02-05-2017, 03:12 AM
BTW guys I have thirty years of service. Did my last combat tour in 2006-2007 in Afghanistan. My guess is that most of you have done some time in country as well.
That said, one of the tactical changes is the use of ambush attacks. Often the infantry is not the target. Rather it is logistical convoys, HUMINT teams, PSYOPS and others.
We had one HUMINT team out that was hit by an IED. We had a mechanic who always went out as a machine gunner to protect the team. Once they were stopped, the insurgents hit them with RPG fire. One 35F was able to get out of the vehicle as the rockets hit (his face was pockmarked with glass when I saw him at the hospital in Bagram). The gunner was cooked. It took four hours for the vehicle to cool enough to recover his body. I went with the chaplains to give last blessings at the mortuary affairs unit. Body was so burnt that we could not open the bag. If you want to verify this, contact Rabbi (LTC) Felzenberg who is now stationed at the Pentagon in the Chief of Chaplains office.
Infantry is not patrolling, they are used to assault and attack. It is the rest of us who get hit with ambush attacks.
That said, one of the tactical changes is the use of ambush attacks. Often the infantry is not the target. Rather it is logistical convoys, HUMINT teams, PSYOPS and others.
We had one HUMINT team out that was hit by an IED. We had a mechanic who always went out as a machine gunner to protect the team. Once they were stopped, the insurgents hit them with RPG fire. One 35F was able to get out of the vehicle as the rockets hit (his face was pockmarked with glass when I saw him at the hospital in Bagram). The gunner was cooked. It took four hours for the vehicle to cool enough to recover his body. I went with the chaplains to give last blessings at the mortuary affairs unit. Body was so burnt that we could not open the bag. If you want to verify this, contact Rabbi (LTC) Felzenberg who is now stationed at the Pentagon in the Chief of Chaplains office.
Infantry is not patrolling, they are used to assault and attack. It is the rest of us who get hit with ambush attacks.