Russian soldier surrounded by ISIS calls in airstrikes on himself. Talk about self sacrifice and courage!

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Quote:"An officer of Russian special operations forces was killed near Palmyra while carrying out a special task to direct Russian airstrikes at Islamic State group targets," the unnamed representative said, without giving the date of the incident.

"The officer was carrying out a combat task in area for a week, identifying crucial IS targets and passing exact coordinates for strikes with Russian planes," he said.

"The officer died as a hero, he drew fire onto himself after being located and surrounded by terrorists," he said.

I did not know Russia had boots on the ground there. God bless that soldier.

(03-25-2016 01:06 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  I did not know Russia had boots on the ground there. God bless that soldier.

Well, one has to take anything Russia says with a grain of salt, but I'd like to think that soldier died a hero. Can you imagine hearing the jets coming in?

That's impressive.

If reporting is accurate, job well done.

(03-25-2016 01:06 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  I did not know Russia had boots on the ground there. God bless that soldier.

They pulled a lot of them out last week or the week before, but they still have special forces in there. They also have troops defending the air bases.

(03-25-2016 01:09 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(03-25-2016 01:06 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  I did not know Russia had boots on the ground there. God bless that soldier.

Well, one has to take anything Russia says with a grain of salt, but I'd like to think that soldier died a hero. Can you imagine hearing the jets coming in?

No doubt about it. Better than being taken alive.

**** ISIS. China needs to be helping too.

(03-25-2016 01:09 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(03-25-2016 01:06 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  I did not know Russia had boots on the ground there. God bless that soldier.

Well, one has to take anything Russia says with a grain of salt, but I'd like to think that soldier died a hero. Can you imagine hearing the jets coming in?

that is not a pretty feeling, we used to call that show of force when I was in Iraq. Jets would be flying so low that you could actually read their numbers

Damn

(03-25-2016 01:12 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(03-25-2016 01:09 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(03-25-2016 01:06 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  I did not know Russia had boots on the ground there. God bless that soldier.

Well, one has to take anything Russia says with a grain of salt, but I'd like to think that soldier died a hero. Can you imagine hearing the jets coming in?

that is not a pretty feeling, we used to call that show of force when I was in Iraq. Jets would be flying so low that you could actually read their numbers

Or be able to tell the color of the helmet the pilot is wearing.

(03-25-2016 01:27 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(03-25-2016 01:12 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(03-25-2016 01:09 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(03-25-2016 01:06 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  I did not know Russia had boots on the ground there. God bless that soldier.

Well, one has to take anything Russia says with a grain of salt, but I'd like to think that soldier died a hero. Can you imagine hearing the jets coming in?

that is not a pretty feeling, we used to call that show of force when I was in Iraq. Jets would be flying so low that you could actually read their numbers

Or be able to tell the color of the helmet the pilot is wearing.

yep! No ****, the first time I heard that sound, I almost my pants.

(03-25-2016 01:00 PM)VA49er Wrote:  Russian soldier surrounded by ISIS calls in airstrikes on himself. Talk about self sacrifice and courage!

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Quote:"An officer of Russian special operations forces was killed near Palmyra while carrying out a special task to direct Russian airstrikes at Islamic State group targets," the unnamed representative said, without giving the date of the incident.

"The officer was carrying out a combat task in area for a week, identifying crucial IS targets and passing exact coordinates for strikes with Russian planes," he said.

"The officer died as a hero, he drew fire onto himself after being located and surrounded by terrorists," he said.

Palmyra?

That is the town next to my college in Lebanon County.

I didn't know that a war had happened there.

another salute to a sacrificial human! (lamb)

I will pay homage to such....

Badass of the Week material.