If you read the narrative below the video, he explains everything. His squad was doing recon when they were pinned down on the side of the hill. He did what any squared away infantryman would do in this particular situation, which is move to draw fire away from the squad so that they can move in on the enemy, or at lest to a safe position. He knew that he was putting himself in imminent danger but chose to do it anyway. One soldier is not going to win the fight normally. It takes the collective whole, so his decision was made in the hopes that the enemy would divert their attention to him and thus free his squad to maneuver to a better position. And if you notice, even though he is hit, he has the presence of mind to retrieve his rifle, which according to him was still functional (except the M-203 which he said had a nice 7.62 hole in it). As the soldier said, he eventually made it down the hill on his own. As far as what he was shooting at, probably at nothing in particular, Just making noise so that the Taliban would notice him moving and thus divert their attention to him, which they did. In the end, the soldier did the right thing. He was doing whatever it takes to get his squad to a point where they could maneuver to safety. Good for him. The question may come to mind "well don't you guys train for every scenario"? While we do train for various scenarios, we are not being shot at with real bullets during training. The closest we get is the MILES system, which is just a military version of laser tag. We try to make our training as realistic as possible without purposely getting someone hurt. However, once the bullets start flying for real, you have to immediately assess the situation and make split second decisions.
> > Came across this video. > > I see the guy yell I'm hit many times, and shoot into the distance. > What is he shooting at? > > Why is he out in the open like that? > > What the hell is going on?? > > http://www.petapixel.com/2012/09/27/soldier-captures-pov-footage-of-intense-firefight-with-taliban-in-afghanistan/ > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:355622 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
