[Pharmboy]

I figgered you Freepers would like to read this story.

Note: the picture did not come from the Times; the pictures that accompanied the print article were not posted online, so I improvised.

[SAMWolf]

Thanks Pharmboy

[Pharmboy]

Lemme see here: check those coordinates and KA-PING!

[jrawk]

bump

[Travis McGee]

There can't be too many "Javelin Aces" in the US military!

[Rose in RoseBear]

Pingpingping!

[RippleFire]

bump

[El Gato]

Proud to say I know, or used to at least, quite a few folks who worked on the developement of the Javelin. Back when it was a Texas Instruments built weapon. Now its Raytheon, AKA RatCo. The Targeting Pod that the F-18 carries for targeting laser guided (and other) bombs is also a TI/RatCo product.

[OldCorps]

Green Berets serving in the highest traditions of the Army. I'm proud of them.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

bump for later reading.

[FormerlyAnotherLurker]

Did I miss something re: the Alamo?

I thought the good guys all died there. February 23 to March 6, 1836.
Oh well, I guess my education must pale in comparison to a 'journalist' who works at the NY Times.

Great story though.

[Fledermaus]

BRING 'EM ON!

[Free Vulcan]

Hey ma, I know what I want for Christmas...

[SevenDaysInMay]

Yup. The makings of a quagmire.

Enforcers. Flowing white robes. Flowing black robes... sounds familiar. Enforcers. Federal judges, enforcers.

Now our politicians are debating our ultimate retreat so Mecca's islamfascists can remain safe and rich while our Constitutional Republic fails from home grown fascist 5th columnists fragging our own Judeo-Christian heritage of liberty in our sovereign nation.

Thank God, Viet Nam and subsequent missions have given our three generations of citizen soldiers the insight to help prepare us in this global and neighborhood total war.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Great post. Thanks, Pharmboy.

"We all made a mental promise," Staff Sgt. Jeffrey M. Adamec recalled of that battle on Day 18 of the war. "Nobody had to yell out commands. Everybody just knew. We were not going to move back from that point. We were not going to give up that ground. We called that spot `the Alamo' "

Brave American heroes, mega-ping!

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[MortMan]

The battle is reconstructed here from interviews with five participants: three sergeants, a captain and a major, all far removed from efforts in Washington to recapture the glory of the military victory in this current much-debated period of postwar reconstruction.

While this paragraph gives much-needed background on the story, the ob(li)vious bias of the reporter is still galling, IMHO.

[optimistically_conservative]

Rangers review Javelin 'flawless' effectiveness during OIF

[MattinNJ]

Great find.

Sparta-Ping.

"It was like a magic show. You know, now you see 'em, now you don't. The S.U.V.'s, the guys in the white robes — they simply vanished."

Made my day.

[maica]

Don't miss this one!

[Ichneumon]

In a prescient decision early in the mission, Captain Wright had ordered his team to gather Iraqi land mines by hand and blast a breach in an Iraqi defensive berm,

[CheneyChick]

Thanks for the post, Pharmboy - and the pix!! Very cool.

Cheers, CC :)