Foreign Training
Mali soldiers undergoing training exercises and drills with the help of French, German and Luxomberg in Koulikoro May 7, 2013. (REUTERS/Emilie Regnier)
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In the absence of orders, go find something and kill it.
General Erwin Rommel
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I honored the fallen enemy by placing a stone on his beautiful grave.
Manfred von Richthofen “The Red Baron”
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Chechens A group of the Islamic fighters armed with several AK variants. The most interesting one is what appears to be a cut-down model that still has the slant muzzle brake. Looks like a field modification of an AK-103 due to the steel magazine and the front sight not being integrated to the gas block. Chechens are brutal fighters. I saw the video where a group of them captured a young Russian soldier, tied him up and pinned his head down as they slit his throat, cutting right into the trachea. They didn’t behead him, they watched him struggle and bleed to death cause they wanted to see him suffer.
Fallen… French Defense Minister Gerard Longuet (right) stands in front of the 4 coffins of French soldiers to pay his respects during a ceremony at Kabul Airport in Kabul on Jan. 21. France’s defense minister arrived in Kabul for top-level talks as Paris warned it could accelerate its withdrawal from the 10-year war after an Afghan soldier shot the French soldiers. (Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images)
Afghanistan Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, Task Force Bulldog hold their weapons during the Memorial Day ceremony at Combat Outpost (COP) Boston in Kherwar district in Logar province, eastern Afghanistan, May 25, 2012. (Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)
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Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.
General Douglas MacArthur
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Chat A coalition force member speaks with a villager from an over watch position for Afghan National Army Special Forces helping Afghan Local Police build a checkpoint in Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 3, 2013. Afghan Local Police complement counterinsurgency efforts by assisting and supporting rural areas with limited Afghan National Security Forces presence, in order to enable conditions for improved security, governance and development. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Pete Thibodeau/Released)
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No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.
General George S. Patton
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Dogs of war… When you’re thousands of miles away from home, on a foreign battlefield, around a culture you know very little or nothing about, sometimes the most basic and simple reminder of home is a puppy.
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Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
General George S. Patton
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In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine.
Erwin Rommel
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Kitty A Syrian rebel fighter trying to feed a stray cat during a moment of calm amidst the ongoing civil war against the Assad regime. (Photo: REUTERS)
Hiding hole… Libyan rebel fighters pointing to the hiding spot of former dictator Mommar Gaddafi. Although it is generally believed that the rebels executed Gaddafi, the autopsy report also mentioned that he had been stabbed in the anus several times with bayonets prior to the fatal gun shot wound to his head. Apparently there is cellphone video from one of the rebels that has the bayonet to anus stabbing.
War Libyan rebel fighters engaging government troops during their successful overthrow of the Gaddafi regime. Note the spent shell casings ejecting from both rifles.
