What happens when 250 Islamists soldiers decide to ambush 50 U.S. Marines?
A lot of dead Islamists. Our Marines killed 50 of them and sustained no serious injuries. One Marine accounted for twenty of those kills all by himself and stopped the ambush cold.
“During the battle, the designated marksman single handedly thwarted a company-sized enemy RPG and machinegun ambush by reportedly killing 20 enemy fighters with his devastatingly accurate precision fire. He selflessly exposed himself time and again to intense enemy fire during a critical point in the eight-hour battle for Shewan in order to kill any enemy combatants who attempted to engage or maneuver on the Marines in the kill zone. What made his actions even more impressive was the fact that he didn’t miss any shots, despite the enemies’ rounds impacting within a foot of his fighting position.
‘I was in my own little world,’ the young corporal said. ‘I wasn’t even aware of a lot of the rounds impacting near my position, because I was concentrating so hard on making sure my rounds were on target.’”
Twenty kills, no rounds off-target, while under fire. Good work, Marine. I hope one day we learn your name. I imagine that you’ll never have a buy a drink again in your whole life once we do.
And to the Islamists? Nice try. Go on back home, lick your wounds, and think about what just happened. There’s a big difference between indimidating an Afghan woman who’s showing too much ankle and taking one the United States Marines. Maybe you should hang up the whole violent jihad against the Great Satan thing and become just another old, bitter, garden-variety misogynist and occasional sheep-molester.
Ace has honored the unnamed Marine with a rare Top Ten List. My favorite is Number 3.
Lists his hobbies as flyfishing, woodcrafting, and perfecting his own primitive diamond-cannon just in case the President declares war on the Gorn Empire
Tags: Afghanistan, Fighting the Islamists, United States Marine Corps
