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| Author: | bigross86 [ 28 Jan 2006, 15:36 ] |
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Sunday night, I came back from kitchen duty, when I was shocked to find out we were at war with Syria. Turns out that the Hezbollah, backed by Syria of course, was starting to get real obnoxious, so we invaded Syria a little in order to teach them a lesson. Lebanon then joined into the fray, so the 7th Brigade was sent to the Lebabnese border. I though nothing of this and went to sleep, even though they told us we had to sleep in uniform. Big deal, not like I can't sleep in uniform. Then at 1:30 am we were scrambled. A terrorist had entered the base and started shooting. We quickly dispatched him to Allah, did a body count and went to sleep. Monday was a normal day, a whole bunch of time wasted, went to the shooting range for a bit, and came back. We went to sleep a bit early, but it was fine. After I got off my shift of guard duty, I got out of my fatigues and into my tankers' overalls. I had a hunch which was proven true when at 6:00 AM all hell broke loose. People were shooting at us, and there was great confusion. After we took care of the threat, the order came down for us to move out. Within 10 minutes we had to pack and be ready to go. We loaded everything up on the tanks, and drove out. We went to our first staging area, and rolled out the camo nets. We had a quick refresher on the situation, and suddently more gunfire. Our camoflauge wasn't good enough and we were spotted from the air. We quickly folded everything up, got in the tanks, and moved to another area. We camoflauged the tanks again, and then had another refresher course on navigation, foot patrols and urban warfare. Then it turned out that our food was dropped in the wrong area, and we had to go find it. We went on patrol, found our food, killed the terrorist who tried to set up an ambush, and then went to the nearby village to find a house that we could eat in in (relative) safety. As we were finishing our meal another terrorist started shooting at us, so we quickly moved out after taking care of him as well. We got to the tanks when it was dark already. We ate another meal and went to sleep. At 12:00 we were woken up to take out a company of enemy tanks spotted in the area, and then laid in ambush for a terrorist cell which was launching rockets into Israeli territory. We eliminated them, and went back to sleep. The next morning we went to our former camp site to pick up some trash left behind. As we were waiting for orders, chemical agents were dropped on us, and we had to fight off an attack by the Hezbollah. We then got up into the tanks and my company pressed the attack forward. After trading fire with some dug in tanks, we took them out, and proceeded through the cleared part of the minefield and conquered the surrounding terrain so the rest of the brigade could pass through. Our mission successful, we joined the brigade as it was going through, and advanced into enemy territory. As night came my company was called up to do the same mission in a different area. It was much shorter because the enemy broke and ran. That night we slept near our new safe zone. At 6:00 Thursday morning we were awoken with more gunfire, this time sporadic gunfire. It seemed there was still some enemy around. We were mopping up when the word came down. Syria wanted to negotiate, the Lebanese were withdrawing from the fight, and we hit the Hezbollah infrastructure so hard they couldn't fight anymore. As we got back to base and were getting ready to park, someone climbed up on the tank and before my commander could shoot him, stabbed him in the neck. My loader shot the terrorist with his M-16, we gave my commander first aid, and then we brought him back to the battalion's first aid station. It turned out to be a superficial wound, and by the end of the day he was back with us. Other forces came into the area, so we were free to do some maintenance on the tanks, and I was allowed out for the weekend. Sounds realistic, doesn't it? That's what my past week was like. this past week was war week, and although it was very hard, it was crazy fun. In another 15 days I finish my advanced training and go to Mivtza'it, the operational part of my career. Looking forward to it. "Retreat, hell! We just got here!"-Captain Lloyd Williams, 2nd Marine Division, Belleau Wood, France, WWI |
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| Author: | M21 Sniper [ 28 Jan 2006, 18:29 ] |
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Keep on keepin' on Private. <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> <b>There are two kinds of soldiers. Snipers...and targets.</b> <img src="http://www.creedmoorsports.com/images/SA9121-M21.JPG" border=0> |
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| Author: | fenderstrat72 [ 28 Jan 2006, 18:45 ] |
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We are proud of you BR, keep up the good work. With Hamas winning the election things could get very hairy on your side of the world. Fender "Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it." George Bernard Shaw |
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| Author: | sgtgoose1 [ 28 Jan 2006, 21:52 ] |
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BG, <img src=newicons/smiley_salute.gif border=0 align=middle> GOOD JOB! Goose They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin, (1706 - 1790) |
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| Author: | bigross86 [ 28 Jan 2006, 22:36 ] |
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<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> Keep on keepin' on Private. <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> <b>There are two kinds of soldiers. Snipers...and targets.</b> <img src="http://www.creedmoorsports.com/images/SA9121-M21.JPG" border=0> <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote> Soon that'll be Corporal. I'll hit Sergeant within a year from now, and Staff Sergeant eight months after that. Now get down and start giving me push-ups. I'll tell you when you can stop... "Retreat, hell! We just got here!"-Captain Lloyd Williams, 2nd Marine Division, Belleau Wood, France, WWI |
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| Author: | 30mike-mike [ 30 Jan 2006, 06:03 ] |
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Well done, BR! The Second Amendment: America's original homeland security. Ya just can’t take life too seriously, because you aren’t going to get out of it alive anyway. |
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| Author: | M21 Sniper [ 30 Jan 2006, 11:12 ] |
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Apparently you guys have a much different rank structure than the USA. In the USA it usually takes at least 2 years to hit Corporal, and usually at least 4-6 years for E-5. Promotion to Staff Sgt E-6 normally takes at least 8 years, but usually more like 10. Hell, in the US Army you need to go to three different schools(PLDC, ANOC, BNOC) plus get a secondary MOS before you get to SSGT.(I had a secondary MOS by the time i was a Specialist, you have to go to school for that too). What grade is Corporal in the IAF? E what? <b>There are two kinds of soldiers. Snipers...and targets.</b> <img src="http://www.creedmoorsports.com/images/SA9121-M21.JPG" border=0> |
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| Author: | TheBigThug [ 30 Jan 2006, 11:24 ] |
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In The IAF rank is attributed to skill, Ive worked with 30 year old IAF Colonals. 23 year old Majors. With a Military that is Constant Combat. Leadership skill is attained around the clock. "The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see their near and dear bathed in tears, to ride their horses and sleep on the white bellies of their wives and daughters." -Genghis Khan |
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| Author: | M21 Sniper [ 30 Jan 2006, 22:49 ] |
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Interesting. <b>There are two kinds of soldiers. Snipers...and targets.</b> <img src="http://www.creedmoorsports.com/images/SA9121-M21.JPG" border=0> |
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| Author: | fenderstrat72 [ 31 Jan 2006, 00:52 ] |
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Makes sense to me. Fender "Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it." George Bernard Shaw |
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| Author: | M21 Sniper [ 31 Jan 2006, 01:32 ] |
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Certainly aint how we do it. LOL. <b>There are two kinds of soldiers. Snipers...and targets.</b> <img src="http://www.creedmoorsports.com/images/SA9121-M21.JPG" border=0> |
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| Author: | Stinger [ 31 Jan 2006, 07:55 ] |
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<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> Certainly aint how we do it. LOL. <b>There are two kinds of soldiers. Snipers...and targets.</b> <img src="http://www.creedmoorsports.com/images/SA9121-M21.JPG" border=0> <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>If my unit did things that way then a whole lot of officers and not a few senior EM's would be busted back to PV1... "One of you is gonna fall and die, and I'm not cleaning it up" <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/jollyrogerspaintball/cup.gif" border=0> |
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| Author: | bigross86 [ 03 Feb 2006, 04:27 ] |
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In the IDF, for draftee's anyway, rank is gained solely upon time spent in the army. For instance, a REMF will hit Corporal 10 months in, Sergeant at a year and eight months and Staff Sergeant at approx. 2 and a half years. A combat soldier will hit Corporal when he finishes his training (I get mine in about 2 weeks), Sergeant at a year and four, and Steff Sergeant between 2 years and 2 years and two months. If you do a command course, i.e., Tank Commander School, or the infantry equivalent, you hit Sergeant after a year and Staff Sergeant after two. "Retreat, hell! We just got here!"-Captain Lloyd Williams, 2nd Marine Division, Belleau Wood, France, WWI |
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