Ummm there are no majors in the Navy…..if you haven’t been in combat or the military you should just be quiet
Water-Major... perhaps promotable to Colonel-of-the-Sea, Junior Grade?
I don't really care.
In fact- if you want to offer them some mitigation, Lutrell was a member of "SDV-1" i.e Swimmer Delivery Vehicle 1. He was supposed to be off doing underwater things, and literally had no business in Afghanistan, especially not doing that mission.
If I led that element of Operation Redwings, the book would be called "LOL- we got compromised, so we went back to the COP and played X-box" not, "LONE SURVIVOR: A tale of heroism where everyone dies except Marcus Luttrell."
A more realistic GWOT book would be "How Not to Pass Out While Beating Off in a 140 Degree Porta-Shitter."
You don't need a book about how to not-pass-out.
It's really all about getting to where you're almost passing out... but not really.
I also heard a rumor years ago that Murphy shot another seal in training. Normally they would pull a trident but it was glossed over and they let him continue to lead men....
I've heard that too, but not seen any real evidence.
Red Wings is an operation that deserves to be criticized, professionally, but no need to excessively shit on one of the MANY people who fucked up... if it's not true.
Jessica Lynch ( never fired a shot)
Pat Tillman ( shot by his own men)
Leanne Hester ( coward twat)
Correct on the first two, but Leanne Hester killed more Iraqis than cancer on that day. That's not why she earned the Silver Star though.
Long before the ambush, she drilled her section of trucks while everyone else went to the Green Bean. She developed the SOP to have the grenades in the bandoliers draped on the back of the seats (would not make me happy in a rollover- but later proved useful!) and she maneuvered her squad against the enemy under fire and finished them.
Many other linehaul escorts have gone pedal-down to get out of the kill zone and left their TCN truckers behind to die. This actually happens often. She hopped out of the truck, maneuvered her squad, and gave them a problem.
Not sure why anyone would call her a "coward twat." In the context of this thread, she's basically the anti-Luttrell.
