PFC Henshaw

All Personnel,
 
Part 2 of FTX 04-17.
 
 
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Pursuant to the Goldwater-Nichols Defense Reorganization Act of 1986, the United States Special Operations Command was established on April 16, 1987, at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.
 
MARSOC was not formed and folded in until 2006, nevertheless, Happy 30th Birthday SOCOM.
 

"DO OR DIE MEN" by George Smith
For those who don't know, my wife and I are getting our house ready to sell.  Part of the process includes packing away most of our books.  (My wife and I are readers).  I have a large number of books about Marines and the Marine Corps.
I decided it has been too long since I've given a history lesson about my beloved Corps and my Marine brothers, so I'm going to share some short stories taken from some of my books. 
It seems only appropriate that I should start with a story about the original Marine Raiders of WWII.  People today just can't conceive the intensity of the battles and horrific conditions the Marines fought under back then.  It's also hard to describe those men; how hard they were;  how intensely proud and committed they were; and, how much they loved their Corps.
THE SCENE
October 1942, the First Marine Division and some attached units, on Guadalcanal.  One of those attached units was the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.   General Vandegrift believed fresh Japanese troops would attack over the ridge of hills south of the airfield, Henderson Field.  The Marines lines were already stretched thin because they had to cover such a large perimeter.  Vandegrift ordered Col Merritt "Red Mike" Edson, to take his Raiders to the ridges and help defend that approach with elements from two other units, including the 7th Marines.   As expected, crack Japanese troops attacked over the ridge of hills that night and kept attacking until near sunrise.      
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"Another Navy Cross winner that night was little Edward Ahrens of Alpha Company.  Only five foot seven, and 130 pounds, PFC Ahrens was a whiz with a BAR.  At about 0300, Ahrens spotted a group of men, led by what appeared to be an officer, approaching his foxhole.  He couldn't tell they were Japanese until they were almost on top of him.  Although shot twice and bayoneted several times, Ahrens managed to kill the Japanese lieutenant, a sergeant and several others with his BAR before he fell seriously wounded back into his foxhole.  He was found the next morning by Major Walt, who was inspecting his lines.
"As I came upon his position that morning he was slumped down in one corner of the foxhole covered with blood from head to foot," Walt said.  "In the foxhole with him were two dead Japs, one a lieutenant and the other a sergeant.  There were eleven more dead Japs on the ground in front of his position."
"As the corpsman was administering morphine, Ahrens held a Jap sword up to me and said, "Major, here's a souvenir for you.  Those yellow bastards tried to come over me last night.  I guess they didn't know I was a Marine."
 
That thin line of Marines held that night, and again one of the best infantry units in the Japanese army was decimated.

Frankly, I'm not sure how many of you will get this, but Marines will immediately understand!
 

These are really cool, I would've gone for straight up black boxes instead of blurring, but it still looks cool anyways.

Moments before member of team 2 of the 4th MRB take heavy fire 

Operators Prepare for a Mission 2017,  Location :Unkown

Moments before member of team 2 of the 4th MRB take heavy fire 

Operators Prepare for a Mission 2017,  Location :Unkown

Moments before member of team 2 of the 4th MRB take heavy fire 

Operators Prepare for a Mission 2017,  Location :Unkown

photos and video from the operations. First hand look through the eyes of 4Th MRB operators on the front lines.

photos and video from the operations. First hand look through the eyes of 4Th MRB operators on the front lines.

photos and video from the operations. First hand look through the eyes of 4Th MRB operators on the front lines.

photos and video from the operations. First hand look through the eyes of 4Th MRB operators on the front lines.

Last Name, First Name: Henshaw, Eric
ArmA III Player ID: 76561198236881128
Age: 21
 
Have you served in a realism unit?: No
If so detail which unit, time in service, rank, billet:
 
Desired Duty: 0372 Critical Skills Operator (CSO)
Why are you applying to join 4th MRB?: Was in the Marines and just got out now trying to find a group of well trained and well disciplined men or women to play Arma 3 with its true purpose. I would also like to challenge myself and others to become a better Arma player as well as a better person in the real world.
 
How did you find out about the 4th MRB?: Doing some research on Realism units on the internet
 
Confirm you understand the 4th MRB is an immersion-orientated, role-playing realism unit: yes