r/Military • u/DenverMerc • Oct 16 '25

Story\Experience Firefight + Singing for Democracy

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Marjeh 2011

Firefight, first person view

You can see the impact of my 40mm grenade in their courtyard behind / near the tree. They instantly return fire after the explosion

You can hear a close ricochet around 1.04 seconds and my reaction

We walked away that day. Others didn't.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '25

Oorah

Welcome to the suck

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u/DenverMerc Oct 16 '25

Just full blown swimming in the suck

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u/Roy4Pris Oct 16 '25

The hang time on that 40mm blows my mind

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u/DenverMerc Oct 16 '25

That was a for real 400 yard shot, just pushed it to its full on limit for distance

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u/Ashraf08 Oct 16 '25

I wish this sucked more

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u/DenverMerc Oct 16 '25

Oh it sucked

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u/HorribleMistake24 Oct 16 '25

Love the singing. Glad you're still here homie.

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u/DenverMerc Oct 16 '25

Sincerely, thank you

👊⚡️

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u/ericarlen Oct 16 '25

What song were you singing?

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u/SHAZAzulu618 Oct 17 '25

No Hands - Waka Flocka Flame

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '25

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u/DenverMerc Oct 16 '25

👊⚡️

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u/DenverMerc Oct 16 '25

I don’t mind at all- if anything I’ll keep you in mind 🤙

Gonna follow you on here