Eagle Troop 3rd of the 7th Cavalry in Iraq (2003) Invasion

[Assassin31Lima]

Ya know whats funny? I was looking at the FBCB2 that night...2/69 was the tip, tip of the spear. And Assassins bailed 3/7 cav out in Najaf, rolled through them in Baghdad...

[cavav8r]

@Assassin31Lima funny that wasn't 2/69s job to be the tip of anything. their job was to send as many jerks as possible to get their 72 virgins. and you did it well. but trust me, as many times as i flew behind enemy lines, it was mighty lonely. I never saw a 2/69 tank or any other friendly out there with me. but thats ok, wasn't their job, it was ours. also, if you "bailed out" 3/7 CAV in najaf, doesn't that mean they were there ahead of you? (but true, Baghdad WAS all 2nd BDE not the CAV)

[auroraionaa]

@cavav8r Does it make you feel good that you dropped bombs on civilians and killed fathers, mothers and children?

[lpdkburjsmx]

there is nothing worse than putting music to war footage....I hate all of it.

[cavav8r]

@lpdkburjsmx Get use to it or stop looking for it. i don;t mean that the way it sounds, just that this is the first war of the imformation/media/internet generation and it's going to be everywhere.

[ELJUEZO]

 i knew Gulf war 1 the Iraquies barried their migs because they wanted to make the americans fought on land , they were wrong, Us takes advantages and takes the air and fucks up any damn armord down there,

[strizhi]

Once again not dogging your video...I think its badass and unique compared to most others but lets stick to reality, shall we. We did our job and nothing wrong with that but I sure as hell don't think it was harder then those that fought there a generation before I. We took em out like the Russians took out Georgia...now those were trained by us and NATO - they were the ones that were supposed to put up a fight but thats another topic.

[cavav8r]

@strizhi the first gulf war took about 100hrs and Iraqi's surrendered in droves. this one took weeks and almost none surrendered. all the people who supported us in the first gulf war and over threw their local governments to help us out were slaughtered when we never showed up and their children remembered it. we had a much much smaller force this time too and fought people willing to fight to the death. much, much harder.

[strizhi]

All I'm saying is Iraq was never what it was cracked out to be. If this was your squad and you participated then let me buy you a beer. Don't take me dogging on this chopper...its a great tool of war and only gets better by the men behind it.

As for Iraqi air force they had none so going up against us was really a joke. They engaged us a few times the first time but soon as we sent a few rounds down their way there would be 20, 30 or more surrendering with Ak's slung behind their backs.

[101andrewj]

@strizhi thats because most of them wer instructed to let the US invade and then fight them unconventionally at guerillas... most of the people shootin at US durrin the invasion wer civilians who robbed the abandoned police stations and armorys

[strizhi]

@101andrewj That even proves my point. Precise reason why we shouldn't have gone in that fubar mess. We tried, now let them handle it. Its time to pack up. We're not losing, we're saving what is left.

[cavav8r]

@strizhi dude, we're leaving because we already won.

[strizhi]

@cavav8r We're leaving because we shouldn't been there in the first place. If its winning to you then shit no wonder America I fought for has a bad rep. For me its about the guy to my right and left, duty, honor and sacrifice. Don't sit there all cocky and shit, you pounced on the wrong animal today. We kicked their sorry raghead ass and did our best to help the helpless. We're leaving cause its time for them to pick the pieces and make their own choices.

[cavav8r]

@strizhi dude, why does it bother you so much that we actually did our job and won the war? "wrong animal"? really?  REALLY?

[cavav8r]

not true, they stayed and fought for a long time. but yeah, after a point (after saddam split) they took off and blended in.

[101andrewj]

you idiot... ask any millitary expert... the american coalition literally faced more then 100x the resistance from the iraqi millitary in the first gulf war then in the second. and in the first they didnt even take half as much land... the iraqi millitary was in shambles, and most knew it was certian death to fight the americans conventionally, so they chose to basicly do nothing, let them invade, tanks and airplanes and millitary bases wer all abandoned, and uniforms wer thrown away

[cavav8r]

@101andrewj so all those T-72s, BMP2s, ZSUs, Rollands, they were what? mock ups or hallucinations? you say "ask any military expert". name them. hell, name ONE. ...than name one who was there.

i'm all ears..........

[cavav8r]

@strizhi who told you that?? this was the invasion NOT desert storm. i could tell you storys about battles that lasted days. sorry dude, but there was no surrendering this time. it just didn't happen, and i don;t know who told you it did?

there really was no Iraqi airforce to speak of....at all. With Desert Storm and the no fly zones i'm not even sure they ahd any operational airplanes. the army was a differnt story. much better equiped and they faught hard.

[cavav8r]

@strizhi if you really want to know what the war was REALLY about, how hard it was REALLY fought, some of what Iraq REALLY had, try the book Cobra II. it's will give you a bit of an education. read the chapter "Everyone Loves a Parade". that may help you understand the video above.

[strizhi]

This should be one of the easiest choppers to shoot down but then again even by 2003 we found out how much of a threat Saddam really wasn't. So what a few tanks here and there with a dissallusionned army comprised of conscripts mostly and barely trained. They weren't posed even a threat by any surrounding countries. I just don't get what the hell we're doing there.

[cavav8r]

@strizhi President Abraham Lincoln once said, "better to keep your mouth closed and have people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt." you may want to follw that advice in the future.

see, when talking about things like these it is very obvious when one has no frame of reference as in your second statement or how a person has no basis of fact in a statement as in your frist.

Come back after you've done a little more research.

Thanks.

[strizhi]

@cavav8r Research...bud I was in the Army. This is OH-58 Kiowa primarely used for scoping as a scout/search if you will. It just simply doesn't have the kind of capabilities of a Longbow or the Cobra's. Only reason this chopper was allowed to perform kind of combat that you see in your vid is because its what we call "low level threat" enemy.

As for Iraqi military in 2003, with most of its better tanks whiped out like their T-72M were then replaced by 50 year old T-55's.

[cavav8r]

@strizhi wow really? so which capabilities were you talking about that make your Longbow a better Scout than a KW? what makes a good scout helicopter? so which general told you which situations Kiowa's wouldn't be used? don't just make things up, dude, really, until you can answer these you really gotta stop.

Also, the Invasion of Iraq was MCO and High Intensity Combat by definition. SO i guess all those T-72s and BMPs were all Hallucinations? and who replaces a T-72 with a T-55?

[strizhi]

@cavav8r Making things up? Talking to generals? Kiowa is a recon chopper...read up on it. I don't answer to generals nor they to me. You never were in the military. I think Lincoln was directing his quote directly to you. I didn't say it was an easy fight but sure as hell ain't what we inteded. Easier fighting conventional then guerilla. Now they hide behind shit and blow things up with cellphones. IED's is their weapon. Don't lecture me son.

[cavav8r]

@strizhi "read up on it"? did you really just say that? if my screen name (CAVAV8R)means nothing to you, than you have NOT done enough research and need to come back when you have, "son".

so, what unit were YOU in diring the invasion of Iraq?

[strizhi]

@cavav8r Iraq army was comprised of Soviet relics which most were lost in the first Persian Gulf. When I said "replace" I said in the context of replacing what was lost and if T-55's is all you have its better then not having a tank at all. Now we could continue down the pattern but you're gona get slammed with facts. Pull your head out of your ass. Iraq militarily was destroyed and beaten before it even got started. They hadn't a chance. A few RPG and RPK groups in ambush point LOL

[strizhi]

@cavav8r That choice they should've made before we were even there. Saddam was a bastard and deserved what he got but no way was he a threat nor his military to anyone. He was a poker face with no weapons of any potential danger. Why the hell do you think so many gave up to us so quickly? You know what don't even bother answering.

[cavav8r]

@strizhi dude, do more research. no one gave up. until Saddma left they fought and dies in place. after saddam left, they left too abandoning their equipment, not "surrendering".

pay attention.

[strizhi]

@cavav8r 81st to answer your question. Didn't participate in any invasion but know a ton who were there and they all tell me especially tankers how they schooled em. Whatever they had in during 1st Persian Gulf was all but gone by 2003. Those tanks and personnelle carriers were useless at the hands of half trained and half willing men. As I've stated they've resorted to dirty guerrilla warfare and IED usage, other then that it was meat on the table.

[peterm3964]

A tin badge for a good soldier,

A wooden cross for another,

A place in heaven for all my brothers,

And a corner of hell for their masters.

[DigitalArtsSociety]

"America's armed forces were again called to protect this country" - that's a funny quote in regards to the iraq war. Hilarious

[cavav8r]

hey, why don't you go eat a bag of dicks?

[iliket0bike]

@cavav8r lol thats the funniest saying ive ever heard HAHAHAHAHA

[alexman18]

My friend was a cav scout, I want to join the Marines though.

[swatdoc142]

great film, brings back some memories to answer nyjets what war we were in well we were in the one that we were waiting in bagdad for days for you to come up and being a former marine who was a medic in 3-7 cav during the inavasion...(you guys remember me.. dodge challenger) i can attest to the fact that everone fougt especialy when we were sourounded in najaf in sand storm while you guys were still in Nasariya.

Doc C

[SaberTanker22]

AT 2.16 that was epic blowing up a russian heli.

[cavav8r]

think you might need a quick education on the Heavy Div Cav. air and ground in the same squadron (battalion level) fighting the same mission. and all the guys you THINK wouldn't be fighting much (cooks, admin, supply clerks, etc) ALL fought the real battle in the invasion. no one was spared.

[cavav8r]

it was called 3rd Squadron of the 7th Cavalry, and if you were in this unit, there was no rear, and there were no pogs. everyone fought. the ENTIRE unit, tanks, helicopters, bradlys, supply, fuel, cooks, clerks, mechanics, etc etc etc ALL moved together in a self contained battalion sized unit. helicopters did not have "airfields" and softskin HMMWVs rode right behind or next to the tanks. ALL of these soldiers were IN FRONT of the combat forces of all other units. thats why we're the CAV.

[cavav8r]

pay attention...3/7 CAV is IN 3d ID!!! we all got that same PUC. the Division Cavalry Squadron is the division recon. their job was to be in FRONT of the entire division! also, need to learn your organization. 3d ID has many many units in the division that have tanks, brads, HMMWVs, helicopters, artillery, engineers, NBC, etc etc etc etc. also, read swatdoc's statement above for some more education.

[cavav8r]

i see nyjet removed his comments. if that was an apology, we appreciate it and it's all good now!

[Texjohn68stang302two]

@cavav8r I was in the 3rd, in Germany at the Gieb from 78-xmas 79. 1.6 months. I was in air defense, was with 1/67th then the 3/67th ada. At the base we protected the birds we had alot of helicopters there and such. Then about 75 miles was east germany in the ol' cold war..We would have lived they say for maybe up to 3 days if lucky if the war broke out, we where the 1st line of defense.

out here.

Sgt. V.

[bmartin1983]

thats why the 3rd acr is among the best...

brave rifles!

[cavav8r]

Veterans!

[moredimoi]

I miss you T RIP

[cavav8r]

+1 ......

[pcsbyte]

Punk Friendly, Good Stuff.

[psycholynyrd]

¡¡¡GARRY OWEN!!!

[Live2FlyLow]

Garry Owen !!

[DamonSin]

ride hard dumbass

[loupitelou]

a great wow feeling

waw

[warpedcomedy]

Iraqi military battle deaths were high, at least several thousand, possibly 30,000. Out of the 173 coalition troops killed, most were killed by friendly fire of accidents. Out of the 33 British dead, 6 were killed by enemy fire. 140 Americans died, tens were killed by enemy fire, much more than the British, but most were still victims of accidents or friendly fire. the number of coalition wounded is 542.

[skeeterkid25]

hooah

[watcherofmovies93]

who controls what weapons on the Kiowa?

[moredimoi]

the co-pilot

[mrklean03]

Scouts Out!!!

Long live the First Team and Black Horse

[glory2win]

ooooooh them lot are just the bigest losers

[starwolf2692]

Nice Video... I was a crewchief in Demon troop during the war.. I think I recognise a few of those spots (Asamawah mud flats lol)

Anyway, great to see someone saved and put this together... none of my pictures made it back lol.

[custerdivision]

Garry Owen!

[armypilot1981]

great video! my last troop had four guys that were with 3-7 CAV in 03, to include the commander. they sure did love to talk about it!!!