Blackhawk Down question
 

anyone know what that music in the end credits is called?
The song that sounds kind-of Irish

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I know gortoz a ran plays in the end, but I dunno if thats what you're thinking of

I think the song you;re referring to is called "leave no man behind". I got it off kazaa a while ago and am currently incorperating it into a video.

too bad the movie is overated.

So is Dream Theater...And boondock saints.

that's not it. The song you are wanting is called "The Minstrel Boy". It is one of my favourite tunes which I have playing on my stereo all the time. Here's a link to the lyrics...
[url:0b842]http://www.shanemacgowan.com/lyrics/minstrel.shtml[/url:0b842]

anyone know where i could get a list of all the casualties that took place?

ive been looking for a while, but i cant find one.

http://inquirer.philly.com/packages/somalia/sitemap.asp

click the whos who then where are they now...towards the bottom is the list and some pics

That is the story and site that started the book and movie

hard to be overated when barely anyone knows about either of them.

Not where i go to school. Everyone atleast knows of both of those.

If you ask Jotun or I, I can say that I have never met anyone else who even knows who Dream Theater is or the movie boondocks Saints is unless I told them.

Lotta people around here know who the band and movie is lol...especially Dreamtheater....I used to make fun of my friend Tom cos he loved them so much...that was a long long long time ago rock:

Thats odd. Everyone knows Dream Theater here. Even though they dont come here... EVER

"Leave no man behind" is the song, its fucking bad ass

[quote="Capt. John Miller":451cb]"Leave no man behind" is the song, its fucking bad ass[/quote:451cb]
Actually it's not. :\

Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros - The Minstrel Boy

thanks guys

Blackhawk down was a gay movie.

Grenades maybe?

[quote="newt.":abac8]Blackhawk down was a gay movie.

Grenades maybe?[/quote:abac8]

you're the one that's gay

[quote="newt.":9147c]Blackhawk down was a gay movie.

Grenades maybe?[/quote:9147c]

There was grenades.

[quote="newt.":c3c79]Blackhawk down was a gay movie.

Grenades maybe?[/quote:c3c79]

Yeah there definatly was grenades, than again maybe you can only have so many grenades in a combat load i dunno maybe im just talking out of my ass eek:

Plus grenades in a mainly CQB would not be the smartest move... eek: Especially a place loaded with civilians.

Hell no, urban is the best place for grenades, think of all the rooms you have to clear, before you clear a room you use a grenade, you can go through an entire fire teams grenades in one building.

[quote="Capt. John Miller":0f1da]Hell no, urban is the best place for grenades, think of all the rooms you have to clear, before you clear a room you use a grenade, you can go through an entire fire teams grenades in one building.[/quote:0f1da]
I'm talking about street fighting, not room to room...if you've ever ooked at the streets in Somalia, they are small and narrow..throwing a grenade in a street wouldn't be a good idea...

[quote="Capt. John Miller":7d975][quote="newt.":7d975]Blackhawk down was a gay movie.

Grenades maybe?[/quote:7d975]

Yeah there definatly was grenades, than again maybe you can only have so many grenades in a combat load i dunno maybe im just talking out of my ass eek:[/quote:7d975]

well, we do see the Dalta Force guy throw a grenade into a window,
but I think the main reasons for no grenades are:

1. ROE, it would look terrible for PR if the troops blew up that lady with her 6-8 kids with a nade
2. "we'll only be gone one hour"; the Rangers were only supposed to cover Delta for a few minutes and then exfil on the convoy, they were not supposed to go into buildings, that was Delta's job. Which is why Delta troopers have throwing grenades but Rangers only have M-203 launched grenades, they were expected to do their fighting at a distance.

There was one scene where a Ranger used a grenade to try and get rid of that .50 cal on that truck.

In the book it said majority of the Rangers left thier body armor, and some of the water behind but kept thier ammo/grenades with them.

BlackHawk down was an awesome movie. I hated the part where, i think this is his name, Cpl. Jamie Smith died from his wound to the leg. That part was sad. They should have tried to send in a med evac for him.

Then there would of been THREE Blackhawks down, more people dead and wounded and more shit to deal with. I respect the decision that HQ made that day. Those Blackhawk had a hard time as it was "delivering" ammo and water (more like dropping it from the sky) to the soldiers down in the city. Plus as Vance pointed out the streets were VERY small and narrow. One Little Bird landed in the middle of the street to try and rescue the crew of Super Six Four and the rotors were INCHES away from the buildings... and the Little Bird is considered a "small" aircraft. Try fitting a blackhawk in those small, narrow streets.

the book's a good read, and the movie is alright, not great though.

[quote="Cpt. Zapotoski":67e44]Then there would of been THREE Blackhawks down, more people dead and wounded and more shit to deal with. I respect the decision that HQ made that day. Those Blackhawk had a hard time as it was "delivering" ammo and water (more like dropping it from the sky) to the soldiers down in the city. Plus as Vance pointed out the streets were VERY small and narrow. One Little Bird landed in the middle of the street to try and rescue the crew of Super Six Four and the rotors were INCHES away from the buildings... and the Little Bird is considered a "small" aircraft. Try fitting a blackhawk in those small, narrow streets.[/quote:67e44]

he's right, that place was simply not chopper country;
we needed some damn tanks, but as always the folks in DC thought they copuld outgeneral the generals rolleyes:

Ha Ha its sung by the guy from The Pogues! Thats one of the best groups ever! Te Hee Hee!!!

The book is definatly better than the movie, a great book indeed.

[quote="Capt. John Miller":e9c4a]The book is definatly better than the movie, a great book indeed.[/quote:e9c4a]

No doubt where else can you get a combat and haress jack

This = guys in somolia
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