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Lance Cpl. Richard J. Googe, of Deerfield Beach, Fla., an 81mm mortarman, adjusts the mortar sights during a fire mission aboard Forward Operating Base Hit, Iraq, Jan. 1, 2006. Googe is assigned to the 81mm mortar platoon, Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 2nd Marines, the ground combat element of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), which is in Iraq's Al Anbar province conducting counterinsurgency operations with the 2nd Marine Division. Photo by: Sgt. Richard D. Stephens
1 posted on 01/17/2006 6:29:49 PM PST by SandRat
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To: 2LT Radix jr; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; 80 Square Miles; AlaninSA; A Ruckus of Dogs; acad1228; ...

MARINE MORTARMEN!!!!


2 posted on 01/17/2006 6:30:21 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SandRat
What a great story. Thanks for the post SR.

Semper Fi-drop it on their heads Marines!

L

11 posted on 01/17/2006 8:07:35 PM PST by Lurker (You don't let a pack of wolves into the house just because they're related to the family dog.)
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To: SandRat

The 11 Charlie motto?
Loud, Proud, and Well-Endowed.

Well, that's what my kid says anyway.....


12 posted on 01/17/2006 8:19:31 PM PST by MountainDad
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To: SandRat

High angle Hell! From a former mortarman and FDC Chief.


13 posted on 01/17/2006 8:20:12 PM PST by vpintheak (Liberal = The antithesis of Freedom and Patriotism)
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