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Home » No Kidding There I Was » No Kidding There I Was… Combating Terrorists With Heavy Metal

No Kidding There I Was… Combating Terrorists With Heavy Metal

by Uri · February 2, 2013 · Posted In: No Kidding There I Was
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So, we were posted in the middle of nowhere near an encampment of a certain jihadi group. We were at standby pending permission to engage the terrorists. The only time we would fire was when they fire mortars at us.

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The jihadi assholes would not only get on the loudspeaker to call to prayers but at random times, especially at night, they would put their most horrid music full volume. After a week of that sound from hell we were all fuming.

Well, one of the engineers corp NCOs had a huge speaker on storage and we had this idea…

Out came the speaker. We placed it on top of one of our humvees and plugged it to my iPod. Whenever they would play their horrible music we would in turn play the loudest heavy metal I had. We played Slayer, Metallica, AC/DC, Hatebreed, Biohazard and others. It was LOUD!

A couple of days later another loudspeaker arrived to the post and now we had stereo music. Those jihadi a-holes didn’t know what hit them. We began playing music randomly. Worse, we placed our Master SGT on a microphone and he sang, ALL THE TIME. Only he didn’t know how to sing. It was epic.

After 5 days of heavy metal and the Master SGT singing, the terrorists started moving away. We radioed command and they promptly sent a few tanks that way.

They got every jihadi on that camp.

It Rocked!

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HugeFan
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This sounds way hippie-like but wouldn't it be great if that's how all wars were fought? Load crazy-ass music until the subwoofer blows and then when that happens, the side with the blown sub would have to concede defeat. Everybody goes home and the Cold War to develop better speakers and subwoofers begins. At least it's nice to think about... :-)

solemnvows2
solemnvows2 5pts

You wanna scare em??? DONT PLAY DROWNING POOL-type crap! lol...sorry no offense to you guys that like it, but its sooo f**kin cheesy.

Throw in some serious death meal like In Flames, At the Gates, Darkest Hour, and those evil bands from norway! 


lol...that will have a dual effect on psyops AND on toruturing those pricks...plus they are great bands

Tango9
Tango9 moderator 5pts

That is awesome.  "We began playing music randomly. Worse, we placed our Master SGT on a microphone and he sang, ALL THE TIME. Only he didn’t know how to sing. It was epic"

 

Best part, thanks Uri!

Contagio
Contagio 5pts like.author.displayName 1 Like

Sounds like your iPod is the litany of my collection....cut my teeth on the metal movement and still love it to this day

gipbmac
gipbmac 5pts

 @Contagio

 there are those days where nothing but a good dose of Metal will do!...

Sonnys Mom
Sonnys Mom 5pts like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 2 Like

Oooh, dose pore widdle jihadis!  And not just heavy metal... Barney and Sesame Street too!  Check out Drowning Pool's comment at the bottom of this Wikipedia entry on "Music in Psychological Operations"!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_in_psychological_operations

gipbmac
gipbmac 5pts

 @Sonnys Mom  LOL Barney!  How about some Wiggles too...

Sonnys Mom
Sonnys Mom 5pts

 @gipbmac  @Sonnys Mom  Where are those TeleTubbies when we need them?

gipbmac
gipbmac 5pts like.author.displayName 1 Like

I needed this post today - damn I love this site!!!

ColonelProp
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Awesome!!!!! I imagine "Hells Bells" followed "A Whole Lotta Rosie" would have Ben a good combo....

gipbmac
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 @ColonelProp

 and then "Shoot to Thrill".."

Vicki_Lemonds
Vicki_Lemonds 5pts

I love it!!!

SEAN SPOONTS
SEAN SPOONTS 5pts like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 2 Like

"Noble and manly music invigorates the spirit, strengthens the wavering man, and incites him to great and worthy deeds." -Homer ...(not Simpson you assholes. lol)

SleazyWeazel
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I LOVE the smell of victory.....by metal and karaoke. ;)

VikingBeachBum
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Nice. It's like you guys pull a page out of the Apocolypse Now playbook. Any "Flight of the Valkyries" get blasted?

LauraWalkerKC
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Thought you might get a kick out of this then: 

http://gadgets.ndtv.com/others/news/hackers-blast-acdcs-thunderstruck-at-irans-nuclear-facility-247855

and

http://youtu.be/tx6FsDC4i3s

Sonnys Mom
Sonnys Mom 5pts like.author.displayName 1 Like

 @LauraWalkerKC  Laura - felt so bad hearing about Chris Kyle, but I feel just a little better now after seeing that video... a thing of beauty. Awesome fliers, awesome film production.

CK5150
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 @LauraWalkerKC That one, "hell's bells' and  "welcome to the jungle" will be playing in sports arenas and now nuclear facilities forever.  

Muskrat
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Awsome story! Long live Rock n' Roll!!

StormR
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LOL - music to soothe the savage beasts or to move them along - it works every time.  One summer, there was a rowdy group of teenagers hanging out and smoking near the entrance to one of our libraries.  They were scaring people walking by and generally being a nuisance.  Staff was having to deal with it constantly. The Branch Librarian finally put a 'boom box' near the entrance and played classical music for hours.  Yup, they moved out:)

13thBama
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Secret Weapon: 1 off key Master SGT and two large speakers.

Sonnys Mom
Sonnys Mom 5pts

 @13thBama   Or how 'bout a few large speakers and a half-dozen barking Malinois war dogs? :)

ArcticWarrior
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Uri that is some funny stuff. Those bands are music to destroy by. That Arabic Pop/Techno is enough to drive someone into a Berserker rage.    

 

\m/ \m/

ufridman
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 @ArcticWarrior Man you have no idea... especially when they break the female singers... damn.. 

Julesy
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That's awesome. Too bad there's no video.

Sonnys Mom
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 @southernbelle  Uri will get it done!

KineticFury
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"Worse, we placed our Master SGT on a microphone and he sang, ALL THE TIME. Only he didn’t know how to sing. It was epic."

 

That be a sight to see! It's good to see music and taunting find its place in 21st century warfare.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1csr0dxalpI

 

Sonnys Mom
Sonnys Mom 5pts like.author.displayName 1 Like

 @KineticFury  You know, come to think of it, the use of taunt songs is a long and honored tradition... it's even mentioned in the Bible!

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