Comments on: ummmm….

By: paws4thot

paws4thot — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:28:33 +0000

Likewise. Or sometimes “Red-stripes”, or in the case of junior officers (mostly UK) “Ruperts”.

By: Jlensher

Jlensher — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:57:08 +0000

I can see what he’s on about, Soldiers are made to go, but the journalists choose, but since the journalists know they won’t be getting into any real combat….

By: nick

nick — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:44:51 +0000

i went to basic with the guy in front

By: jmdin83

jmdin83 — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:14:17 +0000

Who is in the picture:

Dont know these soldiers but i at least recognize the unit patch.

2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment

By: Pete

Pete — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 10:56:17 +0000

They’re not Marines. They’re wearing ACUs, and ACHs with ACU helmet covers.
Marines wear MARPAT and LWHs, with MARPAT helmet covers.

By: Mcface

Mcface — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:12:13 +0000

they aren’t forced to go.

By: Hurr

Hurr — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:41:31 +0000

No, no.. nope..
Actually i can’t choose, i’m forced by standard.

Females can tho.

By: Pretty Fly Jedi

Pretty Fly Jedi — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:14:12 +0000

Agreed…Not really

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:51:20 +0000

no…not really…

By: Trackwreck Chaser

Trackwreck Chaser — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:53:36 +0000

………..I think so

Your onto something!

By: jellybeans

jellybeans — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:19:27 +0000

Sure Thing comes to mind. It wasn’t a good film but he was cute! I actually like some of his newer movies too. Identity was pretty good and that one where he is like a hitman/strip club owner had it’s moments.

By: flingdecow

flingdecow — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:01:57 +0000

You could say that makes war reporters even braver than the soldiers…..

By: flingdecow

flingdecow — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:01:04 +0000

Yeah – those damn war reporters – what a bunch of losers! Who needs people to tell us what is actually going on in the world? rofl.

By: hueydoc

hueydoc — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:31:14 +0000

I thought they were called “REMF’s”- Rear Echelon Mother F****ers!

By: Kraut

Kraut — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:33:48 +0000

And yet they’re wearing US Army uniforms… Spies??????

By: Lancer

Lancer — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:48:47 +0000

I’m guessing the soldiers are just some US marines… Looks like Marine type gear…

By: flingdecow

flingdecow — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:54:07 +0000

I don’t know why people say soldiers aren’t intelligent…you’d need a degree just to work out what that meant!

By: flingdecow

flingdecow — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:51:36 +0000

..and made good films. I’m thinking the 90s.

By: yay

yay — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:01:29 +0000

Men and Women have a choice to join the army though. So you can’t really argue that. Some the best journalism has to come from where its happening.

By: ice_army

ice_army — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:12:14 +0000

So I should feel bad that he got his arm blown off?? He was dumb enough to accept the assignment… whereas the soldiers were told to, no option. The fact that he did throw the grenade out does show some brains and innitiative- maybe not so useless?

By: Leah

Leah — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:08:48 +0000

HAHA Love it. My husband said that he had some P.O.G.’s at his base in Iraq. I quote… “They do our laundry… That’s about all they’re good for here.”

By: SPCOsborne

SPCOsborne — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:18:58 +0000

That’s why you gotta get the news crews that bring P.O.Gie* bait with them. At least then they’re good for something. And as far as babysitting them: As with all things when deployed, I follow self preservation first, all other orders second (this has gotten me in trouble a couple of times as I have no problem cramming my M-4 into someone’s face if I’m able to….they shouldn’t be that close in the first place).

*P.O.G: People Other than Grunt (pronounced poug). According to the infantry there are two types of people in the army: Grunts and People Other than Grunts. P.O.Gie bait is in reference to the major difference in what a group will bring to the field. Where an infantryman is more likely to bring additional ammunition, face paint (my age is showing for those in the know), baby wipes, etc. to a field exercise a P.O.G is more likely to bring a hibachi or some other such item http://failblog.org/2008/07/22/bbq-fail/ , some hamburgers, and a “boombox”.

This is not to imply that ALL units that perform soft skill jobs are combat innefective: I’ve seen units that try to overcompensate for the stereotype by overdoing combat related training. And as a Grunt looking to become a P.O.G when I reenlist, I’m gonna try to avoid those units as much as I can.

By: Nekopawed

Nekopawed — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:53:41 +0000

Sure.
Mr. Terrorist, we’re here because you’re the father of 12 illegitimate children.
*sends in the angry black woman with a very blunt opinion*

By: Nekopawed

Nekopawed — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:52:22 +0000

Well, I doubt they’re useless….hell even one got his arm blown up while throwing a grenade out of a vehicle.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:27:06 +0000

haha! fantastic…if there’s one thing that ends up getting the troops killed…its the media…as the soldiers end up having to baby sit them…and if they come under fire…the news crew ends up being the #1 objective to protect…and the soldiers cant do their job…

By: jellybeans

jellybeans — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:30:52 +0000

looks like a younger version of him – you know, back when he was hawt?

By: LimbaughIsCool

LimbaughIsCool — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:06:16 +0000

That would be AWESOME!

By: flingdecow

flingdecow — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:05:03 +0000

Is that John Cusack?

By: Geraldo

Geraldo — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:03:53 +0000

Sure, just let me report on my position first.

By: Suellen

Suellen — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:54:41 +0000

Geraldo, you wanna take care of this one?

By: Confoozled

Confoozled — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:51:17 +0000

Now that would be some awesome footage, wouldn’t it?

By: ice_army

ice_army — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:30:25 +0000

Eliminating useless civvis in a combat zone-WIN!!!