Tip of the Spear: Taking Back The Victory Rover

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   22433912 Mar 16, 2011

   
   

   THis video proves that we're going to get a LOT of hostages killed, and a LOT of COAST GUARD MSRT MEN Killed and EMBARRASSED!.. If this is the "TIP OF THE SPEAR"..it needs a LOT OF SHARPENING BEFORE IT IS USED! Take it frame at a time, and you will understand how many "MISTAKES" were made, with boarding with weapons that took WAY TOO LONG to become "ACTIVE"..tied up on their backs.... slipping on the deck, lack of simultaneous ingress, and a TON MORE! This video needs to be pulled until they get their "STUFF" in one duffle. I can promise you, the "BAD GUYS" are looking at this frame by frame, and just WAITING for MSRT to show on target... THEY will be the heros for taking out the entire TEAM AND HOSTAGES, then destroying the Ferry Boat...or whatever other vehicle. Steven M. Kuryla Chief Warrant Officer (R) U.S. Army Intelligence Spec Ops... Intel Never Sleeps....

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   Firestorhm Mar 16, 2011

   
   

   @ The previous commenter (22433912): I agree it's not the best video but merely a training demonstration. You seem pretty critical for being an "intel" guy. If you're really not that smart then the tax payers should get their money back. You claim to be spec ops...uh huh. Anyways, for those of us who are operational and not just some "chairborne ranger" making a blanket jugdgment based on a three minute training video, you obviously haven't done much down range other than be ATTACHED to shooters. I can show you videos of virtually every SOF unit in the country from all of our branches and they will have training/demo videos we can slow-mo and pick apart just like this one. Try being supportive and patriotic of those of us who are CURRENTLY operational rather than being some ultra-critical retiree playing security guard down in California.

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   10246609 Mar 16, 2011

   
   

   Really, Steve? Coming from a desk jockey intel weenie your opinion means nothing. And as prior Army, you don't understand the Maritime enviroment, so keep your opinion to yourself and praise the men for keeping your ass safe.

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   ArmyKO Mar 17, 2011

   
   

   I mean, I'd love to get involved in this type of stuff but you can't get on this guy for being honest. We make mistakes in training, so we don't make it in real time but there are mistakes in this video. The entire squad running through that entry point, it would be a slaughter. I support these guys 100 % but this is a discussion board. Former 11b.

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   11587753 Mar 26, 2011

   
   

   ^^^^ You are my hero... Not literally, but no really you are!

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   robschober Mar 26, 2011

   
   

   Hi, I hope they cover the "original" tip of the spear, the FSSF in this series!

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   2226506 Mar 28, 2011

   
   

   Taking Back the Victory Rover: Having trained LE folks for a while on how to take back passenger ferries I see a lot of problems with this video/training. Where were the passengers? Where was the opposed boarding? Where were the booby trapped hatches/entrances? Remember if terrorists are going to take a ferry they are going to harden it before you get to it and being hard core well trained combatants who will die fighting (need no exit plan) passengers and LE folks will die and the ferry will be destroyed once they've proven their point. I hope this film was demonstrating the crawl phase of training or is a "demo" for public use only as it is not good. And while fast roping onto a ferry is "sexy" its suicide to say the least. This is a difficult mission for the seal teams who train frequently, the MSRT is quite frankly new at this as for the longest time the CG was not allowed to board a hostile vessel on US waters, only to provide overwatch fires for LE folks . Unfortunately we are the only country in the world who rely on our local police to deal with terrorists both on land and US waters; not good; MSRT is leading the way on the water. Hopefully this was a deMO FILM!?

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   18817963 Apr 01, 2011

   
   

   How much of this does the MSRT actually do versus prepare for?

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   robschober Apr 01, 2011

   
   

   A "Tip of the Spear" series wouldn't be complete without including the unit that started it all...I hope they do an episode on the First Special Service Force, the original "tip" of the spear. www.firstspecialserviceforce.net

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10. 
    markardo Aug 10, 2011

    
    

    Assume!

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11. 
    markardo Aug 10, 2011

    
    

    I want to see the Taliban guts splattered all over a wall.It may be hard to photograph since they have no guts.Just wipe it off as scum.

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