Looking for a story about a ex army soldier accused of a crime he didnt do goes on the run ends up in the mountains being chased by the army and the fbi thanks.
Looking for a story about a ex army soldier accused of a crime he didnt do goes on the run ends up in the mountains being chased by the army and the fbi thanks.
I was thinking about this story the other day. He stays in an old miners cabin by a cliff and gets surrounded but escapes through a little crawl space between the cabin and cliff. Shoots up the army/fbi camp fuel tanks and stores tent and sets them on fire. Some of his ex-vets come and help him out I think. The fbi guy is trying to protect something secret that he thinks the mc has.
Edit - can't remember the name. I thought it was Whisky Jack at first but the mc is in a wheel chair.
sounds like an interesting story. can you msg or mail me the site it's on?
Thanks, SunSeeker
It is on a sister site, Fine Stories, so I think it is acceptable to link it.
https://finestories.com/a/Longhorn_07
https://finestories.com/s/10649/uncertain-justice
Thank you for bringing this story to my attention, i would likely not have stumbled on it otherwie.
Could be "Tripwire" (Mountain Man Vol.6) by Mark Randall here on SOL or on FineStories (pen name UtIdArWa).
HM.
Marine
Marines or Army what's the difference today?
Okay I know the historical roots, but today? Why were Marines in Afghanistan? (or Seals?) No water there to mention, no coast.
I am from Germany and we – except from a short-lived unit in imperial times called "Seesoldaten"(= sea soldiers) – had never units like the U.S. Marine Corps.
AFAIK the core units of both Army and Marines are infantry, both have armored vehicles including tanks, so why two different organisations?
HM.
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Why were Marines in Afghanistan? (or Seals?) No water there to mention, no coast.
1. Marines special forces: Force Recon.
2. The Marines are for taking territory. The Army is for holding it. :)
As to the Navy Seals, they do all manner of black ops.
As an outsider looking in, I see the major differences being in the operations assigned and how they work.
The US Marine Corps is more for small operations, special operations, and other activities for small to medium sized unit activities as well as seaborne invasions.
The US Army is more for large scale land based operations and activities as well as security of taken area.
History & Empire building. Extreme cynicism follows.
The Marines were naval infantry for shore parties, prevention of mutiny, boarding parties, etc. They were historically limited to 600 troops and had a Commandant instead of a General. The Marines were definitely not the Army because they are a standing force and the Republic of the USA was oppposed to standing armies, as opposed to the current Empire of the USA.
The need for 'Island hopping' amphibious infantry during WWII in the Pacific led to a massive expansion of the Marines. After a bureaucracy has been established it will rarely allow disestablishment and the new Empire of The USA's military industrial complex was quite happy to keep supplying the Empire's main arm for gunboat diplomacy. A single marine expeditionary unit is as large as the army, navy and airforces of some countries, all in one neat mobile package.
Additionally the Marines are part of the internal security forces of the government. They provide visible armed security to the Presidential and State Department facilities, a counter balance to the Army - too small to take over the government, but outside the chain of command of the Army. Note that the Secret Service came under the Treasury Department and the FBI under the Justice Department. Partially empire building and partially defensive balkanization against coups.
Currently the Marines are divesting themselves of heavy armor, intending to replace tanks with mobile anti-ship, anti-missile and anti-aircraft missile launchers. The single large 'mothership' LHD & LSD helicopter assault ships will be augmented with many smaller sea going landing craft, much like the LSTs of WWII. This is because of the perceived threat of war with China and the need to deny sea access to the PLAN, which now has a larger battleforce than the USN.
Why were Marines in Afghanistan? (or Seals?) No water there to mention, no coast
Training. No better training environment than an actual warzone. You can learn to cook watching a You-tube video, but until you acquire the ingredients and actually do it, you will never properly learn, nor appreciate the sights, sounds and smells...
Actually, I think it was just as much about using the units available. The US only has so many combat available units, and they needed to be rotated back to the states to rebuild and unwind, so they used what was available. I know this was especially true the first time around after 9/11.
Possibly.But the US marines I was working with on top of a mountain in a Baltic (literally and figuratively) state many leagues from anything larger than a bubbling brook, were there for the combat experience, not the (admittedly) impressive view.
I think, based on some second-hand info that Navy, marine and spec-ops assets were TDY to roles in the middle-east, including the sand-box to fill MOS categories perhaps also to preposition specific types in anticipation of future needs. Combat needs as well as skill sets also may have some INFLUENCE. Navy personnel augmented marine numbers to become involved in operating and security, demolition and other roles of a non-Marine nature.
As a Marine Infantryman, it doesn't matter if there is water where we are sent to fight or not. I personally have served in areas of water, snow, sand, forest, and triple canopy jungle. If the decision is made to fight and orders are made for us to fight, we fight. The training ALL Marines endure, regardless of job description, are as basic rifleman first and foremost, so if the fertilizer hits the impeller, everyone pitches in competently.
Marine
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Lyrics:
From the Halls of Montezuma
To the shores of Tripoli
We fight our country's battles
In the air, on land, and sea.
First to fight for right and freedom
And to keep our honor clean; We are proud to claim the title
Of United States Marines.
Our flag's unfurled to every breeze
From dawn to setting sun; We have fought in every clime and place
Where we could take a gun.
In the snow of far-off Northern lands
And in sunny tropic scenes; You will find us always on the job--The United States Marines.
Here's health to you and to our Corps
Which we are proud to serve; In many a strife we've fought for life
And never lost our nerve.
If the Army and the Navy
Ever look on Heaven's scenes, They will find the streets are guarded
By United States Marines."
The Halls of Montezuma are in Mexico. The Shores of Tripoli are in North Africa.
"She is rotten to the Corps but delightful to the Infantry." There are lots of Corps. The Corps of Engineers. The Signal Corps. Between Armies and Divisions are Corps.
"A division is a large military unit or formation, usually consisting of between 6,000 and 25,000 soldiers. In most armies, a division is composed of several regiments or brigades; in turn, several divisions typically make up a corps."
And the dead are corpses.