No man left behind? - Page 2

Mace · 04-17-2007, 17:05

Never leave a fallen comrade,
to fall into the hands of the enemy!!!!

I think Leaving a wounded soldier behind is not an option. How many of us it abandoned one of our brothers in the hand of our enemies????

**Team Sergeant** · 04-17-2007, 17:08

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Originally Posted by Mace

Never leave a fallen comrade,
to fall into the hands of the enemy!!!!

I think Leaving a wounded soldier behind is not an option. How many of us it abandoned one of our brothers in the hand of our enemies????

Mace, you might want to read the rules again...especially before you post again.

Team Sergeant

Mace · 04-17-2007, 17:28

I think that about a unit as of the special operations the this is not an option, all forms one team, in set leaves and comes back together, never to leave one of our brothers stops backwards.

This is my perspective

**Ambush Master** · 04-17-2007, 17:31

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Originally Posted by Team Sergeant

Mace, you might want to read the rules again...especially before you post again.

Team Sergeant

MACE!!!!

Pull you head out of your 4th point of contact and do as Team Sergeant advised!!!

#1 Fill out your Profile!!!

#2 Make your next Post AFTER FILLING OUT PROFILE in the Introduction Thread!!

YOU WERE TOLD ALL OF THIS WHEN YOU REGISTERED!!!

Comply or BE-GONE!!

Have a Very SF DAY!!!

**Team Sergeant** · 04-17-2007, 17:34

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Originally Posted by Ambush Master

MACE!!!!

Pull you head out of your 4th point of contact and do as Team Sergeant advised!!!

#1 Fill out your Profile!!!

#2 Make your next Post AFTER FILLING OUT PROFILE in the Introduction Thread!!

YOU WERE TOLD ALL OF THIS WHEN YOU REGISTERED!!!

Comply or BE-GONE!!

Have a Very SF DAY!!!

LOL, I don't know Ambush Master you think he/she understood that?

RTK · 04-17-2007, 17:37

Was that even English? Maybe Esperanto, or some language twins teach each other....

Mace · 04-17-2007, 17:39

It forgives had not read the message of the sergeant, will not come back to happen again itself

RTK · 04-17-2007, 17:43

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Originally Posted by Mace

It forgives had not read the message of the sergeant, will not come back to happen again itself

WTF?

HOLLiS · 04-17-2007, 17:45

Option seems to imply one has a choice.

Cases that I know of.

July 3rd, A 1/9 was clearing a road out of Chu Lai. They started to be hit by random fire. Thinking it was snipers, they swept for snipers. What turned out was 2 battalion of NVA reinforced with heavy artillery.

The critical wounded who could not be moved was propped up to return fire and the rest of the company pulled back to re-group.

What followed the rest of the day was about 150 Marines KIA, 2nd and 3rd Battalion reacted. At the end of the engagement 1/9 was pulled from the field and 1/3 was used to reinforce 2/9 and 3/9.

Early August 1969, Echo 2/3 was overrunned and lost their position though being reinforced with the rest of 2/3.

My battalion 3/3 replaced 2/3 in the field. L 3/3 assualted the old position of E 2/3 to recover bodies of 5 Marines. L 3/3 lost 9 Marines KIA in the assualt.

Could we be accused of leaving a fellow Marine behind? It was out goal to never do so. Some goals are not achieved all the times.

Generally critically wounded was priority 1 Med-Evac, then the KIA, then others. If we had to, we would hump our dead to a better LZ. I think we did everything possible to "never leave behind", but that sometimes under heavy fire, a very difficult task to accomplish or maybe impossible at the time.

**Team Sergeant** · 04-17-2007, 17:48

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Originally Posted by RTK

WTF?

From Mace's IP address he's is from a European country.........

Mace you get a second chance.

TS

**Jack Moroney (RIP)** · 04-17-2007, 19:22

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Originally Posted by Team Sergeant

Mace, you might want to read the rules again...especially before you post again.

Team Sergeant

And when you have complied with that, fill out your profile.

**Ambush Master** · 04-17-2007, 19:41

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Originally Posted by Jack Moroney

And when you have complied with that, fill out your profile.

Hark!!!

I hear an echo!!!

jatx · 04-17-2007, 20:32

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Originally Posted by Team Sergeant

From Mace's IP address he's is from a European country.........

Mace you get a second chance.

TS

TS, I think you're about to be in the next Borat movie...

blue02hd · 04-17-2007, 21:58

To answer the original question, "When is it ok to leave a wounded man behind?" I would have to say Never. I simply can't imagine turning my back to any of the teammates I have spent time TDY with. If I ever get in that situation, I'll be sure to post and let you know what happens. But I can give you a great example from yesterday:

There were kids in VT that had the chance to jump from a window to save their own asses after the killer left their classmates bleeding and in mortal danger. The killer moved onto another classroom. While many students ran, some did not. They stayed in the kill zone. They blocked doors, slapped bandages, and comforted their friends. They didn't run though. As a direct result they saved the lives of their wounded classmates by denying the shooter a second chance at the wounded. All this without the benefit of basic training too.

I for one have been inspired by some of the stories coming from VT.

Basenshukai · 04-18-2007, 07:16

Two weeks ago I was involved in joint services training with other members of SOF to include MARSOC and NSW. I met two SEALs that personally know the surviving operator in the incident that sparked this thread. One of the men I spoke to was in the very same platoon with that man. The explanation I received was that the surviving SEAL was blown off and away down a hill by an RPG during the ambush. The fact that he survived that is a miracle. He did not leave his comrades behind; after all, he's a US SOF member and we don't do that.

EOM
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