Black Hawk Down

ninty · **Black Hawk Down -** 06-13-2003, 01:55 PM

Just had a question for all of you Somalia/BHD guys, did the Ranger/Delta guys really run from when the UN was supposed to take them at the end of the movie to the Stadium? If it did, how far was the run? Just trying to put things into perspective.

Webb · 06-13-2003, 04:54 PM

Read the book or watch the movie.All you need is in there.

Vance · 06-13-2003, 05:04 PM

Yes they did run back to the staduim, they called it the Mogadishu Mile. I'm not sure on how long it was, but it had to be over a mile oOo:

ninty · 06-13-2003, 05:09 PM

I don't want to read the book, and I have the movie, but I don't know if I want to trust the movie. I don't even know if they say how far they ran in the movie.

06-13-2003, 06:11 PM

according to the History Channel they did have to run because the rescue team could only scrounge up enough vehicles for the wounded (which there were quite a few of)

Milla · 06-13-2003, 06:20 PM

believe me read the book, i hate reading but the book is fucking amazing.

MrLevinstein · 06-13-2003, 09:28 PM

[quote="Capt. John Miller":bf05c]believe me read the book, i hate reading but the book is fucking amazing.[/quote:bf05c]

The book was unbelievablem sometimes lal the jumping around gets confusing but youll get used to it. It also has that Henry IV (or V quote about brotherhood during war, which probably made more sense to me than any other thing I've ever read in my entire life) If you want it ill type it out for you

Nyck · 06-13-2003, 09:33 PM

Hey MIller and Snacki how bout a combat jack?.....LOLOL I about died when i read that in there

Milla · 06-14-2003, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by NyckMSS

Hey MIller and Snacki how bout a combat jack?.....LOLOL I about died when i read that in there

Yeah lol or the harness jack, and when the guys just stand up next to their bunks and yell out "im going to the port-o-pot to fucking jack off!!" rofl classic, the book has some comedy in it i gotta admit. "what the fuck was that?!" "dont worry about that, we just ran someone on crutches over" lol!

Slaggg · 06-14-2003, 08:52 PM

Yeah, they did run all the way back. For a bit of perspective, I've taken a screen of a map that I play online with a few friends. The map isn't the quality you tech boys might appreciate, but it is to scale.

The Map was developed by a long-standing member of the TacOps community, TacOps being the game in question here. "A Game of Modern Tactical Warfare" If any of you are familiar with it, or interested, I'm always open for a new challenger.

The first pic is a map of the city proper, the second a legend for the numbered locations.

[img]http://www.dodstudios.net/uploads/uploads/Mog1.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.dodstudios.net/uploads/uploads/legendcrop.jpg[/img]

MrLevinstein · 06-14-2003, 09:02 PM

Lol they talked about the combat jack being 10x as pleasureable because of the adrenaline

Zap. USMC · 06-14-2003, 09:34 PM

The run was little over a mile.

Oh, and I read the book and I don't remember them saying they jacked off during combat. I remember the book saying they jacked off in unusual places, like you guys mentioned. But I never heard of them jacking off during a firefight, lol.