Capt Childs

Operation Sledgehammer, "Rescue the Colonel" mission.  
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Mr. Mackinnon,
Your application is held in process pending a selection board interview with 2 or more Co HQ. You have 1 month from your original application date to complete the application process; by 01JUL.
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View Application Status Jeff Mackinnon

Submitted 06/01/2019 12:17 AM Name Jeff Mackinnon Email elmatador9001@gmail.com Timezone America/Halifax Country Canada Additional Application Fields
ArmA III Player ID 76561197982567253 Age 26 Have you served in a realism unit? Yes, but on a different game. Day of Defeat: Source. If so detail which unit, time in service, rank, billet 17th AB, about 2 years, held the rank of Sgt. Completely different game though, I have little experience on Arma 3. Desired Duty Assignment 0372 Critical Skills Operator (CSO) Why are you applying to join 4th MRB? Releasing from the Canadian Army soon and going to school. Will have some free time so I figure video games will keep me out of trouble. How did you find out about the 4th MRB? YouTube. Confirm you understand the 4th MRB is an immersion-orientated, role-playing realism unit? Yes

Mr. Mackinnon,
Application accepted. Within the next hour, you will receive permission for your training pipeline. Check the PHASE I sub-board for the next available scheduled Recruit Training. If you are attending a Recruit Training check each thread for available times and sign up for it in the "Recruit Training" Forum. There will be a thread to sign in.
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SSgt Stone
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Part 2 or 2, "Going Back In"
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Op Sledgehammer, "Going Back In".
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Happy Memorial Day men.  Remember who paid the ultimate sacrifice for you!  
 
 

Op Sledgehammer, "Convoy Hijack".
Vid is low light due to night time op.  Watch in the dark!!  But don't be afraid.
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Updated again...

First Combat Patrol of Op Sledgehammer.  Part 1
 
 

4th MRB Memorial Ceremony for 1st Lt Francis Velten of the 15th MEU Realism Unit.
 
Corrected 5/16.

Op Sledgehammer, "First Combat Patrol" Part 2
 
 

The Greatest Play in Baseball History
Watch the video to see the play that has been called, "The Greatest Play in Baseball History".  This happened 43 years ago this past Thursday.
Now you are wondering, what is Spencer doing putting this in the Marine History thread.  Well, here is the rest of the story.
Rick Monday was a Marine.  This incident occurred just a few years after Monday was released from the Marine Corps Reserves.  During an interview Monday said this:
Monday said of his legacy: "It's a good thing I did get it, because I did not want any of my former drill instructors from the Marine Corps to come and say, ‘Hey Marine! Why did you stand there and watch when they ignited the American flag?’"
Now you know why I posted this story.   Semper Fi Rick Monday.

Mr. Bagheera,
Application accepted. Within the next hour, you will receive permission for your training pipeline. Check the PHASE I sub-board for the next available scheduled Recruit Training. If you are attending a Recruit Training check each thread for available times and sign up for it in the "Recruit Training" Forum. There will be a thread to sign in.
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Step 2. Sign up for a "Recruit Training" in the Recruit Training Forum.

Thank you and once again, welcome aboard Recruit.
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SSgt Richter
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View Application Status Yeh Roh Bagheera

Submitted 04/25/2019 05:20 PM Name Yeh Roh Bagheera Email lloyd.parker24@yahoo.com Timezone America/New_York Country United States Additional Application Fields
ArmA III Player ID 76561198300695822 Age 32 Have you served in a realism unit? Yes If so detail which unit, time in service, rank, billet Seal Team 5 (SO3) Seal Team 10 (SO3) Desired Duty Assignment 0372 Critical Skills Operator (CSO) Why are you applying to join 4th MRB? I have applied in the past and did not get my application cleared due to me moving from one state to the next. I want to rejoin Arma 3 and start with a bang! I figured the 4th MRB can give me the best immersion experience that I have been looking for. P.S. I am sorry about not completing the first application on time and I wasn't ignoring the emails and messages I just had to move my home to another state sorry. How did you find out about the 4th MRB? YouTube Videos and Online google. Confirm you understand the 4th MRB is an immersion-orientated, role-playing realism unit? Yes

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View Application Status Patrick Sorensen

Submitted 03/25/2019 01:49 PM Name Patrick Sorensen Email sorensen15th@gmail.com Timezone America/New_York Country United States Additional Application Fields
ArmA III Player ID 76561198073171614 Age 29 Have you served in a realism unit? Yes If so detail which unit, time in service, rank, billet 15th MEU Realism Unit, 08MAR13-18JAN15, Sgt, MOS 0365 Desired Duty Assignment 0372 Critical Skills Operator (CSO) Why are you applying to join 4th MRB? To be a part of a realism unit, again. How did you find out about the 4th MRB? GySgt B. Crowley Confirm you understand the 4th MRB is an immersion-orientated, role-playing realism unit? Yes

Op Sledgehammer, "Looking For a Base Location".  First patrol in our new AO.
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"The Beginning" Part 2.  Operation Sledgehammer, 01-19
Part 2 of initial mission.  Watch in High Definition and "Like" please.
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ATTENTION:  I noticed the resolution of this vid at times is terrible when I watched it on YouTube.  I checked my video and it's gorgeous.  I suspect something happened in the upload of the video to Youtube, although I'm not sure.  My production of this video is 4K type qualilty.  At this point, I'm debating whether I should take the time to pull this down and try another upload.
 

Operation Sledgehammer, 01-19 "The Beginning"
First Mission of Op Sledgehammer (excluding patrol to find COP).
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Final Predeployment training video before Operation vids start.
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PENTAGON FLAG RAISING, 911
The Full Story
 
Since Louis Daguerre took the first photograph of a person accidentally while sitting at a Paris cafe, it has become so that an event, no matter how significant, does not seem to be reality unless a camera makes it so. A little known event that occurred at the Pentagon on that horrific day of September 11, 2001, proved this idea to be true. A young Marine Lance Corporal raised the first battle flag on the still very unstable section of the building that was hit. I had the honor of helping the young man get to his objective.
I was now officially out of the Corps and was a member of 20th Special Forces Group. Of course, my heart still belonged to my beloved Marine Corps. In fact, one of the SSG chevrons I wore had the crossed rifles I had earned as a Marine. As it goes, in the midst of the chaos of the surreal scene on September 11th, a Special Forces General approached me and ordered me to accompany a young Marine who had appeared on the scene with a small US flag to the roof of the Pentagon. To defiantly hoist our Colors for the world to see?!? I eagerly agreed. What an honor! It was reminiscent of the flag raising on Iwo that had become our symbol of courage and honor.
I had the gear to facilitate the posting of the Colors (duct tape, 550 cord, etc). He had the flag. We were supposed to represent the Army and the Marine Corps but above all our Nations spirit. We climbed into a cart suspended by a cable with the operator. The cart began to sway erratically. It was clear that only two could ascend. That meant either the Marine would have to leave or I would. The general ordered me to tell the Marine to get out of the cart.
“...if anyone
was going to
raise that flag,
it would be
a Marine
in uniform.”
Every part of me recognized how wrong that was. Every part of me recognized that if anyone was going to raise that flag, it would be a Marine in uniform. I approached the Marine and told him what happened. At the point of seeing his shock and disappointment I informed him that I served in the Corps for nine and a half years. I went on to further explain that the general had picked the wrong soldier for this mission. With a "Semper Fi", a wink, and a smile, I handed him my gear and tearfully walked away from the now ascending cart.
In the darkness, the general watched as the cart climbed higher and higher. Then, at the moment it was near the top, he realized what had transpired. The Army did not get theirs that day. He angrily turned toward me, trying to make out my name, while scolding me at the same time. I told him that I apologize but I was a Marine at heart. He furiously walked away from me.
I only saw the Lance Corporal when he returned. He too had tears of pride in his eyes. I shook his hand and asked him if he was now a "lifer". He smiled and answered in the affirmative.
I can not find the words to describe how blessed I feel that I was in that spot that day and at that time where I could help my Marine Corps one more time. So, to all my brothers and sisters in and out of uniform...Semper Fidelis! Know that that day, when the firemen were immortalized in New York raising our Flag, a young anonymous Marine had done the same in Washington D.C. in the spirit of our great Nation and United States Marine Corps.
The cameras were not there. All that remains are the image in our hearts and minds of the Marine pridefully planting our Colors and saluting while a crowd stopped watched, saluted, and fought back tears and were newly inspired to dig through the still smoldering debris.
Semper Fi!
 

Marines are famous for their courage and efficiency in winning battles.  They nearly always do more with less and have a world wide reputation for toughness and discipline.  While I have numerous stories I could tell about Marines in battle, I am going to deviate and tell a few stories about the character of Marines.  This side of the US Marine story is well known to many, but possibly not you guys.  These stories, while different, are great examples of the kind of young men the US Marine Corps tends to attract.
 
AFTER FLIGHT 77 HIT THE PENTAGON ON 9/11, THE FOLLOWING HAPPENED. 
 A daycare facility inside the Pentagon had many children, including infants who were in heavy cribs. The daycare supervisor, looking at all the children they needed to evacuate, was in a panic over what they could do.
 There were many children, mostly toddlers, as well as the infants that would need to be taken out with the cribs. There was no time to try to bundle them into carriers and strollers.
 Just then a young Marine came running into the center and asked what they needed. After hearing what the center director was trying to do, he ran back out into the hallway and disappeared. The director thought, "Well, here we are, on our own."
 About 2 minutes later, that Marine returned with 40 other Marines in tow. Each of them grabbed a crib with a child, and the rest started gathering up toddlers.
 The director and her staff then helped them take all the children out of the center and down toward the park near the Potomac .
 Once they got about 3/4 of a mile outside the building, the Marines stopped in the park, and then did a fabulous thing - they formed a circle with the cribs, which were quite sturdy and heavy, like the covered wagons in the Old West.
 Inside this circle of cribs, they put the toddlers, to keep them from wandering off. Outside this circle were the 40 Marines, forming a perimeter around the children and waiting for instructions. There they remained until the parents could be notified and come get their children.
 The chaplain then said, "I don't think any of us saw nor heard of this on any of the news stories of the day. It was an incredible story of our men there.” There wasn't a dry eye in the room.
 The thought of those Marines and what they did and how fast they reacted; could we expect any less from them? It was one of the most touching stories from the Pentagon.
 

Russian Weapons Briefing #2
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Training session following predeployment brief and training.
 
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