1st Force Recon in Mosul Iraq

[59FloridaBoy]

And I thought 13 weeks on Parris Island was fun. Was that painting for an A10 gunship attack?

[Ploeg1775]

@59FloridaBoy I believe that to be an AC-130, either way... impressive

[SSJSasuke777]

Mess Wit Da Best Die Like the Rest you Muug mother fuckers

[enzo12ify1]

beautiful!

[PooleeLC]

Those apaches? or 130's? or what?

[goodnightChesty1775]

god damn that was crazy would not want to be on the other side of that

[usmcsniper45]

@goodnightChesty1775 why not itd do you good...lol lol

[goodnightChesty1775]

@usmcsniper45 dude your a fucking rapist man, do you look at my comments and then find the video and come try and talk shit

[usmcsniper45]

@goodnightChesty1775 then shut up idiot i dont wanna hear your shit either...

[marleynrs8]

these guys were sneaking around Fallujah when it was deemed impenetrable some sneaky hard motherfuckers FR have.

[okbuilder]

Thanks! We try.....

[marleynrs8]

are you in Force Recon?

[okbuilder]

Between 1st Force Co. and 1st Recon Bn. 72-81. 0311/0321

[marleynrs8]

so you barely missed vietnam then. what was Force like back then? i know the Corps doesn't like to admit it has elite operators, don't know if it was bad back then too.

[okbuilder]

It was tough, but that's why we were there. We did pretty much the same job as SEALs except we also did some joint ops with other agencies like the DEA and such. Not sure if SEALs do that.

[marleynrs8]

huh. thats interesting because DEA has been in Afghanistan working with spec ops units lately because of all the poppy that funds the Taliban. what was it for back then?

[okbuilder]

Cocaine in Central America. I took an AK round on an op in El Salvador.

[marleynrs8]

damn. were you wearing armor?

[okbuilder]

The round went between the stock of my weapon and my hand. Almost took my right hand off. LOL.... woke up in the helo with a corpsman's knee on my wrist and him using a scrub brush on the palm of my hand. That's when I went out again....lol

[marleynrs8]

damn thats intense. glad you made it out though. yeah, i dont get one thing though. why are there SEALs when Force Recon already existed.did the Navy need its own Force Recon? i know SEALs originated from UDTs, but nowadays FR and SEALs seem similar, except FR is smaller. there are still FR companies, they were just absorbed into Marsoc for a year or two(2006-2008) to get it manned to a certain point.

[okbuilder]

Not sure about that question, Marley. My thinking is that it's more of a political difference than anything. There are some rules regarding who can be called up and for what purpose. Marines can be called up without congressional input where SEALs can only be called with an ok from the Joint Chiefs. This goes back to the fact that FR Marines are geared more toward direct action than SEALs. Pretty sure there are a number of reasons though.

[marleynrs8]

Yeah, that makes more since. The only thing that suprises me is that you say Force Recon is geared more for direct action than SEALs, i thought SEALs were more direct action and FR are more special and deep recon. but of course both can do the other.

[AirsoftPaintball94]

my neighbor was a force recon sniper back in vietnam and went on to a group in the corps called the black berets then onto shadow company in the CIA

[marleynrs8]

what are the black berets?

[AirsoftPaintball94]

it was some elite group in the marine corps i believe similar to what the raiders were and what recon detach 1 was and what is now marsoc

[marleynrs8]

hmm never heard of it. nevertheless interesting.

[AirsoftPaintball94]

i tried looking both the units up and theres no info for any

[marleynrs8]

yeah, some of that CIA stuff is still classified, and probably always will be.

[bassguy156709]

GET SOME !!!

[OutlawzTexas]

Can someone explain to me what happened..? This seems so freaking awesome!

[okbuilder]

@OutlawzTexas Recon painted the target with laser so the gun ship knew where to place the fire.

[plipak2122]

0:35 Wuawhats that ac130??

[okbuilder]

@plipak2122 You pegged it! Spooky is a bitch, aint she?

[okbuilder]

@plipak2122 After looking again at this, it was definitely either Apaches or Cobras. Probably Cobras being a Marine op.

[kevin15664]

yeahhhhh light their asses uppppp

[abramrex]

yeah yeah, get some!...get some yea!

[cskillem13]

Hooah Marines!

[GrzywaPL]

FUCK YEAH !

[AmbushMasta993]

OOORAH! DEATH 2 ISLAM!

[darpa322]

whooo chill there budy, your making us look bad

[zainthekilla]

@AmbushMasta993 WHY DO U HAVE TO GO SO FAR PLUS SADDAM HUSSAIN DIDN'T HAVE WEAPONS OF MASS DISTRUCTION BECUASE THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH LIED AND DIDN'T FIND ANY AND AMERICA IS THE MOST ILLUMINATI COUNTRY EVER

[wrathofvengance67]

@AmbushMasta993 Oorah

[SemperFiLeathernecks]

Did you know only Recon marines in the 1st Marine Divison are the only ones who can wear Watch Caps (Beanies)

[badcatbigbat]

that was actually january 05. that show of force happened about a week or two after the chow hall bombing. BTW, that was the largest branch of the U.S. military doing the shooting.

[fjwjr]

Actually no. It was '04. I was there. I used to have to listen to this almost every night just a few hundred yards from my barracks. But it sounded like it was right outside. It kind of freaked us out the first several times it happened and we ran to the roof to take up fighting positions because we had been attacked a few times at our barracks. This video has been around the internet a lot and people keep thinking it's video of an actual attack. It's just a show of force.

[fjwjr]

BTW, it was a Blackhawk.

[2dazed]

I wonder after those gun rounds was that a rocket launch system on the Cobra or hellfires launched from another cobra farther away

[2dazed]

The Army doesn't use the Cobra gunship anymore right???? So wouldn't that make it Marine air support Cobra??? Or am I wrong

[insaneology420]

no your right.

[BL3000]

The Army doesn't use Cobras anymore but the Marines do.

[2dazed]

Thats what I thought the Army has the more up 2 date shit in the heli dept.

[usmc212]

With speed, violence and intensity!! Ooh Raah!

[graverookie]

damn dude!!!!!! that urplanes got some boom sticks!

[strykerinfantry24]

this was actually us army special forces in mosul, the gun ship was a kiowa warrior, the cobras and apaches have 30mm chain guns, not miniguns.

[NuttZach206]

go get em boys

[MavericKLongRange]

that's gotta be a cobra, right?

[shroomjones2006]

nice vid av it terry

[Craig00000000001]

thats was cool

[Delta38Sniper]

gotta love NVG's