam. I felt that Downs had reached an important point on page 20 when he fought a North Vietnamese soldier in close
After he leaves the Marines, he cannot seem to get the woman in the photograph out of his mind. But it isn’t until Logan experiences a profound tragedy that he then becomes determined to find the mysterious woman in the picture. He can gain a few clues from the photograph, so he takes his German shepherd, Zeus, and begins the outstanding
For three months Charlie Company went from village to village, seeking the enemy, along the way 4 men were killed and 38 wounded all by booby traps or snipers, but they never came face to face with these evasive, guerilla warfare specialists- the Vietcong. They anxious, fearful and sought revenge. On March 15, 1968 plans were drawn up to attack My Lai, a village close to the coast of Vietnam known as Pinkville, believed by intelligence to be the headquarters of the Viet Cong. “The men of Charlie Company, seeing fellow
Recruited mainly from the 82nd Airborne, the Green Berets and the Rangers, Delta Force members are specially trained at an elaborate facility at Fort Bragg, N.C., to fight terrorists, rescue hostages and perform reconnaissance in extremely dangerous places. They led an attempt to rescue American hostages from the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1980. They suffered losses in Somalia, along with the Rangers, in a failed attempt to capture a Mogadishu warlord in 1993. Unlike most other traditional military units, Delta commandos are encouraged to be free-thinkers, some at times growing longer hair and beards in order to fit in with locals. Delta commandos customize their weapons and gear to suit particular missions and their own tastes.
25SLCA01‐SH 1 SFC Jared Monti It was June 21st, 2006, in the remotest northeast of Afghanistan, near the border with Pakistan. Sergeant Monti was a team leader on a 16-man patrol. They'd been on the move for three days -- down dirt roads; sloshing through rivers; hiking up steep mountain trails, their heavy gear on their backs; moving at night and in the early morning to avoid the scorching 100-degree heat. Their mission: to keep watch on the valley down below in advance of an operation to clear the area of militants. Those who were there remember that evening on the mountain -- a rocky ridge, not much bigger than this room.
The physical and mental conditions were equally difficult; it could take up to eight hours to move a half a mile for the in shape and highly trained men of SEAL team 10. Their mission was to capture suspected terrorists, get them back to base and make them talk, tell where the Taliban is gathered, and locate the huge ammunition piles they had hidden in the mountains. The Rules of Engagement (ROE) were another battle the men had to deal with. ROE are one-sided and tough to comply with; U.S. armed forces can’t shoot, kill, or injure unarmed civilians, including spies for the illegal forces. Many terrorist organizations take advantage of this by pretending to be civilians.
Dan Kearney, whose plan is to establish an outpost at a key point on Taliban battle routes. The men occupy the position at night and start digging in, using earth to build fortifications. The successful maintenance of Outpost Restrepo, named for their dead comrade, turns the tide of war in the hostile valley and frightens the Taliban. But the hearts and minds of the locals remain an uncharted terrain. Capt.
I believe Brady chose Why Marines Fight as the title because we all wonder why average men would risk there life for us. Or why they would charge into a spot where Death is patiently waiting for them. One good quote is the one he starts with, “Come on you sons of Bi*****”. “Half a dozen wars ago in France, on June 2nd of 1918, Marine gunnery sergeant Dan Daly stepped in front of the 4th Brigade of Marines, mustered for another bloody frontal assault on the massed machine guns of Germans that had been murderously sweeping the wheat fields at Belleau Wood. Death awaited.