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Marines Watch as Attack Helicopter Eradicates Insurgents
Published 2 years ago
A group of United States Marines sitting on the rooftop of a building in overwatch standby to assess the carnage as an attack helicopter absolutely eradicates some insurgents in al-Anbar province.
Ya know, having been in the exact position of these Marines once, I can say this. It ain't much, but it's honest work. It definitely beats the hell out of kicking in the front door of the insurgent hideout and rushing in with M16s and M67 fragmentation grenades too, that's for sure. I'd go do an on-foot BDA after an attack run any day of the week over kicking in the door and fighting the insurgents on even ground, room by room.
This is just a quick gun run from an unknown airframe. Most likely, it's either a Cobra or an Apache that's doing the damage. If I had to take a bet, I'd put my money on the Apache, but there's no way to really tell since we don't get a good glimpse of the platform on camera. The Marines watching are most likely waiting to conduct a BDA after the damage has been done while their JTAC controls all the fires from a position behind them.
The only thing they really need to complete this whole ordeal is a pack of marshmallows and some graham crackers.
