Michael wrote:So dropping six guys into a snowy slope (reduced mobility favors the larger group) to face 30+ is considered....correct? Tactical? Gung ho? I don't get it.
In March of 2002 on a snow-covered Afghanistan mountain, Chapman and a handful of SEALs fought to take the summit in a desperate attempt to save a teammate. Outnumbered by Al Qaeda fighters, Chapman led the charge and was shot multiple times. Thought to be dead, the SEAL team started to retreat, but Chapman regained consciousness.
Alone with the enemy closing in on three sides, Schilling describes Chapman's heroic firefight and the one-man stand that saved the lives of 23 fellow Special Operators.
Dan Schilling is an author and former combat controller, with over 20 years of combat and clandestine mission experience. He played a critical role in Operation Gothic Serpent which later inspired the movie "Black Hawk Down." He later founded and served as the first commander of two special operations squadrons, whose name and purpose still remains classified.
Strange wrote:
I heard that what the solder seek is an honorable death
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
George S. Patton
Speaking to soldiers in the modern era, during conflict what they sought most was to get back home in one piece as soon as possible.
oragami_itto wrote:. The Japanese seemed committed to it, at least part of the time, and I suppose the Norse, but that's lost today.
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