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Redleg

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7. Yes we did luck out. We were driving fairly slowly along a windy dirt road...

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #6)

Mon Dec 8, 2025, 11:34 AM

Dec 8

on our way to an officer's meeting back at the battalion rear. We showed up muddy and bedraggled, even for having been in the field already for 2 weeks.

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"Tactical vehicle mishap" Redleg Dec 4 #1

Jeep crash. Irish_Dem Dec 4 #2

Pretty sure the Marines don't use Jeeps anymore Klondike Kat Dec 4 #3

Yes I know, but if it looks like a jeep, I still call it a jeep. Irish_Dem Dec 4 #4

LOL. I was actually in an Army jeep crash many years ago Redleg Dec 4 #5

You guys lucked out. Irish_Dem Dec 4 #6

Yes we did luck out. We were driving fairly slowly along a windy dirt road... Redleg Dec 8 #7

What was the look on the officers' faces when you dragged yourselves in looking like that? Irish_Dem Dec 8 #8

The battalion commander looked peeved Redleg Dec 9 #9

If the commander had wanted you to have a jeep crash he would have authorized it. Irish_Dem Dec 9 #10