My last question made me think of another, sorry.
But really what is the funniest moment or statement you heard someone say while under fire.
2007-11-13 15:07:39 · 8 answers · asked by 2nd AD/ 4th ID 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Right as we were leaving our base in Iraq, we moved from bunkers into tents to make way for our replacements.
The tent area was surrounded by concrete barricades to protect us from hostile fire. One night, we were sitting around the only outside light in the area, smoking and joking, when a rocket went "VVVVVVVVVV,,,,BOOM!" right over the tent area, sending people scrambling! The rocket passed over-head and exploded harmlessly in a field. (It was a French rocket, it makes a lot of noise but doesn't really do much! : )
2007-11-13 15:18:11 · answer #1 · answered by John S 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
We were in Afghanistan and had just gotten ambushed for something like the 3rd or 4th time in 3 days, anyway, I was a mortarman and we had run out of H.E. rounds so I grabbed another guy and ran back to our highback humvee to get some more.
I was rifling though the back, tossing **** everywhere and couldn't find one H.E. round, all the while our ammo man was standing behind me, outside of the humvee, waiting for me to hand him the rounds.
So while I'm in a rage that I can't find the rounds we need, genius behind me says "stay down, they're shooting at us!" In the midst of everything that was going on I stopped, turned to him and said "no f*cking sh*t!".
I shared that story with a few of my guys after we stopped later that night. They all found it pretty amusing.
2007-11-14 02:01:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm well Im military intelligence who was attatched to infantry while in Iraq. Our convoy hit an IED. We actually didn't have a gunner in our humvee at the time so when we hit the IED the TC told me to get up in the turret on the 240B but I had never qualified on one or knew how to use one. So I go 'Sergeant! I don't know how to use the 240.' and he goes 'Goddamit intel guy! You ******* point and pull the trigger! Now show me why your called military intelligence and find me a trigger man you ******!' Even though it was an insult I couldnt help but laugh. Never did find the triggerman though.
2007-11-13 23:22:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Not so much under fire but...
We used to have gunner who would fart all the time and he's sitting right at nose level, what made it worse is he always ate curry they served at the DFAC so halfway through a mission our Humvee would smell worse than an Indian crapper.
2007-11-13 23:26:45 · answer #4 · answered by Jon 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I once had a troop who, while under fire, jumped up and ran down the road high stepping as fast as he could. We had no clue as to what was going on until we say the camel spider chasing after him(the little f*&ers can run fast!). He was scared s$%tless of 'em and figured gettin' shot was better than gettin' bit!
2007-11-13 23:22:46 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
My Tank Commander yelled at me to "shot the mother ******!" I replied " which one?"
TC: "the one right in front of you, the ugly one!"
Me: "they're all ugly and they are all right in front of me?!"
TC: "Oh well, pick one."
and I did.
It was interesting because all of the fire commands we practice went out the window
2007-11-13 23:26:18 · answer #6 · answered by Rawbert 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
every time we went into a condition one, my top always had someone get him a rum and coke, his chin strap was hanging loose, incoming rocket real close, we put our heads down and top's helmet slid of on to the glass in his hand, shattering it, quiet laughter through the ranks.
2007-11-13 23:15:11 · answer #7 · answered by SAM R 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Lt. Dan Kelly sprays off his last mag, turns to me and says, "I'm out, you gonna use your ammo or can I have it?" All I could think was where did we get this moron from?
2007-11-14 01:29:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋