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WARNING: Gurkhas!!!!!!!!!!!
02/15/2005
Posted on 02/15/2005 6:14:38 PM PST by -=[_Super_Secret_Agent_]=-
weapons training
Pushups the Gorkha way
Celebrating the end of training the Gorkha way by cutting the neck of a goat in one stroke
Soldier paying tribute to his comrades killed in battle in Kashmir insurgency
Soldier going through the punishment drill for failing to meet the exacting standards set by the Gorkhas during training
Soldier sharpning his khukri, Gorkha knife
Gorkha commandoes fighting no holds barred full contact karate
Soldier singing cadence going through the drill
Giving the Gorkha war shout
Soldier being trained in rappelling for mountain warfare
Soldier training on the obstacle course come rain or shine
earning to use the dreaded khukhri
Earning the right to carry the Khukri into Battle
Ghurkas at the Counter Insurgency and Jungle warfare school training
Swearing of regimental oath on Gita book carried by Hindu chaplain
Engaged in COIN in Kashmir
Members 1 GR, 4 GR, 8 GR, 11 GR, (and Assam Rgmt on far right) during ceremony in front of Amar Jawan Jyoti
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To: -=[_Super_Secret_Agent_]=-
Wow. Awesome pics--thanks.
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posted on
02/15/2005 6:18:47 PM PST
by
Future Snake Eater
(The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil, this plan just might work.)
To: -=[_Super_Secret_Agent_]=-
One serious unit. I have read about them, but I have never met a girka.
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posted on
02/15/2005 6:20:26 PM PST
by
Dominick
("Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." - JP II)
To: -=[_Super_Secret_Agent_]=-
Not people to mess with. They have a reputation to uphold, and I'm sure they are willing to do it.
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posted on
02/15/2005 6:20:27 PM PST
by
ProudVet77
(rabid, right wing attack dog blogger)
To: -=[_Super_Secret_Agent_]=-
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posted on
02/15/2005 6:20:38 PM PST
by
Doctor Raoul
(Support Our Troops, Spit On A Reporter)
To: -=[_Super_Secret_Agent_]=-
Great shots, SSA! Not the kind of folks that I would want against me!
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posted on
02/15/2005 6:20:48 PM PST
by
meyer
(Our greatest opponent is a candidate called Complacency.)
To: -=[_Super_Secret_Agent_]=-
Remind me not to tick these guys off.
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posted on
02/15/2005 6:20:57 PM PST
by
Trippin
To: sukhoi-30mki
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posted on
02/15/2005 6:21:29 PM PST
by
spetznaz
(Nuclear tipped ICBMs: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol.)
To: -=[_Super_Secret_Agent_]=-
The kukri, in the hands of ghurka, is about the best combat blade that you can get. It is the convergence of the right man/right weapon. These guys get my respect. No Doubt!
Semper Fi
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posted on
02/15/2005 6:21:41 PM PST
by
Trident/Delta
("Veni..Vedi..Velcro... I came, I saw, I stuck around......")
To: Trident/Delta; spetznaz
To: -=[_Super_Secret_Agent_]=-
It has been mt privelege to know a Brit - wonderful gentleman - who once commanded the Bridage of Ghurkas. As my colleagues from the other side of The Pond have observed, "You don't talk back to a guy who used to lead all those fellows with their bloody long knives."
11
posted on
02/15/2005 6:26:45 PM PST
by
blau993
(Labs for love; .357 for Security.)
To: -=[_Super_Secret_Agent_]=-
Gurkha story:
I heard this from a US Marine. In the Falkland War (1982) an Argentine unit was facing a British unit on one side and a Gurkha unit on the other.
The Argentines surrendered to the Brits.
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posted on
02/15/2005 6:29:35 PM PST
by
SaltyJoe
("Social Justice" begins with the unborn child. "Fetus" means "young one".)
To: Trident/Delta
Those guys look kinda mean.
To: -=[_Super_Secret_Agent_]=-
I wonder why the train with the Indian made INSAS rifle.
I am also surprised that the MoD has not replaced the Carl Gustaf 84mm anti-tnk weapon.
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posted on
02/15/2005 6:30:48 PM PST
by
Perdogg
(Rumsfeld for President - 2008)
To: -=[_Super_Secret_Agent_]=-
Ghurkas are the third-world equivalent to SEALS -- or, actually, more likely -- Special Forces.
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posted on
02/15/2005 6:32:56 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(Proudly Posting Without Reading the Article Since 1999!)
To: -=[_Super_Secret_Agent_]=-
Aayo Gurkhali !
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posted on
02/15/2005 6:33:03 PM PST
by
solitas
(So what if I support a platform that has fewer flaws than yours? 'Mystic' dual 500 G4's, OSX.3.6)
To: -=[_Super_Secret_Agent_]=-
I wouldn't want to mess with them...or even try to run away from them, from the look of them.
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posted on
02/15/2005 6:34:05 PM PST
by
Sender
(Team Infidel USA)
To: blau993
I remember that the Ghurkus were fighting in the Fauklands in 1982. The Argentine conscripts were terrified of them!
To: blau993
Here's a little snipit I found about an action they were in south of Saigon.
"According to the Gurkhas, they had seen Japanese deserters leading some Viet Minh war parties. During this operation the only kukri (Nepalese knife) charge in the whole campaign occurred. According to a Gurkha platoon leader, at one point during the operation they were held up by determined Viet Minh defenders occupying an old French fort. The Gurkhas brought up bazooka and blew in the doors, then without hesitation drew out their kukris and charged into the fort, putting the defenders to the knife."
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posted on
02/15/2005 6:37:51 PM PST
by
ProudVet77
(rabid, right wing attack dog blogger)
To: -=[_Super_Secret_Agent_]=-
I don't mean to sound dumb, but are they from our country?
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