ROYAL MARINES IN IRAQ

Two British women soldiers fighting ISIS alongside the SAS in Iraq shoot their way out of jihadi ambush

Two female soldiers who travelled from Britain to fight ISIS in Iraq survived a deadly shoot-out when terror chiefs closed in on discovering their identities.
The pair - who are working alongside the SAS as officers in the Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR) - were travelling with locally recruited spies when they were pulled over at an Islamic State checkpoint near the Syrian border.
When their inquisitors' suspicions grew, the women claim to have become embroiled in a gun fight, leaving several extremists dead before escaping with their vehicle almost completely destroyed.
A defence source told the Daily Star:  'These women are probably the most deadly in the armed forces.
'They are extremely fit, intelligent and very professional. They handled themselves really well and have proved to be just as good as the men in every respect.
'They were really up for the fight once they were compromised.'
The two women - both in their mid-20s - have been in the war-torn region for months, putting their lives at serious risk drafting local women to help with their intelligence led operations.
Earlier this month they were travelling to meet a potential recruit as part of an SAS convoy when ISIS fighters stopped them in their tracks. Read More HERE  

Good drills girls.

What other country would pay lawyers to persecute its own war heroes?

Time and again in recent conflicts across the world, British soldiers have willingly put their lives on the line for our country. Yet instead of being honoured for their spirit of patriotism and self-sacrifice, too many of them are now the targets of vexatious legal actions brought by politically motivated, greedy lawyers who undermine the ability of our Armed Forces to protect our national interests. What makes this betrayal all the more disgraceful is the Government’s failure to stand up to these legal wreckers. Indeed, far from challenging them, Whitehall provides them with funding, staff and judicial backing. This pathetic collusion represents a complete inversion of morality, with the state now effectively bankrolling relentless attacks on our defenders. The full extent of this taxpayer-subsidised treachery has been laid bare through news reports about the activities of the Iraq Historic Allegations Team, which was set up in 2010 by the Ministry of Defence to investigate claims of ill-treatment and unlawful killings by British military forces. Initially, the unit was meant to inquire into 152 cases, but now its work has spiralled out of control to more than 1,500 cases.Read more HERE


(RG) Imagine what Winston Churchill would have made of the insane PC correct Country that the UK has become.

CHECK YOUR LINKS

I recently received an e-mail telling me that some of my links were not working. When I went to investigate I must admit my attention to my side bar links have been lacking, many of them were dead, some were now advertising an assortment of things that have nothing to do with the military. I was going to delete all the links that were no longer being updated, but then I decided to keep some, the reason is, these Blogs were being written by servicemen in Iraq and Afghanistan when they were at War, they are a time capsule and I believe have historical value, I have picked one at random The Unknown Soldiers    As of today I can confirm all the links are working, I promise to pay them more attention in the future. My advice to other Bloggers is check your links.

ROYAL MARINES IN IRAQ

Special Operations Fire-fight in Iraq (US Special Forces )

According to the video description, this was a Spec Ops raid in Sadr City to capture or kill high value targets. The accuracy of that description cannot be confirmed. The unit takes contact on their exfil and responds with a parade of high volume fire.

British Army MTV Iraq Cribs

Post by Fill Your Boots.

WHEN ONE DOOR CLOSES.........................

THE BRITISH SQUADDY

"Those Brits are a strange old race, they show affection by abusing each other, will think nothing of casually stopping in the middle of a fire fight for there "brew up" and eat food that I wouldn't give to a dying dog! but fuck me, I would rather have one British squaddie on side than a entire battalion of spetznaz!!! Why? Because the British are the only people in the world who when the chips are down and there seems like no hope left, instead of getting sentimental or hysterical, will strap on there pack, charge there rifle, light up a smoke and calmly and wryly grin "well are we going then you wanker??"

Unknown US soldier, Iraq 2005

The Americans have got us Brits sussed.

War’s hidden wounded: British TA soldier talks about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

As the Government continues to withdraw troops from overseas war zones, with the number of armed forces being cut, the questions is being asked: can our Territorial Army fill the gap?The Tonight programme looks into this in its episode New Model Army, and ahead of this, This Morning met TA soldier Jake Wood, whose tours of duty left him with crippling Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, leaving him feeling like a walking time bomb.Jake worked as an investment banker, but always had an interest in working in the armed forces and signed up to the TA.After being called up to his first tour of duty in Iraq, he felt as if he’d finally found his calling, and immediately decided he wanted to return.Read More and watch video HERE 

Iraq War stories: Lieutenant Colonel Andy Phipps

Lt Col Andy Phipps, led G Squadron 1st Royal Tank Regiment, which operated in a specialist Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Warfare detection and surveillance role during the war. He tells Sean Rayment what life was like at the head of the invasion force.“I was in command of G Squadron 1st Royal Tank Regiment in 2003 deployed in a specialist Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Warfare detection and surveillance role. The Squadron included RAF Regiment personnel and members of the Territorial Army from the Royal Yeomanry. The unit was attached initially to HQ 16 Air Assault Bde and then 5 Regimental Combat Team US Marine Corps for the crossing into Iraq.I deployed to Kuwait with my Squadron in mid January and spent almost two months living off the sides of our vehicles in the desert as the huge build up forces took place. We had monitoring equipment set up and were constantly studying the weather reports.

The sheer volume of personnel and equipment was quite unlike anything I had experienced before. The weather alone was harsh enough, hot sunny days, often with sand storms and cold nights, much colder than any of us had planned for with our lightweight sleeping bags.

I remember receiving letters from home commenting on the shortages of rations and loo paper which had widely been reported in the press. I never recall being short of a meal and never in my entire life had I ever visited a portaloo with any expectation of finding any loo paper, so nothing seemed any different.“As the time went by it became increasingly apparent that the time to push off would soon come. I, and my unit, were re-subordinated to support the 5th US Marines. The benefits of a different military culture and the swapping rations and phone cards was a welcome distraction for the blokes who were itching for things to get going. Read more HERE

Nothing but absolute respect for our armed forces but I was against the War in Iraq then and my thoughts have not changed, that's why I still consider Tony Blair a War criminal. If you look at Iraq now its still a highly unstable Country and on the verge of civil War, we just don't hear about the  ethnic violence happening on a daily basis because at the moment Syria is more `newsworthy` another middle eastern melting pot of violence that has nothing to do with us, the same as Libya  The only inevitable British involvement in Syria is the hundreds of Jihadists borne or immigrated into the UK now plying their trade, which the UK should be ashamed of.Like our previous follies abroad Afghanistan is coming to an end, and end of our choosing, which means nothing apart from  the Taliban and its control of the Country when were are gone.Like Iraq I was against our involvement there as well, this does not make me a lefty tree hugger, as I would be 100% behind a military response if Argentina was foolish enough to try and retake the Falklands, that's because it has a British flag flying over it, the other hell holes don't. 

BRAVO TWO ZERO

BRAVO TWO ZERO

TOMMY ATKINS

Give thanks he is a British soldier.

We Will Remember Them

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SUN BLOCK

Your country needs you, but always wear sun screen

`What should we do with the drunken soldier?

Christopher Alder, 37, a former paratrooper and Falklands War veteran, died on the floor of the custody suite at Hull's Queens Gardens police headquarters in April, 1998 after being arrested. He choked to death on blood and vomit resulting from injuries he had sustained in the earlier fracas while officers ignored him and carried on chatting.

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