Go figure after lurking for so long this is the post that pulls me out... Lets start with what this isnt... This isnt a normal raid because the Army fights 3 to 1 odds. If you are facing a squad you are taking a platoon etc. This is a decent sized factory, and would require way more men to clear. They dont even have a full squad, its just 2 riflemen and an m249 gunner. An infantry squad consists of 2 team made up of a rifleman, grenadier, m249 gunner, and a team leader. Then you have a squad leader that runs the show. Thats Nine members. You only see 3 people clearing it. You see about seven outside, but only 3 clearing... thats weird. Like Stupid weird. Also you can tell that they are not that good.... The team leader is the only one that seems to be at least going to point of domination, checking corners etc.. the other 2 dudes are just pretty much following him. They are Def not Ranger Bat or above... you can tell just how they move and the gear they have on. Anyone who worked in those circles knows what im talking about.
After a quick search it turned out to be 173rd Airborne Brigade jumped from an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III during Swift Response 21 at Cheshnegirovo Air Base, Bulgaria, on May 11. They got lost from the training area and raided this dudes shop...
just a point of reference bois, to the layman when I listen to what I think is a good performance on a piano, a pro can nit-pick this and that, call out perfect pitch, technique etc.. its the same with the military. To my brothers that did this professionally for a long time, you train train train, until its muscle memory. You run battle drills until you die. There is an art to it, you are a wolf. You can recognize other wolves, because they look like a wolf and they talk like a wolf, they have teeth like a wolf. For those of you who never walked in those boots, everything seems suspicious.. I dont fault you on that, even I watched the video several times, and watched every members movement. Observed what they are carrying, observed the gear they wore. This isnt a rescue, this isnt a raid... this is a bumbling infantry unit that dropped in to conduct a training raid, and raided a civilian factory because someone in that unit fucked up. Their Platoon LT is prolly gonna get relieved cause it hit the news and that unit has egg on their face. Anyone who has conducted a high value raid knows a normal infantry unit doesnt hit it. At best they would be local security around the site, and Rangers/SF or another SOF unit would raid it. Combat arms makes up about 1 to 2% of the Army. Thats infantry/tankers/Cavalry etc.. The community gets smaller and smaller as you go up, infantry, rangers, SF, Delta. You know what they are, you recognize them. Not every video with a soldier in it is some highspeed operation that is happening. Rant complete.
I'm not sure how the modern Army organizes infantry, but seven (7) soldiers tells me this is the equivalent of a rifle squad (back in my day) and in the NATO exercise might have gotten lost and/or disoriented. This is probably a non-story, and someone will get reprimanded for it and that's about all. Truly, nothing to see here.
Go figure after lurking for so long this is the post that pulls me out... Lets start with what this isnt... This isnt a normal raid because the Army fights 3 to 1 odds. If you are facing a squad you are taking a platoon etc. This is a decent sized factory, and would require way more men to clear. They dont even have a full squad, its just 2 riflemen and an m249 gunner. An infantry squad consists of 2 team made up of a rifleman, grenadier, m249 gunner, and a team leader. Then you have a squad leader that runs the show. Thats Nine members. You only see 3 people clearing it. You see about seven outside, but only 3 clearing... thats weird. Like Stupid weird. Also you can tell that they are not that good.... The team leader is the only one that seems to be at least going to point of domination, checking corners etc.. the other 2 dudes are just pretty much following him. They are Def not Ranger Bat or above... you can tell just how they move and the gear they have on. Anyone who worked in those circles knows what im talking about.
Glad you un-lurked, taught me something then, thank you fren.
I'm not sure how the modern Army organizes infantry, but seven (7) soldiers tells me this is the equivalent of a rifle squad (back in my day) and in the NATO exercise might have gotten lost and/or disoriented. This is probably a non-story, and someone will get reprimanded for it and that's about all. Truly, nothing to see here.
Wrong place my ass...
accidently? yeah no...