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 Re: Surviving Black Hawk Down documentary
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02/13/25 02:35 AM
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HasBen
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I watched it and had a mix of emotions since it covered both sides equally. I thought it was done well. I made sure Somalia was not on my bucket list of places to visit.
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Re: Surviving Black Hawk Down documentary
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02/13/25 02:38 AM
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Loved the movie, will check this out.
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Re: Surviving Black Hawk Down documentary
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02/13/25 02:38 AM
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I watched it and had a mix of emotions since it covered both sides equally. I thought it was done well. I made sure Somalia was not on my bucket list of places to visit. Same. Those soldiers got done wrong as well. Having to run that gauntlet on foot was such a travesty.
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Re: Surviving Black Hawk Down documentary
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02/13/25 02:46 AM
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Had the pleasure of getting to listen to Tim Wilkinson speak. He was just retiring out of Hurlburt Field when I got there.
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Re: Surviving Black Hawk Down documentary
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02/13/25 02:48 AM
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I knew a lady whose brother was killed there. Very sad stuff.
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Re: Surviving Black Hawk Down documentary
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02/13/25 04:10 AM
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Really a good watch that told a whole different side than the movie. I don’t know how that many guys made it out alive, I believe now we can say for sure that gal in congress really hates this country, really no surprise there though.
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Re: Surviving Black Hawk Down documentary
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02/13/25 02:14 PM
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The 2 guys making passes in the little bird, firing out of the sides with their pistols, is so far beyond heroic that there aren’t many words to describe that level of dedication to one’s comrades.
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Re: Surviving Black Hawk Down documentary
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02/13/25 02:20 PM
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I watched it and had a mix of emotions since it covered both sides equally. I thought it was done well. I made sure Somalia was not on my bucket list of places to visit. But, but, . . . you could go be a pirate ! Ayyye!
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Re: Surviving Black Hawk Down documentary
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02/13/25 02:23 PM
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Got a buddy that was serving in a Marine Recon unit off the coast listening to the radio traffic during the fight . He said they begged to go get into it. They had a hard stand down order.
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Re: Surviving Black Hawk Down documentary
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02/15/25 02:19 AM
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Just watched it. The operation was a cluster, and another case where we shouldn't have been over there in the first place. Spend the dollars and resources on our own country.
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Re: Surviving Black Hawk Down documentary
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02/15/25 03:11 AM
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Mark Perry
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Just watched it. The operation was a cluster, and another case where we shouldn't have been over there in the first place. Spend the dollars and resources on our own country. Well said.
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Re: Surviving Black Hawk Down documentary
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02/15/25 03:58 AM
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I watched it, it felt like our guys were taking a knife to a gun fight. That was some gross mismanagement of our assets almost Bidenesque.
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Re: Surviving Black Hawk Down documentary
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02/15/25 04:16 AM
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Watching it now. Never should have been there
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Re: Surviving Black Hawk Down documentary
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02/15/25 04:25 AM
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my nephew there as a sniper with the 10th Mountain,he was over watch at the gate of the airbase. He said during and after the battle the Somalis drove back and forth with their technicals outside of the base in plain view but they were not allowed to shoot. Shortly after that he applied for and became a Ranger.
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