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| Kentucky Gal gets the Silver Star for Valor |
| 2005-06-17 |
| Posted by:RG |
| #16 Sorry. Incendiary, not tracer, rounds. From BlackFive's After Action Report: Their only complaints in the AAR were: the lack of stopping power in the 9mm; the .50 cal incendiary rounds they are issued in lieu of ball ammo (shortage of ball in the inventory) didn't have the penetrating power needed to pierce the walls of the building; and that everyone in the squad was not CLS trained. |
| Posted by: ed 2005-06-17 17:56 |
| #15 Ed's has a point but he I think is just angry. A .50 round of any variety will kill ya dead. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-06-17 17:40 |
| #14 RG :) |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-06-17 17:38 |
| #13 ed I just heard that 50 Cal tracer rounds are real rounds with a coating that burns so the gunner can tell where the rounds are hitting. Is that correct? |
| Posted by: RG 2005-06-17 14:50 |
| #12 Tom Anon - Because the Feminist Movement is dedicated to gaining political power, and the kind of power they wish to exercise (socialist) is threatened by an armed populace. |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2005-06-17 14:24 |
| #11 Two thoughts: 1) My opinion on Women in Combat is, Changing... 2) I have never understood why the Feminist Movement does not embrace Gun Rights. |
| Posted by: Tom Anon 2005-06-17 12:58 |
| #10 Congrats to all the squad. They did a great job of attacking the 40-50 ambushers in defilade. One item that jumped out when first reading their account was that their .50 BMG only had tracer rounds. The low down was that the .50 was unable to penetrate trench lines and walls where the jihadis were shooting from, making this squad's job twice as hard. That is an indictment of unseriousness and piss poor planning by the pentagon when the US doesn't have enough ball and AP ammo to equip a unit that has a high probability of engaging in firefights. Instead of using the past 3 years to build war production plants to supply all our needs, the pentagon has had to go to civilian and foreign companies to supply even the most basic materiel such as .223 rounds. |
| Posted by: ed 2005-06-17 11:40 |
| #9 Previous Rantburg article here. |
| Posted by: Mike 2005-06-17 11:00 |
| #8 She works as a retail store manager Shoplifters will be prosecuted. |
| Posted by: mrp 2005-06-17 10:04 |
| #7 See the article above. We also discussed this ambush thoroughly at the time. Sgts Hester and Nein performed Audie Murphy type heroics. Spc Mike's actions were equally astounding. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2005-06-17 10:01 |
| #6 Hester, a native of Bowling Green, Ky., joined the Kentucky Army National Guard in April 2001 and moved to Nashville in 2003, according to a biography provided by the Army. She works as a retail store manager. Her unit deployed to Iraq in November 2004 and remains in the Baghdad area, escorting convoys and assisting the Iraqi Highway Patrol. Also receiving the Silver Star for that action was Staff Sgt. Timothy Nein of Henryville, Ind., and Spc. Jason Mike of Radcliff, Ky. Five other members of their unit received other medals for the action, including another woman, Spc. Ashley Pullen of Edmonton, Ky. Wonder who their Representatives and Senators are in their districts and states. We have some potential candidates here boys! |
| Posted by: Snetle Tholurong5083 2005-06-17 08:45 |
| #5 COOOL |
| Posted by: anon1 2005-06-17 02:29 |
| #4 As 'Patton' would say; she won't have to tell her grandkids...she shoveled s*** in Louisiana! |
| Posted by: smn 2005-06-17 01:59 |
| #3 But remember: women are not capable of combat. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-06-17 01:39 |
| #2 Good on ya, Sgt Hester! Warfare is blind to everything but war-fighting ability, whether in the form of firepower, mobility, bravery, smarts and coolheadedness, lifesaving skills, and / or marksmanship. She had it and applied it. Bravo, Leigh Ann! |
| Posted by: .com 2005-06-17 01:17 |
| #1 Is She a Hatfield or a McCoy? I guess Kentucky boys figured one sister could handle Iraq. |
| Posted by: RG 2005-06-17 00:31 |