A Kurdish Peshmerga commander of the infamous 9th Brigade based out of Daquq, a city just south of Kirkuk released a statement today via his Facebook page addressing his English speaking followers, “At this time no more volunteers will be accepted into the 9th Brigade. The volunteers currently on staff are the final volunteers to the […]
“War is a drug” – Chris Hedges These are just some of my personal experiences and I’m sure it’s different for everyone. It probably comes across like many men and woman’s experiences returning home from a deployment but in others I’m sure it isn’t; from cultural change extremes to sheer speed at which I was back in […]
With the soup sandwich that is the conflict in Syria ramping up, no one seems to be watching the ISIS presence in Iraq get snuffed out. The Iraqi government is watching however and they have a close eye on where their borders currently are. Their message to the Kurds was very clear last month; return […]
It’s the strangest thing in the world ya know? Stumbling through this way of life, figuring it all out as I go. I don’t want fame, fortune or glory (….ok a little bit of fortune would be nice, a man has to eat); I just enjoy what I’m doing and oddly enough seem to be […]
It’s important to practice getting out of sticky situations. The following is a video of myself and my colleague demonstrating to a small group of Peshmerga soldiers how to break contact with an enemy force utilizing fire and maneuver. While we are doing this as a two man element it can easily be expanded into […]
The M2 is perfect for the Kurds; it’s a weapon America first employed in WW2 against an evil empire and it was utilized alongside tactics used about 100 years ago.
The gunner will adjust and fire using a right footed peddle for a trigger, an assistant gunner to load and maintain the gun, and a third man to maintain and run the engines…
Peshmerga and most of the Kurdish military forces have a preference to shooting a machine gun 1 bullet at a time unless there is a serious need of suppressive fire, it’s weird and sometimes I even find myself doing it.
Nearly all major offensives done by Kurdish forces revolve around capturing a building or city from the Islamic state.
After the fighting we head in to search buildings for any valuable resources that we turn over to the Peshmerga. After we complete our SSE (Search and Seizure of Equipment) our team exfils through an alternate route that is occupied by Hastalshabi forces (Shia militia), we were an unwelcome presence to them for sure. Image courtesy […]
On the first day we make our way through several small villages to stage just outside the city. At first light we begin our push under mortar fire; Daesh sends a VBIED in from Hawija to stop our progression but to no avail. Image courtesy of Getty
They are used by Peshmerga forces primarily against VBIEDs because they are far more prevalent in the war against Daesh and cause devastation on a much larger scale.
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