Fighting terrorism “over there”
Well, there’s a clearer picture of what happened on that high-speed train from Amsterdam to Paris yesterday. It seems that it wasn’t Marines at all who stopped the terrorist from unleashing his dastardly plot. According to Fox News;
Anthony Sadler, a senior at Sacramento State University, was traveling with childhood friends Spencer Stone, of Carmichael, California, and Alek Skarlatos, a National Guardsmen from Roseburg, Oregon, when they heard a gunshot and breaking glass.
Spencer Stone tackled the fellow while he was charging down the hallway trying to charge his weapon, he had a box cutter and sliced Stone with the weapon. That’s when they beat him unconscious and tied him up. Stone’s injuries aren’t life-threatening. Another passenger was injured and he’s expected to recover, too.
French Interior Minister Bernad Cazenueve, speaking in Arras where the train was diverted, said the Americans “were particularly courageous and showed great bravery in very difficult circumstances,” and that “without their sangfroid we could have been confronted with a terrible drama.” He also called for caution before jumping to conclusions.
From The Guardian;
Skarlatos, who had recently returned from a tour of duty in Afghanistan with the national guard, told Sky News the gunman’s AK-47 had jammed and that he had not known how to fix it.
“If that guy’s weapon had been functioning properly, I don’t even want to think about how it would have went,” he said. “We just did what we had to do. You either run away or fight. We chose to fight and got lucky and didn’t die.”
Because terrorists are just stupid – they watch too many movies.
The French authorities are still trying to figure out the Moroccan’s motivations, but I think that we can guess.
Category: Terror War
Well lucky him that it was not US Marines. Even better that it was plain old USA badassery that got the job done. And a weekend warrior hah. No chingos con USA cavron.
New instructions in terrorist manual,”check to ensure there are no Americans around, if so, ABORT IMMEDIATELY (right now)”.
Kudos to these three guys for doing their best to stop the wanker. They prevented a very real tragedy with quick thinking.
Marines, nothing but respect to your branch, but hey, let’s not steal thunder from these guys. I’ve seen the results of what happens when fellows from another branch gets it in his head that “He’s just a USAF pussy and doesn’t know how to brawl.”
Our brave,ballsy young men did something, when most would do nothing. Let’s not fall on a Marmaluke sword.
Whisteling “Nothing can stop the USAF..
I was wondering, after reading the earlier reports why the gunman wasn’t dead after his encounter with Marines. I guess this explains it.
Very good!
The gun didn’t jam. The round in the chamber had a dented primer, but didn’t go off. Bad ammo and the perp didn’t know how to clear it. Muzzies aren’t all that bright. If it had been a goat instead of an AK he’d have been more knowledgeable.
I am very proud of these three men.
I just hope our trains here are manned and womened up in the same manner!
These fuchters are all over the place.
Funny thought: “as the three Americans jumped into action, disabling the terrorist, taking injury, beating him within an inch of his life, restraining him for a possible trip to the morgue, each and every French citizen onboard dutifly displaced their emergency travel mini-white flag high above their head”.
Don’t forget the Brit who also assisted our boys. So once again the French are saved by the US and Brits.
Hat tip and beer for my Brit brother!
BZ to the Yanks and Brits that stepped up and stopped the Habibbi from unleashing hell on the train!
As for the Frenchies, a note:
Dear France,
Saved your ass again from getting rolled!
Signed,
The USA and Great Britian
There was a report of people jumping off the train while it was moving. Fucking pussies. There better not be any Americans in that bunch. I think I would be more scared of jumping off the train.
They must have been Paratourists. Who else would jump off a perfectly good train?
Thread winner!
Coffee out the nose funny!
I should report this comment for being freakin’ funny.
This makes me happy. Oregon Guard in the news for doing something positive.
Right, we’re not in the news for pot, meth, or PDX eco-nuts. BZ gents, damn fine job!
So where did the misconception that they are US Marines come from? Even the Quantico FaceBook page had the link to the earlier news article saying they were Marines.
I think it was from the UK Daily Mail. First place I saw the story saying Marines were involved.
the whole original story was bullshyt..it said Marines and also said one was critical shot in the neck! Frog journalists are as freaking stupid as American journalists…pardon the use of the term “journalists”!!
The french think all Americans are either Texans, Cowboys or Marines. They are just not used to American badassery.
exactly ^^^^^^^
there was none at first Lol….
I think the people over there thinks its either Marines or Soldiers that in our military and forget about the other branches of service.
“The French authorities are still trying to figure out the Moroccan’s motivations, but I think that we can guess.”
Income inequality and a $15 minimum wage???
And the right for all French muslim women to wear full head cover in official government issued identification cards.
Makes perfect sence to me!
Theyre saying one USAF A1C and one Army SPC now.
I guess it explains why the Wellington and the Brits beat Napoleon and the Johnny Crapauds.
Wellingtons army at Waterloo was about half German and Dutch, and Bluche’s Prussians rolled the French right at the end of the day.
Those were Dutch-Belgians.
The Hanoverian-Landwehr battalions, the Prussians led by Blucher.
The 1st Corps was led by the Prince of Orange, the 2nd Corps by Hill. Picton led the Reserve, Uxbridge led the Cavalry.
The largest battalion on the field was I-52nd Regiment.
The smallest was the French III/108th.
Average battalion at Waterloo:
– 640 men / Wellington’s infantry (British – 665 men, KGL – 520 men, Hannoverian – ?)
– 610 men / Blucher’s infantry
– only 520 men / Napoleon’s infantry
The strongest squadrons on the battlefield were also Wellington’s squadrons.
Average squadron at Waterloo:
– 145 men / Wellington’s cavalry
– 135 men / Napoleon’s cavalry
– 115 men / Blucher’s cavalry
I Corps (32,000 men and 64 guns): General Prince Willem of Orange
Chief-of-Staff: Mjr-Gen. Baron de Constant Rebecque
Adjutant-General: Mjr-Gen. van der Wyck
Artillery: Mjr-Gen. van Gunckel
II Corps (27,500 men and 40 guns): Ltn-Gen. Sir Rowland Hill
ADC: Cpt. Horace Churchill
Reserve Corps (23,000 men and 56 guns): Sir Thomas Picton
ADCs: Cpt. Horace Seymour and Cpt. Wedderbun-Webster
Cavalry Corps (12,000 men and 30 guns): Ltn-Gen. Sir Henry Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge
Hanoverian Cavalry: Mjr-Gen. Victor von Alten
Royal Horse Artillery: Ltn-Col. Sir Augustus Frazer
The Brunswick Corps: Ltn-Gen. Prince Friedrich, Duke of Brunswick
Chief-of-Staff: Mjr Friedrich von Wachholtz
Quartermaster-General: Ltn-Col. von Heineman
Other Troops:
Garrisons (13,000 men and 26 guns)
Bourbon French Cavalry Corps (few hundreds)
The Royal Engineers: Lt-Col. James Smyth (then Brigadier General Alexander Bryce)
The sapper and miner companies constructed defences around the fortresses in Belgium
and provided a pontoon train for the army. Their depot was at Hal.
The Royal Waggon Train: Lt-Col. – Thomas Aird.
8 companies of British Royal Waggon Train
4 companies of The Foreign Waggon Train.
I can break those down further if you like. 🙂
HOOAH…..
HOOOOAH
HOOOOOAH
HOOOOOOAH !!!!!!!!
Heeeeeeeee Hawwwwwwwwwwwwwwww ! ! ! ! ! !
Damned well done gentlemen!
Meanwhile, “The French authorities are still trying to figure out the Moroccan’s motivations.”
I can hear it now, “Do we think it was the ticket prices, or the service? What wines were they serving in the bar car? Perhaps, we should consider better than common table wines in the future. Ah, c’est la vie!”
Nimrods! You mean to tell me they need more than just hearing the news of the attempt to know his motives? And about the “gun free zone which is France”, that’s working out well don’t you think. I mean, every potential law abiding victim on the train was in compliance but the Moroccan…not so much. Alas, c’est la vie!
A true embodiment of the “Spirit of the American Fighting Man!”
https://youtu.be/dIhIMwhx7JU
This is awesome.
HOOOOAH
Barry is clearly thrilled with the whole thing,
“While the investigation into the attack is in its early stages, it is clear that their heroic actions may have prevented a far worse tragedy.”
Weak. Translation: “Since this has nothing to do with me, I could shit-care less.”
Another translation could be:
“Since I’m on vacation, I could shit-care less.”
“When’s my next tee time and where’s that beer I ordered?”
My question is whether or not the Airman will be given a Purple Heart since this was a terrorist attack….
I say a Purple Heart for him and a Soldiers Medal for all three.
One of the three is a civilian. So that would be one Soldier’s Medal and One Airman’s Medal.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/08/22/3-us-servicemen-describe-terrifying-attack-on-european-train/?intcmp=hpbt2
“French actor Jean-Hugues Anglade, whose finger was injured “to the bone” as he broke the emergency alarm glass, told the magazine Paris-Match that passengers thought they were going to die “because we were prisoners of this train.” Anglade said he, his two children and companion were in the last car, No. 11, one car away from No. 12 where the gunman was tackled and subdued.
He said, “We heard passengers shouting in English, `He’s firing, he’s firing. He has a Kalashnikov.”‘ He said he saw train personnel running down the corridor to take refuge in their work car, and claimed they locked the door and refused to answer desperate knocks.”
And there you have it.
oops, amend this to Skippy’s post.
France will probably award them with the Legion d’Honneur.
Unless someone weasels on the “enemy of the US” part, the Bronze Stare with V (valor) is the likely award.
Unarmed, fish-in-a-barrel, against a Jihadi with an AK? I could see this as a case for the Silver Star.
But I really rather doubt ‘someone’ is going to admit the obvious. Thus, they likely get the Solder’s/Airman’s Medal.
At least France seems to have done right by them, awarding the Legion d’honneur.
Ack! My typo skills ROOL!
Bronze -STAR-
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I’ve also seen a report that members of the train crew locked themselves in a separate car on the train.
you have to love the French if that’s true Lol….
Everything you read about them varifies the are “gutless frogs”!
Right ^^^^^^^
WORD. ^^^^^^^^^***
Army Human Retards Command has another ripe target for QMP action.
No Joke, they did the right thing. they can’t have that can they Lol….
“without their sangfroid we could have been confronted with a terrible drama.” Sangfroid? WTF is that? Well, it’s frog for big balls when facing danger. I’m guessing that it is the least used word in France. The video was great. I would be a used car from that guy, sight unseen. His account was splendid.
How many of you thought of “Let’s roll?” Better still, anyone not think of it?
For the Army Hero’s I see Purple Heart (boni fide terrorist action) and Soldier Medals. More than deserving. I received my Soldiers Medal in 1994 “Green Ramp” Me and my CO (CPT) dragged 30 fellow paratroopers from that inferno. All of them survived. I suffered burns on 40% of my body. I was at 22 (SGM) years of service that day and that was my last scheduled jump. RA/Reserve/NG we are all soldiers first. My CO was burnt around 50% of his body, he retired a while back as a 2 star. We are brothers for life.
In other news, some french women on the train got to see some real men for the first time in their life….
Proper recognition of these Servicemembers actions presents an interesting problem.
Soldiers Medal,at least.
But we are at war and they were engaging an armed enemy of the United States… in combat?
Could a Bronze Star up to a DSC be considered?
From our current leadership?
Will the French change their views of “American Cowboys?” After a couple of weeks, nah!
Outf@cking standing. March to the sound of the guns!