02-20-2014, 08:51 PM
Quote:...is absolute bullsh*t. If your unit emplaced a non-camouflaged defense underneath the fields of fire and observation of Taliban, who systematically eliminated your crew-served weapons on the initial volley of the attack, and all you had left was M4's operated by entry-level soldiers with CLP for lube doing mag dumps in an attempt to keep up return fire, it has nothing to do with the M4 anymore, and everything to do with systemic leadership failures, from basic planning, strategy, and defensive tactics, to intelligence. You had complete morons that came up with the combat outpost concept, then executed it, leaving troops to fend for themselves.
That bit reminds me of a rant I have heard a guy I know make for over a decade...."If we give a CMH ever again, it should also come with at least one other person (and probably several) moving to Kansas to make little rocks out of big rocks for a very long time"