Battle of Mogadishu -- Courage

Jim · Post by **Jim** » October 3rd, 2014, 8:34 am

The battle of Mogadishu took place 3 - 4 October 1993. Tough times for Task Force Ranger.:

Matt Eversmann on the Battle of Mogadishu:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxc6wBpSwq4

Jim · Post by **Jim** » October 3rd, 2014, 8:38 am

Faith Under Fire - Jeff Struecker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOjVv9W6E4M

Jim · Post by **Jim** » October 3rd, 2014, 8:50 am

Keni Thomas Black Hawk Down: Send Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTaRY_y0 ... e=youtu.be

cams · Post by **cams** » October 3rd, 2014, 6:00 pm

God bless Brothers. Will be raising my glass to you all tonight. RLTW.

Slowpoke · Post by **Slowpoke** » October 3rd, 2014, 7:40 pm

cams wrote:God bless Brothers. Will be raising my glass to you all tonight. RLTW.

Also! I can't imagine being pinned down for that long and almost no air support. My heroes all!!!!!

CharlieRanger1FFV · Post by **CharlieRanger1FFV** » October 4th, 2014, 5:02 am

Slowpoke wrote:
cams wrote:God bless Brothers. Will be raising my glass to you all tonight. RLTW.
Also! I can't imagine being pinned down for that long and almost no air support. My heroes all!!!!!

Same here, Poke . . . I just can't imagine initiating contact without it.

RLTW!!!

Lefty · Post by **Lefty** » October 7th, 2014, 7:44 am

Slowpoke wrote:
cams wrote:God bless Brothers. Will be raising my glass to you all tonight. RLTW.
Also! I can't imagine being pinned down for that long and almost no air support. My heroes all!!!!!

The most dreaded words when in contact and requesting air support "Air assets have been diverted to a higher priority". Almost came to expect it when working with VN units.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » October 7th, 2014, 12:06 pm

Lefty wrote: The most dreaded words when in contact and requesting air support "Air assets have been diverted to a higher priority". Almost came to expect it when working with VN units.

Correct. We got used to being a lower priority for air assets.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » October 8th, 2014, 11:41 am

On Oct. 3, Soldiers from across Fort Benning came together to mark the 21st anniversary of the Battle of Mogadishu with a Maneuver Center of Excellence leader professional development event.

The event saw eight veterans of the battle and one member of Task Force Ranger who served as a casualty assistance officer take the stage at Marshall Auditorium to share the experiences they had and the lessons learned during Operation Gothic Serpent.

http://www.bayonetandsaber.com/2014/10/ ... le-of.html

rangerjd · Post by **rangerjd** » November 6th, 2014, 10:51 pm

Jim wrote:Faith Under Fire - Jeff Struecker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOjVv9W6E4M

That was a great video. I've seen him speak before and he is completely inspirational.

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