US Soldiers asks an Iraqi translator why he wears a mask and what would happen if he didn't.
posted by Farhad2000
1 decade 7 years 1 week ago • 3,563 views
Vids From the Front
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Updated: 1 decade 6 years 11 months ago
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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?
1 decade 7 years 1 week ago • 3,563 views
So sad, but so true.
posted by Lurch
1 decade 7 years 2 weeks ago • 4,070 views
posted by twiddles
1 decade 7 years 2 weeks ago • 2,481 views
1 decade 7 years 2 weeks ago • 2,481 views
A VBIED was seen before it could kill anyone. Thanks to EOD, it was taken care of with a pretty explosion
posted by MarineGunrock
1 decade 7 years 3 weeks ago • 2,629 views
posted by Farhad2000
1 decade 7 years 1 month ago • 3,111 views
1 decade 7 years 1 month ago • 3,111 views
This is a short clip of a U.S. drone aircraft capturing video of a vehicle of Iraqi insurgents taking mere seconds to pull over in the median between either direction of traffic on a busy road and plant an IED. ... continue reading
posted by lucky760
1 decade 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 3,026 views
While traveling in a convoy, soldiers capturing the trip on camera record an explosion lift the road up like a bubble almost directly in front of their vehicle. Understandably, a few expletives are dropped... continue reading
posted by bamdrew 1 decade 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 4,159 views
Raw footage of Israel's war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, summer 2006.
posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 401 views
posted by mlx
1 decade 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 2,309 views
1 decade 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 2,309 views
Australian forces engage Taliban forces in Afghanistan.
posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 7 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 1,393 views
In March 2004, just as the insurgent movement strengthened, several members of one National Guard unit arrived in Iraq, with cameras. THE WAR TAPES is the result. Straight from the front lines in Iraq,... continue reading
posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 7 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 2,893 views
So what do the National Guard do in Iraq?
posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 3,658 views
An interesting short by the Canadian Forces' Army News on the Eryx missile. More engaging, however, and poignant, is that both the NCO being interviewed (Christos Karigiannis) and the one doing the reporting... continue reading
posted by calvados 1 decade 7 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 4,078 views
Major John Oh and his surgical team saved the life of a Georgia soldier who was impaled by the tail of an RPG at the risk of their own lives.
posted by twiddles 1 decade 7 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 2,049 views
A massive detonation, I have updated the title with a better description of the actual event.
posted by Randy Perry (youdiejoe) 1 decade 7 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 7,330 views
posted by jwray
1 decade 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 1,584 views
1 decade 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 1,584 views
Simple, and effective...
posted by raven 1 decade 7 years 3 months ago • 9,222 views
This video is absolutely incredible! A couple of soldiers are standing by a bullet-resistant glass window earlier this year, looking out at the city, when a sniper’s bullet suddenly slams into the glass.... continue reading
posted by eric3579
1 decade 7 years 3 months 1 week ago • 3,518 views • 17 secs
posted by lucky760
1 decade 7 years 6 months 1 week ago • 1,921 views • 36 secs
1 decade 7 years 6 months 1 week ago • 1,921 views • 36 secs
A giant dust storm heads for and over a base in Iraq as people stand in awe (some also decide to run).
posted by thesnipe 1 decade 7 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 4,347 views