A Marine With The Right Answer... Options

[glnflwrs]

Katy Couric, a network TV newsanchor, was interviewing a US Marine in Iraq via cell phone last week.

You could tell that the marine was tiring of her stupid questions but he was a gentleman and answered as best he could.

Her last question was, "Tell us, corporal, what do you feel when you pull the trigger to kill an insurgent?"

The marine thought for about two seconds and answered, "Recoil".


I laughed for ten minutes.

[Archangel]

Well shooting someone for a sniper is much more personal than just shooting at them and hoping to get lucky like regular groundfighters.

But if this was the Airforce she would ask an F-15 pilot what he felt when he dropped bombs on insurgent targets, and his answer would be "2000lb lighter". Its really that inpersonal when your out of harms way, its like a video game. So yea I think sniping someone could not be done without some kind of emotional attachment.

[USAirways737]

Well shooting someone for a sniper is much more personal than just shooting at them and hoping to get lucky like regular groundfighters.

But if this was the Airforce she would ask an F-15 pilot what he felt when he dropped bombs on insurgent targets, and his answer would be "2000lb lighter". Its really that inpersonal when your out of harms way, its like a video game. So yea I think sniping someone could not be done without some kind of emotional attachment.

Ummmm. Actually my step uncle was in Vietnam carrying a 50 cal in the jungles and he told me after you have been in it so long you just stop caring and feeling and just keep shooting. To this day he still jumps you cant just walk up to him without him seeing you first. War really screws people up man. But cant really do that from the airport strapping bombs huh. But hey Arc you Strappem I Droppem

Jordan

[27driver]

Ummmm. Actually my step uncle was in Vietnam carrying a 50 cal in the jungles and he told me after you have been in it so long you just stop caring and feeling and just keep shooting. To this day he still jumps you cant just walk up to him without him seeing you first. War really screws people up man. But cant really do that from the airport strapping bombs huh. But hey Arc you Strappem I Droppem

Jordan

Carrying a 50 cal...? Like, humping along in the bad with a M2 50 caliber machine gun?

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/m-...cal-dvic552.jpg
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/m-...cal-dvic550.jpg

I never got that close to the fighting, although there were a few times some SOB's tried to knock me down...and me armed with a freakin' M9...maybe an M4...if I'm lucky...which we typically weren't. I do know what a bullet sounds like going over my head...WAAAY too close.

[USAirways737]

Carrying a 50 cal...? Like, humping along in the bad with a M2 50 caliber machine gun?

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/m-...cal-dvic552.jpg
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/m-...cal-dvic550.jpg

I never got that close to the fighting, although there were a few times some SOB's tried to knock me down...and me armed with a freakin' M9...maybe an M4...if I'm lucky...which we typically weren't. I do know what a bullet sounds like going over my head...WAAAY too close.

Yes sir humping the jungles in Vietnam with a 50 Cal. I kinda stared at him like wow Jesus Christ. I used to want to be in the Marine Corps i have changed that idea however it is a back up plan if my first plan does not follow through.

Semper Fi, Jordan

[Ranger]

Yes sir humping the jungles in Vietnam with a 50 Cal. I kinda stared at him like wow Jesus Christ. I used to want to be in the Marine Corps i have changed that idea however it is a back up plan if my first plan does not follow through.

Semper Fi, Jordan

With all due respect, check your facts. I have worked with some pretty tough SOB's and not one of them could have "humped a .50 cal". Certainly an M-60 machinegun but NOT a .50 cal. Most snipers (US Army, anyway) in the Vietnam era used modified Remington 700 BDL's, if I remember correctly. The sniper that occasionally worked with my team did. The .50 cal sniper rifles didn't come along until after Vietnam. The Armalite AR-50 wasn't developed until the very early 90's, if I remember correctly.

[USAirways737]

With all due respect, check your facts. I have worked with some pretty tough SOB's and not one of them could have "humped a .50 cal". Certainly an M-60 machinegun but NOT a .50 cal. Most snipers (US Army, anyway) in the Vietnam era used modified Remington 700 BDL's, if I remember correctly. The sniper that occasionally worked with my team did. The .50 cal sniper rifles didn't come along until after Vietnam. The Armalite AR-50 wasn't developed until the very early 90's, if I remember correctly.

Ranger I wasn't talking about a Sniper buddy. I was talking about the actual 50 Caliber machine gun. I sat there and talked with him for hours about Vietnam. So with all due respect ill take his word for it not yours. And also he didn't have the privilege of turning his head and an entire 20mm machine gun turn with it.

Regards
Jordan