#second battle of fallujah

[age-of-moonknight]

“Death and Birth: Part 2 of 5,” Moon Knight (Vol. 8/2016), #11.

Writer: Jeff Lemire; Penciler and Inker: Greg Smallwood; Colorist: Jordie Bellaire; Letterer: Cory Petit

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Moon Knight vol. 8 #Moon Knight 2016 #Moon Knight comics #Moon Knight #Marc Spector #Khonshu #I have…a LOT to say here (I apologize in advance) #first this is another marked departure from established canon that I don’t mind #with the degree of DID that Mr. Lemire is depicting here it would make sense that Marc would never reach sergeant and punch out an officer #(as that was a character background still very much driven by Marc moving on from a life marked by violence) #and I assume Marc never reached Marine SF (either MARSOC or probably DET One at this point in history) in this continuity #because a marine needs to be /at least/ a lance corporal before the corps starts sending you to diving school/jump school/ #investing that sort of money into you/etc. #ok now this is where I REALLY start extrapolating Too Much from what’s probably a throw away line #we can’t tell what division/MOS Marc’s in (I respect not getting confused by USMC patches by simply not drawing them haha) #But Fallujah in the fall??? you mean as in??? Fallujah in November 2004? The Second Battle of Fallujah/Operation Al-Fajr/Phantom Fury??? #The battle that where marked the shift from US personnel fighting Ba’athist loyalists to insurgents like AQI? under /al-Zarqawi/???!? #THE bloodiest urban combat conflict Marines had seen since the Vietnam War? #the conflict that of the handful of Operation Al-Fajr/Phantom Fury veterans I’ve spoken/worked with has left an indelible mark #of some of the most haunting crap I’ve heard? #and the region I’m pretty sure still suffers from the use of white phosphorus/depleted uranium/displaced persons #disclaimer: btw I’m just someone on the internet so please take whatever I say with a grain of salt; I’m just extrapolating from some of #the points of reference from my own life 😅 do what you will with this absolute wall of tags

[eretzyisrael]

by John Spencer

I say this not to put Israel on a pedestal or to diminish the human suffering of Gazans but rather to correct a number of misperceptions when it comes to urban warfare.

First is the use of precision guided munitions (PGMs). This term was introduced to nonmilitary audiences during the Gulf War, when the U.S. fired 250,000 individual bombs and missiles in just 43 days. Only a very small fraction of those would fit the definition of PGMs, even though common perceptions of that war, and its comparatively low civilian casualty rate, was that it was a war of precision.

Let's compare that war, which did not ignite anywhere near the same level of outrage internationally, to Israel's current war in Gaza. The Israeli Defense Force has used many types of PGMs to avoid civilian harm, including the use of munitions like small diameter bombs (SDBs), as well as technologies and tactics that increase the accuracy of non-PGMs. Israel has also employed a tactic when a military has air supremacy called dive bombing, as well as gathering pre-strike intelligence on the presence of civilians from satellite imagery, scans of cell phone presence, and other target observation techniques. All of this is to do more pinpoint targeted to avoid civilian deaths. In other words, the simplistic notion that a military must use more PGMs versus non-PGMs in a war is false.

A second misperception is a military's choice of munitions and how they apply the proportionality principle required by the laws of armed conflict. Here there is an assessment of the value of the military target to be gained from an act that is weighted against the expected collateral damage estimate caused by said act. An external viewer with no access to all information cannot say such things as a 500-pound bomb would achieve the military mission of a 2,000-pound bomb with no mention of the context of the value of the military target or the context of the strike—like the target being in a deep tunnel that would require great penetration.

Third, one of the best ways to prevent civilian casualties in urban warfare is to provide warning and evacuate urban areas before the full combined air and ground attack commences. This tactic is unpopular for obvious reasons: It alerts the enemy defender and provides them the military advantage to prepare for the attack. The United States did not do this ahead of its initial invasion of Iraq in 2003, which involved major urban battles to include in Baghdad. It did not do this before its April 2004 Battle of Fallujah (though it did send civilian warnings before the Second Battle of Fallujah six months later).

By contrast, Israel provided days and then weeks of warnings, as well as time for civilians to evacuate multiple cities in northern Gaza before starting the main air-ground attack of urban areas. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) employed their practice of calling and texting ahead of an air strike as well as roof-knocking, where they drop small munitions on the roof of a building notifying everyone to evacuate the building before a strike.

#hamas #gaza #civilian casualties #urban warfare

[dweebactual]

Pictures of US Marines from the Second Battle of Fallujah {2048 x 1365}

#military #conflict #war #gwot #global war on terror #fallujah #Operation Phantom Fury #opf #gunblr #guns

[captain-price-unofficially]

Operation Phantom Fury or the Second Battle of Fallujah, 7 November – 23 December 2004 (1 month, 2 weeks and 2 days)

#modern #operation iraqi freedom #november

[ned7-what-now]

this year is the 20th anniversary of the first and second battle of fallujah

[uss-edsall]

I got gifted the game Six Days in Fallujah and thinking about its original controversy in 2009 has me thinking about this video again:

This is a fan-made music video in 2007, made for a song released in 2005. It's a very jingoistic video (though there's some amusement because a good quarter of the footage is actually Australian troops)

This song is, I think, one of the first to become popular in the public domain that was accepted for being anti-war. Note that it's still a very Christian-centric song, and it does not directly call out the Global War on Terror.

The Second Battle of Fallujah, where a hundred Americans were killed, was, I assert, the first time when someone could criticise the United States publicly since 9/11 without ostracisation. It smacked of the Vietnam War. The controversy wasn't really about the high number of Iraqi civilian casualties (except a very tiny number who pointed it out, but never really made a great point of it), but about 'all the poor American boys who've died'. It was the real beginning of support for the GWOT waning

#There's a lot of analysis you can make about Six Days in Fallujah (2009)'s announcement and the 'every side has something to be offended #about this game' stuff #Which intersects with a lot of stuff that the American populace has buried #Out of shame; out of denial; out of war weariness; out of a lot of people online being too young to remember it #Youtube

[silverjetsystm]

{ headspace relief meme } sending 🎲 for a 'random' headcanon you can't stop thinking about.

Okay, so. If we treat MK (1980) #37-38 by Zelenetz, there's a lot of references to "it's been 18 years" since Marc's been in that community. And if we go with Marc joining the Marines as soon as possible (18). That's 36. Double chai on his father's burial. And then, that makes Marc born in 1948.

I slide and compress the timeline so the system is born in 1984. Mostly so it fits Lemire's "Marc was at the Second Battle of Fallujah."

#headcanons #asked and answered #//of all the things

[gulyas069]

jesus christ, they really want a second fallujah

[rpgse7enx2]

Six Days in Fallujah, and its use of dynamic audio within compounds, by RPG.

Six Days in Fallujah is a first-person realistic PvE shooter that's setting is in Fallujah, Iraq during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq (the preliminary invasion to the larger GWOT (Global War on Terror) campaign across Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria. In specifics, the game is set within the Second Battle of Fallujah and follows 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines' journey through troubled terrain.

The game features many details that aren't specific to the gameplay aspect, but add some sense of immersion into the atmosphere to which you play in; this comes in many different formats:

Atmospheric, dynamic based audio formatted off of location and proximity; and example of this is when you are at a compound (like the first mission where you have to clear out houses and an apartment complex) and there are terrorists that can be heard, where the distance from the player and the terrorist NPC is variable to the volume at which you hear them.

Background sounds, typical to that of a war/invasion. Gunshots, cracking of bullets, explosions, radio chatter, screaming, yelling and vehicle sounds can all be heard within the game. Personally, I think this makes the game reasonably authentic considering the setting of the game was a bloodbath during the 2000's into the 2010's.

RPG-7

[esportopedia]

Top Grossing Games on Steam in Week 26

Page SteamDB published a traditional review of the highest grossing games on Steam over the past week. In this case, this is the period from 20 to 27 June. Free-to-play games are not included in the rating. For the second week in a row, the first place is taken by a multiplayer shooter Updated Battle Bitfollowed this time by the newly released event Six days in Fallujah. On the bronze step you…

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[age-of-moonknight]

“Moonlighting,” Moon Knight (Vol. 9/2021), #15.

Writer: Jed MacKay; Penciler and Inker: Alessandro Cappuccio; Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg; Letterer: Cory Petit

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Moon Knight vol. 9 #Moon Knight 2021 #Moon Knight #Marc Spector #Steven Grant #latest release #hELP #this is not helping me get over my tin foil hat “Marc served in the Second Battle of Fallujah” theory that I’ve been harboring #ever since the Lemire run #I’m connecting dots I swear

[thesplintering]

Tactical FPS “Six Days in Fallujah” Now Available via Steam Early Access

Tactical FPS “Six Days in Fallujah” Now Available via Steam Early Access | #gaming #Steam #PCGames #PCgaming #military

شلون؟ On Thursday, publisher Victura launched first-person tactical shooter Six Days in Fallujah via Steam Early Access. The full release is expected sometime in 2024, with console ports for PS5 and SeXbox coming at a later date. Developed by Highwire Games, Six Days in Fallujah recreates the Second Battle of Fallujah which took place in the Iraqi Province of Al Anbar in 2005. At this time, the…

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#Featured #Six Days in Fallujah #Steam

[thetoxicgamer]

Six Days in Fallujah release date confirmed

With Victura and Highware Games' "first-person tactical shooter," set in and around the named Iraqi city, confirmed for debut on Steam Early Access, the Six Days in Fallujah release date is approaching sooner rather than later. The First-Person Shooter (FPS) game, which was created with the assistance of actual Marines and soldiers who "served in the Second Battle of Fallujah," "requires players to overcome real-world scenarios with their fire team by using real-life military tactics," and it will be released with multiplayer co-op this summer. It follows the nearly 18-year development of Six Days in Fallujah. “In Early Access, Six Days in Fallujah will focus initially on the experiences of US Marine fireteams on the first day of the battle,” Highwire Games says. “As Early Access develops, players can also choose to play cooperatively as special operations or Iraqi soldiers fighting alongside coalition forces, and players will begin to encounter civilians as the battle progresses.” From its Early Access launch, Six Days in Fallujah will feature four multiplayer co-op missions, set in procedurally generated maps which alter each time they are played. The FPS also features “tactical indoor and outdoor sandbox” gameplay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNtDjwTXIpQ The Six Days in Fallujah release date is June 22, and the game will be available for $39.99 (£32) on Steam. The full release is scheduled to follow some time in 2024. The game began development in 2004, but was dropped by its original publisher, Konami. Six Days in Fallujah has faced controversy owing to its depiction of real-life military action and gameplay that involves interactions between soldiers and Iraqi civilians. PCGamesN spoke with Victura CEO Peter Tamte, who says the developer “could have done a better job” with presenting both sides of the Iraq War in Six Days in Fallujah’s promotional material. Take a look at some of the other upcoming games set to arrive in 2023. You may also want to try some of the best new games that are already available on PC. Read the full article

[knowledgeisgood1]

A Hero's Wake Up Call for Our Woke Military

A Hero’s Wake Up Call for Our Woke Military

At a White House ceremony on June 25, 2019, President Donald Trump conferred the Congressional Medal of Honor on retired Army Staff Sergeant David Bellavia for his courageous actions during the Second Battle of Fallujah. He is the only living Iraq War combatant to have received the Medal of Honor. You can view that ceremony by clicking on the following picture. In addition to being a brave man,…

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[sfc-paulchambers]

The U.S. Army’s lone active-duty cavalry division, the 1st Cavalry Division has a unique history, during which the “First Team” transitioned between horseback, infantry, air assault, and armored division structures. The history of the 1st CD began in the 19th century, when its antecedent units fought in the Civil War and patrolled the Old West during the Indian Wars. These numerous cavalry regiments were consolidated into the 1st Cavalry Division on 13 September 1921, at Ft. Bliss, Texas. The 1st CAV remained a horseback unit between WWI and #WWII, patrolling the desert Southwest and the border with Mexico. On 28 February 1943 the division dismounted, effectively becoming an infantry unit as it shipped off for combat in WWII’s South Pacific theater. The First Team proved itself in its first combat action, on 29 February 1944, on Los Negros Island, and in subsequent island engagements on Leyte and Luzon. In February 1945, 1st CD raided its way into Manila in a famous “flying column,” liberating 3,700 civilians held captive in Santo Tomas University. Following Japan’s surrender, the 1st CAV led Allied occupying forces into the capital city (becoming “First in Tokyo”). When the #KoreanWar erupted in 1950, the First Team staged the first amphibious landing of the war, storming up the peninsula to capture the North Korean capital on 19 October 1950 and earning the title “First in Pyongyang.” Elements of the 1st CAV participated in the initial stages of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, and the entire division deployed to Iraq in 2004, where it fought in the Second Battle of Fallujah. The First Team continued to participate in the Global War on Terror in Operations Enduring Freedom, Freedom’s Sentinel, and Inherent Resolve. #Armyhistory #USArmy #TRADOC #todayinarmyhistory #FirstTeam U.S. Army 1st Cavalry Division U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) Secretary of the Army U.S. Army Chief of Staff U.S. Army Center of Military History #repostedfrom @armyhistory (at Columbia, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cib6rz5ui3Q/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#wwii #koreanwar #armyhistory #usarmy #tradoc #todayinarmyhistory #firstteam #repostedfrom

[sergeantaegis]

The horrors of war...

#shitposting #shitpost #hamburger #burger #burgerland #united states #usa #us army #iraq war #second battle of fallujah #us military #us armed forces #military #soldier #us soldier #war on terror #global war on terror