The Few, The Proud, The Marines Once a Marine, Always a Marine
posted by sometimes 1 decade 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 2,344 viewsVids From the Front
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I’ve plucked these vids from my Mess O’ Potamia playlist because I find them to be a highly fascinating development in the documentation of warfare. The advances in technology in the last decade have made it much easier for soldiers to record the chaos of the world they live it on the front lines. The internet, in turn, allows for faster and wider dispersal of their experiences. Vietnam might have been the first televised war, but this war is probably documented 100x more thoroughly... there are not only more news networks now, but there is 24-hour coverage, AND the media has as much of a stake in the war as any other industry. War is covered now like it has never been, and these videos are an integral part of that increase in coverage. How will all this immediate access to events on the ground change how the civilian population views war? We've already started seeing some of the effects of this with the Abu Ghraib scandal. Where will it go from here?
I guess he's a fan of MadTV.
posted by MarineGunrock 1 decade 6 years 11 months ago • 702 viewsA group of soldiers stop to ask a guy for directions. He doesnt understand English but the man can party.
posted by dw1117 1 decade 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 3,259 viewsGod, I'm so relieved that these fine young men are protecting my freedom. "You know your country stinks like ass...what you think about that? It sucks? Doesn't it suck? You smell like ass, too."
posted by rougy 1 decade 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 3,404 viewsUS soldiers engage a Taliban group holding a higher position in the mountains of Afghanistan with overwhelming force.
posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 3,509 viewsIncoming mortar fire hits US Army base. One of the rounds come really close.
posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 6 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 479 viewsUS Mortar Team in action.
posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 6 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 408 viewsInsurgent footage shows an IED detonating just a little to late, causing the HMMWV to ride on its front two wheels Thankfully the HMMWV and its passengers are fine.
posted by MarineGunrock 1 decade 6 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 3,858 views • 25 secsGuy learns his lesson with a boom.
posted by MarineGunrock 1 decade 6 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 3,385 viewsThis soldier retells the story on when a Female Army SGT catches him in the 'act of self service'.
posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 12,263 viewsA US Marine describes how their patrol found an IED. Detonation video follows
posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 418 viewsUS soldier 'attempts' to take out a VBIED using 40mm MK19 grenade launcher.
posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 2,173 views • 1:37A Marine playing with the kids and giving them swing rides on his arm.
posted by Lurch 1 decade 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 2,690 viewsSome Marines give Iraqi kids gum and teach them how to blow bubbles.
posted by Lurch 1 decade 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 1,771 viewsA soldier and his personal opinion of weapons and mankind.
posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 2,238 viewsA soldier talks about his Humvee detachment while they pull support guard duty.
posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 1,468 views3 soldiers candidly talk about their deployment experiences in Iraq. Without the usual PR brain wash. "We aren't improving lives for Iraqis nor ourselves"
posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 2,283 viewsThe Reality of asymmetrical warfare in Iraq. Asymmetric warfare originally referred to war between two or more actors or groups whose relative military power differs significantly. Contemporary military... continue reading
posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 2,384 viewsCouldn't help but laugh at this...
posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 6 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 12,394 viewsUS Marines on patrol waving to cars when something unexpected happens. No casualties.
posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 6 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 3,489 views