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05/27/2024
Ripped the ground down to the dirt.
We will have more video after July 27th and 28th, that weekend we will conduct our first full FTX Live fire, so I have been preparing the ground readying for that FTX.
All of our content is us being the guinea pigs for what will be available in the classes.
In this video I go over the Ambush my Platoon were engaged in on or about March 3rd 2011.
I want to take a few moments to talk about some outstanding individuals who Leadership, Dedication to Duty, Tenacity, Discipline... and for one them, Boldness and Dermination, and complete Disregard for his own Personal Safety got our Squad out of what could've been, a very tragic situation.
The sun began to rise and we sat in place, listening, watching... waiting. We began to see life again in the open fields and rolling grape rows that made up the specific area in Zhari District of Kandahar, not far from the Arghandab River.
We then positioned ourselves in grape rows just north of a 500m by 250m flat open field, at the far end of the field was a low maybe 3ft high wall. On both east and west sides of the field rose buildings and compounds. Next to the wall at the end of the field was a pile of dried poppies, as anyone who knows what poppies are, there are a key ingredient in He**in. Our mission for that afternoon would be destroy those poppies as the taliban got most of their money from drugs, cripple the supply, you cripple the cash flow. Our first squad joined us in the grape rows and set up an overwatch position in the grape rows, in order to strong point our position.
We pushed out as a squad with 26 in tow, the full compliment of 2nd squad made their way to the end of the field and prepared to destroy the poppies, as we did so shots rang out again. This time the shots came from both directions east and west, as we began to engage shots also rang out from the south as well... we were dead center in the middle of a 3 sided ambush... my first thought was "f**k they got us". Those of us along the wall began engaging as best we could, while the rest of us scrambled for the wall and any cover we could find in a flat open field like that.
Everyone ran but 1... Samuel Torset, showing Courage, Boldness and Determination, took a Knee and began to engage from right where he was... right out in the open, ass in breeze, unflinching and unrelenting, with complete Disregard for himself he quickly used his M249 Squad Automatic Weapon to engage the enemy and made himself, target number 1. What I witnessed what we all saw with our own eyes was a Hero who didn't wake up that morning thinking he would be one, and even in that moment or even now think he was or is one... but he is... he fearlessly started from the knee and ended up in the prone before it was over, 5 minutes that battle raged in that field.
In the first 60 seconds Nunn had turned and was personally and alone engaging the fire from the East, he too stood alone and decided he would win the day on his side, his fight ended abruptly when the backblast from a LAW Light Anti Armor Weapon struck him knowing him down and lightly flash burning his face and leg, I thought for a brief moment that he had been hit... and fear gripped me as I continued to engage. Meadows picked up the fire and began to take control of the engagement from his position, firing everything he had, rockets, grenades and rifle ammo... everything, even at one point we began to hand off mags to the M249 in order to keep the highest casualty producing Weapon system in the fight.
This is the first time for us they were so bold and brazend, we could see the muzzles of the AKs in the spider holes of the buildings, they had never been this close to us... ever. They had never dared to even try this kind of thing. We begged for support and air, and we're told it would be a minute. I thought I was going to die there, SGT Shane Bourbon barked out orders to plan to gather SI, pile them, and burn them in the event we were overrun. Every scenario was planned, and we would execute should the worst happen.
As I opened my eyes I could see in the distance that air incoming... God had heard me, and in my darkest moment he said "not this time, not today, you have more to do". My heart lept from the sudden realization that we have a chance, the first rounds began to impact the Taliban positions and the firing at us ceased, SGT Bourbon and our PL 1LT John Payne quickly organized a retreat, we all went, spaced out 1 after the other.
We quickly checked to make sure everyone was okay, checked to ensure nobody was wounded... somehow not one of us was hurt, some of us were a little exhausted and nearly Heat Cats... but we all were alive. We should not have made it out if there alive, but for the actions of a brave few we did. These few unsung Heroes recieved no medals, no recognition for their actions, as this was the absolute norm for all of us, this was just another day in Afghanistan, we did not know it then, but we had cheated the system, outgunned, outnumbered, and ambushed out in the open, we prevailed and emerged the Victor's.
12/12/2023
Bravo Zulu Renegade 2... we will never forget...
11/15/2023
That red boy has good tastes.
09/11/2023
Never forget.
Playing a little call for Fire, I didn't use any actual techniques short of just making adjustments based off of last round placement, so this was deffinently an interesting session to say the least. You can make an educated guess if you dont already know on this game where your mortars or artillary are firing from based on the placement of the next round after adjustments, and just kinda go from there, once you have them bracketed you can start firing for effect. They give you a time limit that forces you to make decisions quickly but decisively, bearing in mind you also only have so many rounds to fire at the target as well. The terrain also veries so you have to think about that too, its not all just flat on the game, which is also kinda awesome.
Long story short I'm not a 13F lol. But the game is alot of fun for anyone that's bored and wants to apply techniques they can learn to a game on their phone. Link below.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.SimTrgGp.MobileFO2
Just out of curiosity how many of our followers would actually be interested in joining if they could? This is just out of curiosity of course. So I know the comments are coming from all the vets lol.
09/01/2023
DOL!
---Mud
A decision has been made to close down the regularly scheduled Instructional portion of BHTS, and shift primarily to just the advisory type role. Meaning the company will remain intact, but will change to Black Heart Medical, with a primary focus on gear and equipment orientated towards Combat Medicine and Tactical Medicine as well.
A new wash of videos showing the utilization of such equipment will be released in the near future. V07A is currently in the process of returning to Active Duty after almost 12 years out of the military altogether. He is attempting an MOS Change as well from 11B to 68W with the hope of ending up in the 82nd Airborne and one of her Infantry Brigade Combat Teams as a line Medic.
The entire focus of this company has always been to teach the utilization of all tools reasonably Available to the general public and other elements that have more advanced equipment or more access to more advanced equipment. The mission will remain the same on that part, but in a much more remote form.
Also with that will be a different focus on content from just videos of training or shooting, and into the storyteller role. A total top down revision is being made to help accommodate this new mission and new direction. The foundation will always be for the Infantry, but it will also include a new element towards the Combat Medicine side, as they are right there doing Infantry stuff too, on top of their main job.
This will be a trying transition, however it is a transition in the right direction. A surge forward instead of a step back, a new direction with the same end goal in mind.
As always Strike Force 🗡2️⃣🏴☠️🖤🗡
We had a drivers training course today, and during the event, we worked on different things, such as coms, vehicle distance and speed, speed to make it doable to fire at a target while moving.
A very important thing that should always be pointed out, unless your enemy is a complete Moron, nobody who doesn't have the means to take you is going to fire on 2 moving vehicles with the potential of having 4 or more combatants they may have to contend with. So with that said I do not personally advise coming to a complete stop when in contact, when yiu do that, you make yourself the perfect target for any anti vehicle weaponry that may be at the disposal of the guys shooting at you. for instance I'm that guy that brings a rocket, gets someone to shoot at you, so hopefully you stop to engage me... and... well... now I've blocked the road with whatever it is you were driving.
Never stop with an undermanned element on board, stand on it and push through the kill zone, live to fight another day. Also with that said I don't think other than basic training and if I was in a gun I was ever put into a position to fire out of a moving vehicle, we had armor between us and the enemy, rarely did we dismount, and never have I dismounted to contact. We always utilized the armor and safety of our vehicles to shield us from direct enemy small arms fire.
Also be very very aware, of just where your casings are going, one of us got the ole "Hot Brass done the back of kit" initiation today, and that is not fun, although humorous... still not fun. If you are transporting a patient, and you are spitting hot brass all over him and Doc, things aren't going to go well, especially if I'm your doc you are doing that too. Muzzle before flesh, but in this case muzzle before steel, glass, doors... or mirrors, we clipped one. always be aware of that, and when you are hanging a weapon outside of a vehicle Also be aware of what is coming, as to not have that rifle smacked, or ripped from your hands.
Video from the drivers training, we also did firing from a moving platform as well. But this us covering just the one vehicle moving, it felt good to teach some more and we had a very productive day I believe.
Nothing like an initiation via hot brass down the kit. If you watch you can actually see the casing take a trip south of the top of 04s carrier handle.
07/01/2023
Driver training today!
06/27/2023
Go with me... to a place halfway around the world. It's Sunday Morning December 12th 2010, it's just another day in Afghanistan. The smell of s**t and p**s in the air, a slight chill, because even in the Deserts and Valleys of Afghanistan it gets cold. You are asleep in your walled hut, having pulled guard the night before, and not needing to pull guard again you sleep peacefully and soundly. In front of your compound they have been forced to divert traffic to make way for a new Combat Outpost, that will serve as a replacement to your current lodgings, and will undoubtedly be sizeable more comfortable as well. You dont know it as you dream peacefully in the early hours that a nightmare is moments away.
Suddenly you are jolted awake, ears ringing dust everywhere, Covered in Debris, you pull yourself out of the little bit of debris and try to regain your bearings as to why where there was once darkness, there is now sunlight... where has the roof gone? Why are my ears ringing? What the F**k is that smell?. You get on your feet and realize the roof has been collapsed by a VBIED, it hasn't quite occurred just yet exactly where the explosion has come from or why. The morning becomes filled with the sounds of Screams, and as the dust begins to settle you see your platoon mates... your soldiers... your patients now... emerge from it. One comes to you and says "Doc you need to come over here" you are presented with a grizzly sight, Afghans are pouring at you, some with life threatening injures. Severe shrapnel and lacerations, severe severe injuries, Pain and suffering.
Your Name is Andrew Six, you are a Medic Assigned to 2nd Platoon Renegade, 2-502 Infantry. You now have the worst situation imaginable, what you don't know... is it is about to get much worse, what can be worse than this? A Mascal? A VBIED?... where are the rest of your soldiers? It is only then you round the Corner to the other room, and realize... many are buried beneath the rubble of the other room... including your Platoon Leader, and most of 2nd squad. Your Platoon Sargeant is also injured so for now, you are it, until someone higher rank or position than you, that is also fit for duty... you are it.
Your mind does not drift towards home, towards your wife, towards your family... your mind is here, what do I do now? Quickly approaching you is your best friend, Thomas Crees, the gunner for your gun team, the two of you have drawn close to each other, and have built an incredible relationship of trust and cohesion that will carry on for the rest of your lives.
You start digging, looking for any sign of life with Tom, you find your PL, and his words are understandable "get me the f**k out of here" so you pull him up and out, as you dig more you locate others, Andrew Wright, Wilson, there are more... but your worst fear is a reality personified in what happens next, Patrick Dean's you find and find a pulse, so you begin to go to work, then you remember what Adam Linehan said "everyone had a pulse because I was surging, I had to calm down". You take a breath, lower your heart rate and check again... no pulse... your first loss, with absolutely nothing you could do. You find more, William McClawhorn, Sean Collins, Kenneth Necochea, Jorge Villasis, Derreck Simmonetta. The tally is six KIA... the worst day imaginable, Medavacs seem to spring up from everywhere, as your soldiers are carried away.
The dust settles and 7 of you remain to be transported back to Howz E Madad. 7... from a full line platoon...
Your story would go unheard, for a long time, your wife waited in fear at home waiting to find out if the Chaplain would be there to visit her next, nobody knows who is dead except for those in Afghanistan. Awards would not be given, this story is not one of glory, or charging into the hell fires of combat... this was a cowardly attack, an effective tactic used by the Taliban as a means to both kill American Soldiers, and kill morale.
What this story does serve is as a testament to you and the men who responded that day, and later you would get to feel that gratitude fully. You and Tom would go to the flightline daily, searching for more of your guys to come back after they were released from the Hospital on KAF, and cleared to return to combat. One of those faces would be Cory Kastl, your Platoon Leader, who would run over to both you and Tom and hug you, and tell you greatest words, and the most humbling you ever heard.
"You saved my life, I love you guys"
That was enough, no medals would ever bestow the honor that those words gave you, it was enough...
Your story would not end there however.
The date is July 12th 2018, an urgent call has gone out over the net, there are American Troops in contact and they have Cassualties. You are now a Sargeant First Class and a Flight Medic, you made the transition a few years after your bout in the Dabh River Valley, and now... here you are... yet again, not far from where the nightmare occurred. Dustoff is Scrambled and away you go, closing with the sounds of gunfire, moving as fast as you can still living up to the idea of "Doc can fix this" as you approach the LZ your Aircraft takes fire and you land on the HZL in order to load the wounded. As you approach you are not an armed Aircraft... not ideal on a hot LZ, this is quickly Realized by everyone, and there is a fear that this Aircraft may not even get away with the volume of fire you are taking.
Through the dust, through the mist appears an Angel... Christopher Celiz with his men, using himself as a shield to ensure the soldier was not injured further, the patient was loaded, and Chris Manuevered around your aircraft laying down effective fire on the enemy, in a conscious effort to protect your aircraft and crew, living up to the Ranger Creed. As the Aircraft Lifted off... Chris was struck... and he fell to the ground, he realized that if the Aircraft set back down it may never get off the ground again. He motioned for the Aircraft to depart and not load him.
Your Aircraft was then Manuevered behind a building so that you might have a chance to retrieve Chris, and maybe buy him some time. You Manuever to Chris Along with Yanez, and stabilize him for transport, under heavy enemy fire, you choose to press on, and risk your life for another "these things we do, so others may live". You manage to retrieve him and return him to the Aircraft as you lift away. One of your crew reports the Aircraft was heavily damaged and you are leaking Hydralic Fluid. The situation is once again as bad as it could get. The decision is made to press on.
Sadly Chris would not survive, but the other would survive. You lost one, but saved the other. In doing this... one man saved your life, he saved the life of your crew, and he saved the life of your other patient. He gave his life for you, and your risked your life for his.
Christopher Celiz would be Awarded the Medal Of Honor for his actions.
You and your crew would be Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor for yours.
This story is of the man pictured below, this man that I am extremely humbled to get to know as I prepare to tell not just his story, but the story of all of our Black Heart Medics. The project ahead will tell this story and the story of other extreme acts of selfeness and courage, my hope is tell the story of the only guys going into combat to save lives... not take lives, and help bring more stories like these acts of Heroism to light.
It's title "...Before Their Mothers..."
The world needs to know about the courage of all... but especially men like this.
Strike Force 🗡 2️⃣ 🖤 🗡 V07A
06/26/2023
Have a look guys!
V05B and the Hand to Hand course we have coming in the future. Had a good interview today with Doug Hall and we spoke on his experience and how all that plays into our future training plans and curriculum. Please check i...
This is just a few thoughts on had on Training, Tribes and The Warrior Mindset.
I feel many try and band together in an attempt to belong, versus an attempt to survive, then only do the bear minimum, and don't prepare themselves for life's harsh realities, the world does not play by your rules, and just because you don't actively participate, the eventualities of what might happen will not simply pass you by.
Prepare your mind and Body at all times, to include your Physical and Mental Health, if these things are not cared for, they will eventually dictate how you respond in the future to conflict, or even interpersonal skills.
Living a life of service is not so Important that your mental Health must suffer in order to be a more productive member of the team. Be mentored and Mentor, Teach and Learn, Live what you say, and always follow through, be Reliable.
If you want to Medal Chase, Stay away from Uniformed Services, it is not a cohesive environment, if the feeling everyone gets at each stage is that you are just there to suffer through it until you leave them, then you will be an outcast and they will abandon you when you need them most.
06/17/2023
What do these 2 things have in common?
Thats right... the start to night driving.
Update!! We have both vehicles we were looking for... thanks to both Chad and Eli on the Trade deals!
I searched high and low for a pair of nearly identical vehicles for our driving and nightvision driving course, these vehicles are also intended to be used for Fire And Manuever Operations, Medevac Operations, Long Range Communications and Infil and Exfil Opersations.
The world of tactics has evolved so much that simply going in on foot is no longer a feasible method of Approach for alot of Operational types. Sometimes walking in is required, but for operations that require speed and have very little cover on approach vehicles are necessary. If time is a true factor, such as in Hostage rescue or critical objectives where you really do need to hit it hard and fast, vehicles are paramount to success, not just for the infil but the exfil.
Uniformity in Vehicles is also very important as well, if one is faster than the other, or can go places the other can't, you run a serious risk of someone being left behind. Long Range operations also require vehicles, and require a vehicle easily able to be maintained or have field maintenance conducted on them should they break down.
For those reasons I sought out a pair of Jeep Cherokee XJs, I appreciate the sharper body lines of the older Jeeps, but also have found them to be easy to work on if needed.
As Luck would have it I not only found 2 that are similar, but both the same color, both the same interior, both with the same drivetrain... and both... off of the same assembly line, In the same plant, in the same year, built a month apart. what luck!
06/17/2023
Watch the video update, these vehicles are nearly identical
06/15/2023
First vic just arrived... she's strong and running... but deffinently needs some help, but it made the 1 hour drive home so we can't be too disappointed.
What was funny and surprised me the most was the cruise control worked lol.
Rear springs are bending the other way, and the front is droopy too. Gotta either bring her back to proper ride height or lift it "2 inches, but it's a work in progress for sure.
Solid engine and Trans, but it looks like the rear is gone, we have some tinkering to do, but im sure she will blossom into her beautiful self in no time, and be ready for night driving ops in no time at all. It's a little tight in the front seats as well, I can't even imagine what the back is like, but we will work around that and get things sorted out in short order, I've deffinently had worse leg room in a 1198 FOR SURE! So can't be too mad, lots of potential, we will see where it goes! Stay tuned guys for more updates!
We officially are looking at the final couple peices in order to fire up our NVG driving course, we are acquiring 2 vehicles for the operation and should be able to fire up the course soon. So reach out if you have NVGs and are looking to do some work driver under them, we will have more details in the near future on what that will look like, once we have the 2 Vehicles required for the course.
I have a very very difficult decision ahead of me...
I have reached a point in my life, my marriage, my family... where I feel I am ready to face the hardships of whatever lies ahead... I search for redemption, I search and pursue honor. Above all of that I pray to and work to be the best father and Husband I can possibly be.
I have begun the process to turn around my discharge and re enter service, but this time in the National Guard. Active Duty is not an option for me... my marriage my mental health could not survive the constant exposure to that world again. I have built too much on the civillian side to set that aside and go active.
So I am in the process of turning those things around that need turned around, in an effort to join up with the volunteer forces of the National Guard. I have a 2 realistic options on the table currently, and both require no small sacrifice off the rip on the part of my family. I must do this for not just my family, but also for me... I did not finish what I started, and dammit if I'm not going to try when I still can, I have to live with myself and the shame of not trying when I can, my wife has to watch me crumble and fall apart for not being the entire man that I know I can be.
I will never blame anyone but myself for my own actions previously, the situation could've been better... but I myself made choices that were not ideal, nobody made them for me. I must live my poor choices, and I can only do what I must in an effort to reverse my mistakes in life.
My mindset going into this is... I was only somewhat good at one real thing, being a soldier... outside of that I'm not very good at much, so I made the calls and asked, and have came to the final discovery of what would be needed in order to re enter service. I am only one man, but i am one, I cannot do everything, but I can do something, I will not allow what I can't do, stop me from doing what I can. I have a duty as a man, a father, a husband, to do what I must to ensure the future of my children, and their children, and their children's children. It has been asked if me "do you trust the one giving the orders" maybe I don't, maybe someday I do and someday I don't, but what I will do is act, and do what I must. Everyone says "thank you for your service" I didn't do it for you, I did it for the guys to my right and left. I have one true family in all of my life, the one that chose me even though we didn't have a choice. I want to be back amongst the men now, I want to be there for them. Another thing that has been said "its all corrupt, you can't trust the leadership anymore" maybe that is true, but is it not our job as uncorrupted and righteous men to act, and stand in the gap? Do the uncorrupted not keep the corrupted in check? Do bad cops in a department mean there should be no good cops? And if there any good guys doing these jobs anymore then who is keeping the bad ones in check?
There is no excuse in my mind that allows those that have the ability and duty to do the right thing to not do that, you can make excuses all day long to me about why it's not important anymore. I will not hear them... "And the Lord said, whom shall I send? And who will go for us? And I said, here am I Lord, Send me" Isiah 6:8. It is our duty as those that God has given the fire to serve, and the heart to go forth in the midst, nomatter what may come, to do just that. My greatest inspiration for this is Tim Kennedy, he was on the ground with Save Our Allies, and they evacuated an estimated 17,000 endangered allies of the United States from Kabul during their short time there. Why should I not do this? Why should I not go forth, for those who can't? I can... I have a moral and personal duty to act.
I will not fail, I will not falter. For this time I know what lies ahead, I fully understand what I'm getting into, I will not fail again...
Strike Force~VO7A 🗡 2️⃣ 🖤 🗡
04/28/2023
The things that haunt us.
---Mud
Exoder update..
04/23/2023
04/23/2023
Just nailed this goal... look at those 11s my guy! Super super happy with today's run in full kit, just stoked... I can't believe I nailed that...
I was shooting for 12:30 or better, I didn't expect an entire minute per mile faster... and i was not even sure if I could make the 6 miles in the time I wanted.
I will tell you though if you are chasing goals guys, don't let yourself quit, get after it... change your entire mindset from "I will try" to "I will do". When I attended schools or other programs in the military, I always put the thought out of recycling back should I fail on that particular time right out of my mind, it was never a choice for me, there is no going back having failed.
Manage your expectations, but have the courage and the belief, and the determination to meet those goals... dont quit on you, because you are the only one who truly loses when you do. Get out there and chase those dreams, the moment those dreams become reality is when you put actions to them.
I am just beside myself, I'm overjoyed to find this goal, and renewed courage to push further on, the next goal is 9 miles, that's this coming weekend, and the goal is the same of reaching 12:30 miles. Even if not on the average. I want to push to that next level, I have to get it, there is no try for me... only doing.
STRIKE FORCE!! 🗡 2️⃣ 🖤 🗡 ~V07A
04/06/2023
Alot of work ahead, I'll have to tear into where some of this rot is, and might have to fabricate a few panels.
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